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✔️ = Critic's Pick
✔️ Tory Lanez w/2 Pistols/Famous Kid Brick/Sutton For some reason Tory Lanez — who visited once in 2015 and twice the year after that — skipped Tampa Bay in 2017. Not so in 2018. The 25-year-old president of Swave Nation arrives in Ybor City on Thursday night and has upgraded from Orpheum to a larger room a few blocks away (The Ritz) so that a growing fanbase can sing along to the words from Lanez’s sophomore album, Memories Don’t Die (released in March). Lanez hasn’t quite lived up to some of a few tastemakers’ theories that he could be the next Drake, but the Ontario native hasn’t let that slow him down. Local notables joining Lanez on this tour stop are Tarpon Springs rapper 2 Pistols (“2P” for the politically correct crowd) and St. Pete’s Famous Kid Brick. (The Ritz, Ybor City) INFO
Yung Groan w/Top C $curvy Seminole Heights’ Mermaid Tavern has been keeping its live music calendar busy, but even the venue itself has jokingly questioned the musicality of this show. Yung Groan’s offering is a mix of freestyle rap, improv comedy and hip-hop, and promo materials say that his “ego is bigger than his drum machine and his voice is like a tannic wine.” An opening set from Top C $curvy is supposed to provide “damage control,” but we’re not sure what that means since Groan wears a goddamn pig mask and onesie onstage. (Mermaid Tavern, Tampa) INFO
See a listing of more shows — including recurring weekly events — via local.cltampa.com.
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