St. Petersburg emcee Figment proves there’s more to lesbian music than girls with acoustic guitars.
Eschewing that stereotype, the hip hop artist and spoken word poet instead picks up a mic and expresses herself through a flow of beats and rhymes.
“Hip hop is a very real form of music and expression, one of realist I've ever seen,” Figment said. “One (heart) beat in the background and one or more passionate lyricists/poets taking control of everything around them. It can be breathtaking.”
Figment takes the stage tonight at The Bends in St. Pete as part of a benefit for fellow rapper Rhymesayers Independent P.O.S., who will soon undergo a kidney transplant. Other local hip hop musicians on the bill include Prossess, Pedro el Poeta, Prince Golden of Samurai Shotgun, and spoken word artist Camilla Shoosmith.
This article appears in Mar 28 – Apr 3, 2013.