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"content": "\u003cp>If you’ve been near lower High Street in Oakland over the past few weeks, you may have noticed something beautiful taking shape: a large, colorful mural featuring Oakland’s Souls of Mischief. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mural, which covers the building for High Street Studios, spans parts of two city blocks and features portraits of all four members of the East Oakland hip-hop group. On the High Street side, Opio appears in a setting dotted with sunstars, flowers, and birds against a multi-hued sky. Next to him, Tajai gazes out at viewers amidst a backdrop of urban buildings, geometrical shapes, and the Hiero sigil imposed over a sunset cityscape\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13934324']On the Watting Street side, Phesto Dee taps the side of his head with one hand while the other points outward, his figure partially obscuring what looks like an African mask with a speaker cone for an eye. Nearby is A-Plus, arms outstretched in a welcoming gesture in front of flowers and abstract disks. The combination of these images suggests a spiritual aspect of hip-hop you never knew existed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vibrant painting, created by artists based out of High Street Studios, is nestled in a working-class, industrial part of the Fruitvale District. It’s a neighborhood whose environmental landscape has historically been defined by nondescript buildings: auto parts stores, an OUSD facility and a lumber company coexist with numerous warehouses and live-work spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934665\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00005.jpg\" alt=\"A portion of the Souls of Mischief mural at High Street and Watting in East Oakland.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934665\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00005.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00005-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00005-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00005-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00005-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00005-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A portion of the Souls of Mischief mural at High Street and Watting in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(David Burke)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, the mural nods to a lesser-known element of the neighborhood’s history. Quiet as it’s kept, lower High Street has long been home to a vibrant artist community working out of those warehouses, and the area has made notable contributions to local hip-hop. In the mid-’90s, the warehouse at 4001 San Leandro was occupied by the Mystik Journeymen during a formative time in their development. The DIY hip-hop duo became known for throwing “Top Ramen” parties at the spot, where the cover charge was $5 or a package of the starchy instant noodle soup. When the crew expanded to become the Living Legends in 1996, emcees Eligh, the Grouch and Murs all moved into the space, where they lived in makeshift partitioned “rooms” and recorded some of their earliest works as a collective. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faultline is among the currently active artist spaces in the area; others include the embattled Vulcan Lofts (whose residents have been fighting to maintain rent control and prevent displacement of 200 artists since 2019) and Oscillation Studios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13933590']David Burke, co-lead artist for the Souls of Mischief mural, is headquartered at High Street Studios, along with co-lead artist Pancho Peskador. The two are public art veterans; Burke served as art director for Art Esteem’s Oakland Superheroes Mural Project, while Peskador was co-lead artist on the Alice Street mural that became the subject of an award-winning documentary film. The story behind their most recent mural is one of compassion, sacrifice, love — and third eye vision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burke and Peskador worked on the project with a third co-lead artist, Joevic Yeban, as well as assistant artists Veronica Aguilar and Pablo Ruiz, and photographer Steve Babuliak. The mural is the third in a series of “Love Letter to Oakland”-themed murals; the other two are located in Jack London Square and Temescal. Burke says additional entries in the series are continually under consideration, “but we want them to be neighborhood-specific.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934661\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_4.jpg\" alt=\"Phesto Dee of Souls of Mischief poses in front of his own likeness, painted as part of a mural in East Oakland.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1275\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934661\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_4.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_4-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_4-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_4-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_4-768x510.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_4-1536x1020.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phesto Dee of Souls of Mischief poses in front of his own likeness, painted as part of a mural in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(Steve Babuljak)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The 30th anniversary of the Souls’ debut album \u003cem>93 Til Infinity\u003c/em> served as a catalyst for the mural, says Burke. “I thought, man, that would be a great thing to celebrate them in conjunction with this anniversary tour,” he says. In the first half of this year, Burke’s team met with the Souls and brought them into the studio for reference photos. “And then,” Burke says, “we had to find a site.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They wanted a large-scale wall to maximize visual impact, and a spot in East Oakland, where the Souls are from. “That was really important to us, because their headquarters is right around the corner from where we eventually painted the mural,” says Burke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13932471']After exploring various options, the best one turned out to be their home base. High Street Studios’ landlord gave them permission to paint the studio’s building, and also granted them a rent reduction for the service — which was critical, because other funding sources dried up. The muralists ended up doing their latest love letter as an actual act of love. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not like we’re trying to always do this under budget or for free or anything like that,” Burke says, adding that artists sometimes have to find a balance between commercially lucrative and artistically satisfying projects. This was the latter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934667\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1275\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934667\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_1-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_1-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_1-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_1-768x510.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_1-1536x1020.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A-Plus, David Burke, Opio, Joevic Yeban, Tajai, Pancho Peskador and Phesto Dee pose in front of the Souls of Mischief mural at High and Watting Streets in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(Steve Babuljak)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Work began in July; the entire painting process took about five weeks. Throughout, the muralists’ spirits were uplifted, Peskador says, by “the constant support and excitement of the neighborhood people” from all walks of life: OUSD employees, the unhoused, everyday residents and families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The original sketch left room for creative inspiration. “In this mural we were jazz players,” says Peskador. “It has a structure. But also we were able to improvise on top of that structure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to give each one of the band members their own space to operate. And each one of those portraits has their own environment,” adds Burke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This birthed a specific design aesthetic, Peskador says. “We wanted to create an analog and futuristic vision where technology and nature are embracing each other, not necessarily in contraposition and fighting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934660\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_3.jpg\" alt=\"A-Plus of Souls of Mischief poses in front of his own likeness, painted as part of a mural in East Oakland.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1275\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934660\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_3.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_3-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_3-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_3-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_3-768x510.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_3-1536x1020.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A-Plus of Souls of Mischief poses in front of his own likeness, painted as part of a mural in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(Steve Babuljak)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Visual symbols included musical equipment — speakers and old-school equalizers — as well as what Peskador calls “a little magic: orbs of energy coming out of Opio’s hands, cables that turn into veins and the veins turn into roots. And all that is intertwined and interconnected, giving the statement [that] nothing is separate. We are all connected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The painters finished the day before the Sept. 3 unveiling ceremony, which turned out to be a reminder of what’s good about Oakland: culture, community, and diversity. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While waiting for the Souls to arrive, the muralists chatted with local visual artists Keena Romano and Jet Martinez, and DJ Hella Good spun underground hip-hop — including deep Hiero cuts, like Del’s “The Undisputed Ones” — while perched on a scaffold. Neighborhood residents remarked how they’d been following the mural’s progress as the crowd began to thicken with Hiero supporters: friends, family, and former Skyline High classmates. (Full disclosure: I spoke at this event, introducing the Souls by putting their legacy in context.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13924126']When it came time for the Souls to speak, the moment became weighty and poignant. Seeing the mural in person for the first time, they were visibly moved: A-Plus and Phesto, in particular, spoke in halting tones, struggling to find the right words and maintain composure. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As guys who are wordsmiths,” Tajai began, “there’s no way to put into words” what the mural meant to them. “There is no way to possibly explain how this feels to guys who grew up here, never left here, been here the whole time, really trying to elevate what’s here. Because we know how beautiful and how important it is, just Oakland in general, worldwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Panthers, the hippies, womens’ movement, people with disabilities, (the Bay Area) is a place where all these movements have been championed. And spearheaded. To be part of this permanent landscape is extremely important to us. We’re grateful to the artists and all of y’all beyond the limited ability of words to express.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934662\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_5.jpg\" alt=\"Tajai of Souls of Mischief poses in front of his own likeness, painted as part of a mural in East Oakland.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1275\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_5.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_5-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_5-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_5-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_5-768x510.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_5-1536x1020.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tajai of Souls of Mischief poses in front of his own likeness, painted as part of a mural in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(Steve Babuljak)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After a hectic year of doing 100-plus shows, on top of 30 years of being professional musicians, there weren’t many firsts they’d yet to achieve, Tajai added. “This here is a first like no other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you know me, I could never be called a man of few words, but there’s always a day,” said A-Plus, before taking an extended pause. “I know my father’s here. I’m super-thankful, super proud. Man…” his words trailed off. “This is huge. I love y’all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13923938']“It’s indescribable,” said Opio. “We put our heart and soul into this. It’s been a lot of hard work and dedication. To be honored in your hometown has gotta be one of the greatest honors of all time for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been following the progress of the mural overseas and on the North American side,” explained Phesto Dee. “When they started finishing up this side, my wife brought my kids down and they stood in front of it.” He paused to let the emphasis resonate. “They stood in front and that just did it. The scale started to really come to me at that point, just how large it was. Also, what it means for generations to come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934664\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Burke_1.jpg\" alt=\"A portion of the Souls of Mischief mural at High Street and Watting in East Oakland.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934664\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Burke_1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Burke_1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Burke_1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Burke_1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Burke_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Burke_1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Souls of Mischief mural in progress at High Street and Watting in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(David Burke)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Burke says it was important to give the Souls their flowers while they are still here, noting that many hip-hop-themed local murals are memorials painted only after the passing of a musical icon. He was also conscious of the fact the mural and its subjects represent a counter-narrative to mainstream depictions of hip-hop. During their Hiero Day performance, A-Plus told the crowd, “we’re about that peace.” When Opio came into the studio to take his reference photo, he reportedly said, “I just want to be smiling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Love Letters crew are still planning a Phase 2, where they hope to complete the unfinished sections of the wall and honor local female hip-hop artists, along with Oakland’s graffiti history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for now, the artists can chill, knowing they’ve accomplished something great. For Peskador, the mural’s significance is that it has altered the neighborhood’s drab environment in a positive way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is so huge for me personally, to see how people vibrate (to the mural) and how you can change places… the energy of that corner is changed forever. It’s never going to be the same corner.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>On the Watting Street side, Phesto Dee taps the side of his head with one hand while the other points outward, his figure partially obscuring what looks like an African mask with a speaker cone for an eye. Nearby is A-Plus, arms outstretched in a welcoming gesture in front of flowers and abstract disks. The combination of these images suggests a spiritual aspect of hip-hop you never knew existed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vibrant painting, created by artists based out of High Street Studios, is nestled in a working-class, industrial part of the Fruitvale District. It’s a neighborhood whose environmental landscape has historically been defined by nondescript buildings: auto parts stores, an OUSD facility and a lumber company coexist with numerous warehouses and live-work spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934665\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00005.jpg\" alt=\"A portion of the Souls of Mischief mural at High Street and Watting in East Oakland.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934665\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00005.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00005-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00005-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00005-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00005-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00005-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A portion of the Souls of Mischief mural at High Street and Watting in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(David Burke)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, the mural nods to a lesser-known element of the neighborhood’s history. Quiet as it’s kept, lower High Street has long been home to a vibrant artist community working out of those warehouses, and the area has made notable contributions to local hip-hop. In the mid-’90s, the warehouse at 4001 San Leandro was occupied by the Mystik Journeymen during a formative time in their development. The DIY hip-hop duo became known for throwing “Top Ramen” parties at the spot, where the cover charge was $5 or a package of the starchy instant noodle soup. When the crew expanded to become the Living Legends in 1996, emcees Eligh, the Grouch and Murs all moved into the space, where they lived in makeshift partitioned “rooms” and recorded some of their earliest works as a collective. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faultline is among the currently active artist spaces in the area; others include the embattled Vulcan Lofts (whose residents have been fighting to maintain rent control and prevent displacement of 200 artists since 2019) and Oscillation Studios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>David Burke, co-lead artist for the Souls of Mischief mural, is headquartered at High Street Studios, along with co-lead artist Pancho Peskador. The two are public art veterans; Burke served as art director for Art Esteem’s Oakland Superheroes Mural Project, while Peskador was co-lead artist on the Alice Street mural that became the subject of an award-winning documentary film. The story behind their most recent mural is one of compassion, sacrifice, love — and third eye vision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burke and Peskador worked on the project with a third co-lead artist, Joevic Yeban, as well as assistant artists Veronica Aguilar and Pablo Ruiz, and photographer Steve Babuliak. The mural is the third in a series of “Love Letter to Oakland”-themed murals; the other two are located in Jack London Square and Temescal. Burke says additional entries in the series are continually under consideration, “but we want them to be neighborhood-specific.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934661\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_4.jpg\" alt=\"Phesto Dee of Souls of Mischief poses in front of his own likeness, painted as part of a mural in East Oakland.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1275\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934661\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_4.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_4-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_4-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_4-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_4-768x510.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_4-1536x1020.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phesto Dee of Souls of Mischief poses in front of his own likeness, painted as part of a mural in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(Steve Babuljak)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The 30th anniversary of the Souls’ debut album \u003cem>93 Til Infinity\u003c/em> served as a catalyst for the mural, says Burke. “I thought, man, that would be a great thing to celebrate them in conjunction with this anniversary tour,” he says. In the first half of this year, Burke’s team met with the Souls and brought them into the studio for reference photos. “And then,” Burke says, “we had to find a site.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They wanted a large-scale wall to maximize visual impact, and a spot in East Oakland, where the Souls are from. “That was really important to us, because their headquarters is right around the corner from where we eventually painted the mural,” says Burke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>After exploring various options, the best one turned out to be their home base. High Street Studios’ landlord gave them permission to paint the studio’s building, and also granted them a rent reduction for the service — which was critical, because other funding sources dried up. The muralists ended up doing their latest love letter as an actual act of love. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not like we’re trying to always do this under budget or for free or anything like that,” Burke says, adding that artists sometimes have to find a balance between commercially lucrative and artistically satisfying projects. This was the latter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934667\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1275\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934667\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_1-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_1-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_1-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_1-768x510.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_1-1536x1020.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A-Plus, David Burke, Opio, Joevic Yeban, Tajai, Pancho Peskador and Phesto Dee pose in front of the Souls of Mischief mural at High and Watting Streets in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(Steve Babuljak)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Work began in July; the entire painting process took about five weeks. Throughout, the muralists’ spirits were uplifted, Peskador says, by “the constant support and excitement of the neighborhood people” from all walks of life: OUSD employees, the unhoused, everyday residents and families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The original sketch left room for creative inspiration. “In this mural we were jazz players,” says Peskador. “It has a structure. But also we were able to improvise on top of that structure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to give each one of the band members their own space to operate. And each one of those portraits has their own environment,” adds Burke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This birthed a specific design aesthetic, Peskador says. “We wanted to create an analog and futuristic vision where technology and nature are embracing each other, not necessarily in contraposition and fighting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934660\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_3.jpg\" alt=\"A-Plus of Souls of Mischief poses in front of his own likeness, painted as part of a mural in East Oakland.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1275\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934660\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_3.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_3-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_3-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_3-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_3-768x510.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Babuljak_3-1536x1020.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A-Plus of Souls of Mischief poses in front of his own likeness, painted as part of a mural in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(Steve Babuljak)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Visual symbols included musical equipment — speakers and old-school equalizers — as well as what Peskador calls “a little magic: orbs of energy coming out of Opio’s hands, cables that turn into veins and the veins turn into roots. And all that is intertwined and interconnected, giving the statement [that] nothing is separate. We are all connected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The painters finished the day before the Sept. 3 unveiling ceremony, which turned out to be a reminder of what’s good about Oakland: culture, community, and diversity. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While waiting for the Souls to arrive, the muralists chatted with local visual artists Keena Romano and Jet Martinez, and DJ Hella Good spun underground hip-hop — including deep Hiero cuts, like Del’s “The Undisputed Ones” — while perched on a scaffold. Neighborhood residents remarked how they’d been following the mural’s progress as the crowd began to thicken with Hiero supporters: friends, family, and former Skyline High classmates. (Full disclosure: I spoke at this event, introducing the Souls by putting their legacy in context.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In the early 1970s, Don Cornelius broke ground on national television with \u003cem>Soul Train\u003c/em>. Yet as days turned into years, that same broken ground was unable to stabilize beneath him, the beauty of his calling ultimately unfolding into tragedy borne of his ambition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the long-awaited, monumental world premiere of \u003cem>Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical\u003c/em> at American Conservatory Theater, the grandiloquent celebration of Black music and dance shoots fire through every nook and cranny of the theater. With its commitment to largesse, along with a mostly solid penning of Cornelius’ complicated legacy by Dominique Morisseau, the show’s future is laser-focused on Broadway, despite flaws that compromise the show’s organicity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934446\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_119.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1597\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934446\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_119.jpg 2400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_119-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_119-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_119-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_119-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_119-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_119-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_119-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amber Iman (Pam Brown) and Quentin Earl Darrington (Don Cornelius) in ‘Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical.’ \u003ccite>(Kevin Berne and Alessandra Mello)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chicago south sider and local television host Don Cornelius (Quentin Earl Darrington) is a golden-throated visionary, convincing his bosses at WCIU in Chicago to support a Black version of Dick Clark’s popular \u003cem>American Bandstand\u003c/em>, a show with minimal interactions with Black artists. While those bosses ultimately approve the move, with the first episode premiering in 1970, none feel it necessary to own a piece of the pie, making Cornelius the overnight owner of a franchise that would last for 35 years and become the nation’s epicenter for Black culture and entertainment. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_10795181']The ascendance of Cornelius ushers in problematic relationships with many in his orbit, including wife Delores (Angela Birchett), manager Pam Brown (Amber Iman) and son Tony (Sidney Dupont). As time goes on, wars are waged with the evolution of music itself as Cornelius rails against “fuckin’ disco” and “fuckin’ hip-hop,” turning the very name of the show, \u003cem>Soul Train\u003c/em>, into an anachronism. Those battles expand to a mind and body that begins to fail him, leading to a self-inflicted death by gunshot in 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The music — drawing on dozens of hits from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s — is, of course, great, shaped by Kenny Seymour’s terrific arrangements. Director Kamilah Forbes has oodles of talent to work with, and the collection of dancers shaped by Camille A. Brown’s choreography that cooks with butane are the heartbeat of the show. The ubiquity of the \u003cem>Soul Train\u003c/em> dance line and the evolution of popular movement that informed parties and dance halls around the world are given royal treatment here, assisted mightily by Dede Ayite’s multi-decade costume plot, Jason Sherwood’s gargantuan scenic design and the luminous lighting of Jen Schriever. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934450\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1597\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_003.jpg 2400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_003-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_003-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_003-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_003-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_003-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_003-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_003-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cast of ‘Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical.’ \u003ccite>(Kevin Berne and Alessandra Mello)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of \u003cem>Soul Train\u003c/em>‘s highs and lows are prominently displayed in the narrative. While the early 1970s brought the forces of \u003cem>Soul Train\u003c/em> and Motown into Los Angeles, where the hippest dancers and musicians splashed California sun all over their midwest artistic creations, booking talent was still difficult. Even Dick Clark recognized the evolving purchase power of Black viewers, starting his own ill-fated knockoff named \u003cem>Soul Unlimited\u003c/em>, which, thanks to a Cornelius ally named Jesse Jackson, proved to be very limited. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While dance is the star of the show, it’s the story of Cornelius itself that compels. As time marches forward, Cornelius finds his influence slipping away, his abilities to serve as kingmaker giving way to new genres like rap and New Jack Swing. Finding ways for an old soul man to interact with the uncompromising power of Public Enemy or the visceral smoldering of “My Prerogative” (a scalding number that garnered a standing ovation) pushes Cornelius deeper into a King Lear-like tragedy. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934452\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_294.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1597\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934452\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_294.jpg 2400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_294-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_294-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_294-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_294-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_294-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_294-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_294-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kayla Davion (Jody Watley) and the cast of ‘Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical.’ \u003ccite>(Kevin Berne and Alessandra Mello)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The show is not without its flaws. Based on the tried-and-true formula that many jukebox musicals follow, \u003cem>Hippest Trip\u003c/em> doesn’t break any new ground. Many elements of the blueprint are instantly recognizable, including problems introduced and solved with glaring rapidity. While songs like the Five Stairsteps’ “O-o-h Child” and Al Green’s “Tired of Being Alone” weave into the storyline, the majority of its big numbers, despite talent overflowing from the stage, are in the service of nostalgia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amber Iman, as brilliant a musical theater performer as they come, plays a role that feels underdeveloped. And Angela Birchett, as the ill-fated Delores, seems as if she was given minimal stage directions which probably say something like, “stand here and sing sadly.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The show finds more success when it barrels down and dives deeply into what made Cornelius the man he was, Darrington passionately channeling the weight of Cornelius on his powerful shoulders. Cornelius invokes figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Fred Hampton, the Last Poets and the Black Arts Movement in too-brief passing mentions that nonetheless signify his place among them. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934447\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_359.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1597\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934447\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_359.jpg 2400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_359-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_359-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_359-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_359-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_359-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_359-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_359-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical.’ \u003ccite>(Kevin Berne and Alessandra Mello)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are plenty of historical figures that come along and change the world, and Cornelius is on the short list of those who have. Coming out of the explosive images and harmful media depictions of Black people in the 1960s, it was Cornelius and his vision that put a people on his back in the 1970s and beyond, showcasing the beauty of Black culture and self-expression, providing agency and careers to massively talented artists. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The brilliant multi-hyphenate Gil Scott-Heron, who makes brief appearances in \u003cem>Hippest Trip\u003c/em>, was incorrect about one small detail – every Saturday morning for 35 years, the revolution of Don Cornelius was most certainly televised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical runs through Oct. 8, 2023, at the Toni Rembe Theater in San Francisco. \u003ca href=\"https://www.act-sf.org/whats-on/2023-24-season/soul-train/\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The ascendance of Cornelius ushers in problematic relationships with many in his orbit, including wife Delores (Angela Birchett), manager Pam Brown (Amber Iman) and son Tony (Sidney Dupont). As time goes on, wars are waged with the evolution of music itself as Cornelius rails against “fuckin’ disco” and “fuckin’ hip-hop,” turning the very name of the show, \u003cem>Soul Train\u003c/em>, into an anachronism. Those battles expand to a mind and body that begins to fail him, leading to a self-inflicted death by gunshot in 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The music — drawing on dozens of hits from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s — is, of course, great, shaped by Kenny Seymour’s terrific arrangements. Director Kamilah Forbes has oodles of talent to work with, and the collection of dancers shaped by Camille A. Brown’s choreography that cooks with butane are the heartbeat of the show. The ubiquity of the \u003cem>Soul Train\u003c/em> dance line and the evolution of popular movement that informed parties and dance halls around the world are given royal treatment here, assisted mightily by Dede Ayite’s multi-decade costume plot, Jason Sherwood’s gargantuan scenic design and the luminous lighting of Jen Schriever. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934450\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1597\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_003.jpg 2400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_003-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_003-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_003-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_003-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_003-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_003-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_003-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cast of ‘Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical.’ \u003ccite>(Kevin Berne and Alessandra Mello)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of \u003cem>Soul Train\u003c/em>‘s highs and lows are prominently displayed in the narrative. While the early 1970s brought the forces of \u003cem>Soul Train\u003c/em> and Motown into Los Angeles, where the hippest dancers and musicians splashed California sun all over their midwest artistic creations, booking talent was still difficult. Even Dick Clark recognized the evolving purchase power of Black viewers, starting his own ill-fated knockoff named \u003cem>Soul Unlimited\u003c/em>, which, thanks to a Cornelius ally named Jesse Jackson, proved to be very limited. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While dance is the star of the show, it’s the story of Cornelius itself that compels. As time marches forward, Cornelius finds his influence slipping away, his abilities to serve as kingmaker giving way to new genres like rap and New Jack Swing. Finding ways for an old soul man to interact with the uncompromising power of Public Enemy or the visceral smoldering of “My Prerogative” (a scalding number that garnered a standing ovation) pushes Cornelius deeper into a King Lear-like tragedy. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934452\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_294.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1597\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934452\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_294.jpg 2400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_294-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_294-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_294-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_294-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_294-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_294-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_294-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kayla Davion (Jody Watley) and the cast of ‘Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical.’ \u003ccite>(Kevin Berne and Alessandra Mello)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The show is not without its flaws. Based on the tried-and-true formula that many jukebox musicals follow, \u003cem>Hippest Trip\u003c/em> doesn’t break any new ground. Many elements of the blueprint are instantly recognizable, including problems introduced and solved with glaring rapidity. While songs like the Five Stairsteps’ “O-o-h Child” and Al Green’s “Tired of Being Alone” weave into the storyline, the majority of its big numbers, despite talent overflowing from the stage, are in the service of nostalgia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amber Iman, as brilliant a musical theater performer as they come, plays a role that feels underdeveloped. And Angela Birchett, as the ill-fated Delores, seems as if she was given minimal stage directions which probably say something like, “stand here and sing sadly.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The show finds more success when it barrels down and dives deeply into what made Cornelius the man he was, Darrington passionately channeling the weight of Cornelius on his powerful shoulders. Cornelius invokes figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Fred Hampton, the Last Poets and the Black Arts Movement in too-brief passing mentions that nonetheless signify his place among them. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934447\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_359.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1597\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934447\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_359.jpg 2400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_359-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_359-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_359-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_359-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_359-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_359-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HPT_359-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical.’ \u003ccite>(Kevin Berne and Alessandra Mello)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are plenty of historical figures that come along and change the world, and Cornelius is on the short list of those who have. Coming out of the explosive images and harmful media depictions of Black people in the 1960s, it was Cornelius and his vision that put a people on his back in the 1970s and beyond, showcasing the beauty of Black culture and self-expression, providing agency and careers to massively talented artists. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The brilliant multi-hyphenate Gil Scott-Heron, who makes brief appearances in \u003cem>Hippest Trip\u003c/em>, was incorrect about one small detail – every Saturday morning for 35 years, the revolution of Don Cornelius was most certainly televised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical runs through Oct. 8, 2023, at the Toni Rembe Theater in San Francisco. \u003ca href=\"https://www.act-sf.org/whats-on/2023-24-season/soul-train/\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ci>¡Hella Hungry! is a column about Bay Area foodmakers, exploring the region’s culinary cultures through the mouth of a first-generation local.\u003c/i>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saul’s Deli, a bustling Jewish delicatessen serving North Berkeley since 1986, isn’t where you’d expect to kick it with a rap legend. But it’s where Tsutomu Shimura — better known as Lyrics Born, the pioneering Japanese and Jewish American rapper — chose to meet me for lunch on a calm, sunny Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shimura is a certified hip-hop veteran. As a founding member of the Bay Area rap group \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13929861/latyrx-lateef-lyrics-born-solesides-quannum\">Latryx\u003c/a>, he was one of the first Asian American emcees to gain national fame in the early ’90s. His career stretches across decades with an impressive longevity that only \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13932488/e-40-way-magazine-street-renamed-vallejo\">E-40\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13922548/too-short-way-oakland-street-renamed\">Too $hort\u003c/a> could scoff at. Shimura was the first Asian American rapper to release more than 10 studio albums. He’s so prolific that on the day of our hangout, he also released a song, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb9epoQCnuA\">Heaven and Armageddon\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And still, Shimura makes room for his latest creative appetite: food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934217\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13934217 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A bagel with pastrami and a green sauce.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-10-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The author’s’s salami egg bagel with added pastrami. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I like to try new things when I’m cooking, just like I would in a song,” he tells me while enjoying an order of trout, eggs and onions with extra pastrami. “It’s creative, there’s no rules. And you’ll probably like what I make, even if you’ve never heard of it before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjCJDQP1p-o\">Having appeared on KQED’s \u003ci>Check, Please! Bay Area\u003c/i>\u003c/a>, he’s no stranger to the culinary game. The saucy wordsmith has never been afraid of being front and center, either. So it makes sense that the deep-voiced lyricist and diehard foodie — who grew up in Berkeley with an appreciation for the Bay’s culturally diverse cuisines — now has his own online food series, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuFEwujFCNdkNoLfIIOKOwYb1bHpR0v_g\">\u003ci>Dinner In Place\u003c/i>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK2yFPkrwhs\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The show was born in the pandemic when Shimura was unable to tour internationally as frequently as he was accustomed to. A simple Instagram post of him making pasta with clams blew up, and requests from friends, family and fans flooded his inbox: \u003ci>When’s the next one?\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shimura admits he was simply sharing his cooking out of boredom. But he quickly discovered that while on a path to dieting and home cooking in his spare time, he could share his journey with others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, \u003ci>Dinner In Place \u003c/i>is entering its fourth season. The show focuses on multiculturalism and culinary innovation with a range of guests — including Señor Sisig chef Gil Payumo and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/136410/sobre-mesa-brings-afro-caribbean-cocktails-and-light-bites-to-oakland\">Sobre Mesa\u003c/a> chef Nelson German — tied together by Shimura’s trademark baritone narration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over a plate of open-faced salami egg bagels (with extra pastrami, following Shimura’s lead), I tuned in to the hip-hop icon as he reflected on his love of food, music and wellness as a nourishing therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This interview has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">********\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Chazaro: Many of us know you for your music career. But now you’re doing \u003c/b>\u003cb>\u003ci>Dinner In Place\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003cb>. How did your journey into making food videos begin?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Lyrics Born:\u003c/b> During the pandemic, I had nothing but time on my hands. Prior to that, to be honest, I was feeling pretty burnt out artistically. Up to 2019, I was doing at least 100 [tour] dates a year. I was exhausted, bro. Putting out albums every 18 months for 20 years straight. I didn’t realize how tired I truly was. When everything shut down I was like wait a minute. No flight? No studio sessions? No gig? I’m sleeping in my own bed for more than a week? I love this. My lifestyle was such that six months prior to lockdown I was having health issues. Soreness, coughing. Shit like that. But then I started having anxiety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934210\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13934210 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"The facade of a restaurant painted bright red.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-01-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saul’s has been a Berkeley institution since 1986. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So a few months before lockdown, I started to change my diet and exercise. I was up to 225 pounds, and I couldn’t do what I used to on stage, and that was upsetting. I literally couldn’t perform like I used to. So one of the best things I could’ve done was just drop some weight. I started to eat differently and exercise more, and so sliding into quarantine I had some momentum and control over my life. I was at home and started cooking more, since I had been eating out and on the go for years. Because of my health journey, I started to do plant-based stuff. I like to use social media, so I just shot the shit. No editing, just narrating as I went in real time. Everyone was at home also, and it was just a hit. I wasn’t writing anything else, and I didn’t want to do anything with music, so it gave me a new creative outlet instantly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As time went on I started throwing in things from my childhood and travels, and it became weekly. It was cultural, and it was also conceptual like music. Like, wouldn’t it be cool if we took some vegan ground beef and turned it into a kung pao and then made that into a sloppy joe in between two Taiwanese pancakes and just called that a Kung Pao Sloppy Joe? You know what I mean?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934216\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13934216 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A plate with homefries and other food on it.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-09-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-09-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-09-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lyrics Born’s plate of trout, eggs and onion. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>That’s definitely a rapper’s creative mind at work, just remixing hella ingredients.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s all it was. I had time and headspace, and there was nothing else competing with my creativity. It was fun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Bay Area hip-hop has so many anthems — “I Got 5 On It,” “Tell Me When to Go,” “Thizzle Dance.” You put those songs on and Bay Area people will flock to the dance floor and know exactly what to do. What’s the equivalent of that for our region’s food?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are a few restaurants in Berkeley. That’s what I know, so I’ll speak to that. Everett and Jones is one of them. They’ve been around since I was a kid in multiple locations. The one in Berkeley is the best, truth be told. People will have varying opinions on it all, but I also think Le Cheval — a longtime Vietnamese restaurant in Berkeley that unfortunately closed, where many people would go. Chez Panisse, of course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in Oakland, you have guys like Chef Nelson from Sobre Mesa. He just reopened \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/alamaroakland/\">alaMar\u003c/a> with a new Dominican menu. The Bay needs that. Oakland is special because it has that diversity. There’s room, space and audience for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>I noticed you’ve invited local chefs — like Chef Nelson — onto your show this season. What have been some favorite dishes you’ve learned how to make?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We actually released one today that I really love. A “Locrio Japonese.” Japanese curry, stir-fried rice, grilled pork. Dominican and Japanese fusion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934214\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13934214 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person cuts a pickle with a fork and knife.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-06-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pickled beets and cucumbers. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Are these all your original food ideas? Are they just for your private consumption?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We talk about it, bro. With every guest chef — I’ve even had my wife on for an episode — we talk about it, and if we have time, we demo it. I was able to demo the recipes at Señor Sisig and alaMar. Really generous, brilliant chefs. We’re actually doing a pop-up in alaMar, and we’ll be serving the actual dish. It was fun and cute during the pandemic, but I wanted to do more with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Now that you’re three decades into your career, having broken barriers like becoming the first Asian American rapper to perform at events like Coachella and Lollapalooza, what stands out to you — and how does food play into it all?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first couple decades of my career I never reflected. I never looked back, I was thinking about what’s next. It wasn’t until I made my greatest hits album that I was forced to reflect. Doing \u003cem>Dinner in Place\u003c/em> and cooking has really led me down a path that I just totally took for granted. I didn’t realize how special it was to make sushi with my father who I saw maybe once a year. And when I saw him, I was young at the time, and we’d make sushi together, or maybe go out for Korean barbecue in Japan. He spent some time in New York City, but he had health issues and went back to Japan. The last 15 years of his life were in Japan, and I’d go back when I could. Even though he was immobile, we still cooked. It was something I did with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when I got back, my son asked if I could roll sushi, and I was like fuck yeah, I can. Because I did it with my father. Let me start there. It opened up chapters in my life I could revisit. I didn’t consider that to be significant until later. Same with my grandma. She would take me to Jewish delis in L.A. with that side of the family. I grew up in places like Saul’s. \u003ci>Let’s deli.\u003c/i> That’s a Jewish thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>And you did it all while staying true to yourself and highlighting your heritage.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thank you. Rappers? Entertainers? There weren’t many who looked like me who were visible. We had a few here and there. And there were people before me, for sure. But \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13933283/undiscovered-sf-2023-filipino-culture-festival-food-hip-hop-anniversary-soma\">it was mostly DJs and breakdancers\u003c/a>. We were mostly in the background. But there was nobody — since hip-hop was so young — who I could look to in the way someone can look at me now and say, \u003ci>So that’s how you do it\u003c/i>. To have a 30-year career as an Asian American rapper in hip-hop and to see that path as possible.[pullquote size=\"large\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Lyrics Born\"]“In my experience, being mixed is normal. Everything else is different.”[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those lessons exist now, but they didn’t really exist for me. I mean, hip-hop is turning 50 years old. I’ve been around for 30 of those. I took a lot of my cues from studying my peers, but also the previous generation of artists outside of hip-hop. Sammy Davis Jr. James Brown. Those were long careers. There’s a multitude of mountains you have to simultaneously climb. It’s hard for anyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other layer is doing it as a person of color in a system that isn’t built for you to succeed. You’re fighting parallel battles. Then being Asian American, there was even less context as a performer. When I first started touring, I swear to god there were places where I was the only Asian American in the city. But it still sold out. It was about the music. And that’s why food is also so liberating. In my experience, being mixed is normal. Everything else is different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>That’s part of the beauty of growing up in the Bay Area, right?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I don’t think my career could have been possible anywhere outside of the Bay Area. My reality has always been multicultural. And that’s even more so now. Everyone I grew up with in Berkeley is mixed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934213\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13934213 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two people laugh together at a booth in a restaurant.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-05-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lyrics Born sharing a meal — and reflections on his 30-year career in hip-hop — with KQED food writer Alan Chazaro. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>And you can just hustle your way into different situations and make it work.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13929861,arts_13930458,arts_13907726']\u003c/span>Bro, I never went to any culinary school. But I’m creative. And the food tastes good. I don’t give a shit about technique. About what is the way you’re supposed to do it. Just taste it. You’ll love it. You don’t need a chef’s coat. Whatever you wear isn’t gonna change the way you cook. I didn’t come from that. Yes, some of these guys can cook circles around me. But I’m a self-taught rapper. I didn’t take piano lessons or guitar lessons. I had a pen and paper and started writing down some words and hoped they rhymed to their own beat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And real chefs understand that. They get the raw creativity, and that’s what it all is for me. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko2k6RC4MCc\">sinigang ramen\u003c/a>. Nobody’s doing that or presenting it in the way we do. And I say that with pride, not to brag. We’re injecting something new into this. You’ll walk away feeling better, having learned something. And that’s important to me about the show. We wanna make great food, but what’s greater than expanding your horizons on different levels?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Is that part of growing up with immigrant parents? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Totally. And the best part is that our experience [as children of immigrants] is mathematically going to be the dominant experience in this country. We’ll see more people like us — literally and figuratively. That’s not an opinion. That’s facts. It’s trending in a certain direction, and nothing can stop that. And we’ll be enjoying those flavors for a long time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuFEwujFCNdkNoLfIIOKOwYb1bHpR0v_g\">\u003cem>‘Dinner In Place’\u003c/em>\u003ci> is available to watch on YouTube on Lyrics Born’s channel\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>. Season 4 is now streaming. \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/lyricsborn/\">\u003ci>Lyrics Born\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> will team up with chef Nelson German at \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/alamaroakland/\">\u003ci>alaMar Dominican Kitchen\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> (100 Grand Ave. #111, Oakland) for a live “Dinner In Place” pop-up on Thurs. Sep. 14 from 5 p.m. to closing.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ci>¡Hella Hungry! is a column about Bay Area foodmakers, exploring the region’s culinary cultures through the mouth of a first-generation local.\u003c/i>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saul’s Deli, a bustling Jewish delicatessen serving North Berkeley since 1986, isn’t where you’d expect to kick it with a rap legend. But it’s where Tsutomu Shimura — better known as Lyrics Born, the pioneering Japanese and Jewish American rapper — chose to meet me for lunch on a calm, sunny Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shimura is a certified hip-hop veteran. As a founding member of the Bay Area rap group \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13929861/latyrx-lateef-lyrics-born-solesides-quannum\">Latryx\u003c/a>, he was one of the first Asian American emcees to gain national fame in the early ’90s. His career stretches across decades with an impressive longevity that only \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13932488/e-40-way-magazine-street-renamed-vallejo\">E-40\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13922548/too-short-way-oakland-street-renamed\">Too $hort\u003c/a> could scoff at. Shimura was the first Asian American rapper to release more than 10 studio albums. He’s so prolific that on the day of our hangout, he also released a song, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb9epoQCnuA\">Heaven and Armageddon\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And still, Shimura makes room for his latest creative appetite: food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934217\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13934217 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A bagel with pastrami and a green sauce.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-10-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The author’s’s salami egg bagel with added pastrami. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I like to try new things when I’m cooking, just like I would in a song,” he tells me while enjoying an order of trout, eggs and onions with extra pastrami. “It’s creative, there’s no rules. And you’ll probably like what I make, even if you’ve never heard of it before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjCJDQP1p-o\">Having appeared on KQED’s \u003ci>Check, Please! Bay Area\u003c/i>\u003c/a>, he’s no stranger to the culinary game. The saucy wordsmith has never been afraid of being front and center, either. So it makes sense that the deep-voiced lyricist and diehard foodie — who grew up in Berkeley with an appreciation for the Bay’s culturally diverse cuisines — now has his own online food series, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuFEwujFCNdkNoLfIIOKOwYb1bHpR0v_g\">\u003ci>Dinner In Place\u003c/i>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/SK2yFPkrwhs'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/SK2yFPkrwhs'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The show was born in the pandemic when Shimura was unable to tour internationally as frequently as he was accustomed to. A simple Instagram post of him making pasta with clams blew up, and requests from friends, family and fans flooded his inbox: \u003ci>When’s the next one?\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shimura admits he was simply sharing his cooking out of boredom. But he quickly discovered that while on a path to dieting and home cooking in his spare time, he could share his journey with others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, \u003ci>Dinner In Place \u003c/i>is entering its fourth season. The show focuses on multiculturalism and culinary innovation with a range of guests — including Señor Sisig chef Gil Payumo and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/136410/sobre-mesa-brings-afro-caribbean-cocktails-and-light-bites-to-oakland\">Sobre Mesa\u003c/a> chef Nelson German — tied together by Shimura’s trademark baritone narration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over a plate of open-faced salami egg bagels (with extra pastrami, following Shimura’s lead), I tuned in to the hip-hop icon as he reflected on his love of food, music and wellness as a nourishing therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This interview has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">********\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Chazaro: Many of us know you for your music career. But now you’re doing \u003c/b>\u003cb>\u003ci>Dinner In Place\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003cb>. How did your journey into making food videos begin?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Lyrics Born:\u003c/b> During the pandemic, I had nothing but time on my hands. Prior to that, to be honest, I was feeling pretty burnt out artistically. Up to 2019, I was doing at least 100 [tour] dates a year. I was exhausted, bro. Putting out albums every 18 months for 20 years straight. I didn’t realize how tired I truly was. When everything shut down I was like wait a minute. No flight? No studio sessions? No gig? I’m sleeping in my own bed for more than a week? I love this. My lifestyle was such that six months prior to lockdown I was having health issues. Soreness, coughing. Shit like that. But then I started having anxiety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934210\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13934210 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"The facade of a restaurant painted bright red.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-01-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saul’s has been a Berkeley institution since 1986. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So a few months before lockdown, I started to change my diet and exercise. I was up to 225 pounds, and I couldn’t do what I used to on stage, and that was upsetting. I literally couldn’t perform like I used to. So one of the best things I could’ve done was just drop some weight. I started to eat differently and exercise more, and so sliding into quarantine I had some momentum and control over my life. I was at home and started cooking more, since I had been eating out and on the go for years. Because of my health journey, I started to do plant-based stuff. I like to use social media, so I just shot the shit. No editing, just narrating as I went in real time. Everyone was at home also, and it was just a hit. I wasn’t writing anything else, and I didn’t want to do anything with music, so it gave me a new creative outlet instantly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As time went on I started throwing in things from my childhood and travels, and it became weekly. It was cultural, and it was also conceptual like music. Like, wouldn’t it be cool if we took some vegan ground beef and turned it into a kung pao and then made that into a sloppy joe in between two Taiwanese pancakes and just called that a Kung Pao Sloppy Joe? You know what I mean?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934216\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13934216 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A plate with homefries and other food on it.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-09-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-09-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/230830-LRYICS-BORN-MD-09-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lyrics Born’s plate of trout, eggs and onion. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>That’s definitely a rapper’s creative mind at work, just remixing hella ingredients.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s all it was. 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He just reopened \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/alamaroakland/\">alaMar\u003c/a> with a new Dominican menu. The Bay needs that. Oakland is special because it has that diversity. There’s room, space and audience for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>I noticed you’ve invited local chefs — like Chef Nelson — onto your show this season. What have been some favorite dishes you’ve learned how to make?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We actually released one today that I really love. A “Locrio Japonese.” Japanese curry, stir-fried rice, grilled pork. 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Are they just for your private consumption?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We talk about it, bro. With every guest chef — I’ve even had my wife on for an episode — we talk about it, and if we have time, we demo it. I was able to demo the recipes at Señor Sisig and alaMar. Really generous, brilliant chefs. We’re actually doing a pop-up in alaMar, and we’ll be serving the actual dish. It was fun and cute during the pandemic, but I wanted to do more with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Now that you’re three decades into your career, having broken barriers like becoming the first Asian American rapper to perform at events like Coachella and Lollapalooza, what stands out to you — and how does food play into it all?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first couple decades of my career I never reflected. I never looked back, I was thinking about what’s next. It wasn’t until I made my greatest hits album that I was forced to reflect. Doing \u003cem>Dinner in Place\u003c/em> and cooking has really led me down a path that I just totally took for granted. I didn’t realize how special it was to make sushi with my father who I saw maybe once a year. And when I saw him, I was young at the time, and we’d make sushi together, or maybe go out for Korean barbecue in Japan. He spent some time in New York City, but he had health issues and went back to Japan. The last 15 years of his life were in Japan, and I’d go back when I could. Even though he was immobile, we still cooked. It was something I did with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when I got back, my son asked if I could roll sushi, and I was like fuck yeah, I can. Because I did it with my father. Let me start there. It opened up chapters in my life I could revisit. I didn’t consider that to be significant until later. Same with my grandma. She would take me to Jewish delis in L.A. with that side of the family. 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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/professagabel/\">Professa Gabel\u003c/a> loses track of his discography. Not because of the weed smoke filling his studio, either. It’s just that he’s been everywhere the last seven years — Equipto’s \u003ca href=\"https://solidarityrecords415.bandcamp.com/\">Solidarity Records\u003c/a>, his group \u003ca href=\"https://the-watershed-415.bandcamp.com/\">The Watershed\u003c/a> and now the 17-artist collective \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/familynotagroup__/\">Family Not a Group\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gabel’s career goal — “hella albums!” — is clear. Thanks to his relentless work ethic, the 28-year-old artist ascended from freestyling in Dolores Park to collaborating with some of his biggest influences. But his ninth, most recent solo project, \u003ci>The Bay Lebowski\u003c/i>, released in June, stems from a newfound confidence to accept that sometimes less is more, and to be present in the musical moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s one of my first times where I’m a little more unfiltered and talking shit, like I do in my real life,” Gabel says. “A lot of my music before has been like, ‘I have to do the best job… I need to talk about important stuff. It has to sound smart and shit like that.’ I kinda let go all that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3705420009/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like any good hip-hop record that plays well at parties, \u003ci>The Bay Lebowski\u003c/i> is upbeat and relatable, and affirms what makes life worth living for Professa Gabel: catching flights and vibes. “Rhymin’, spliffs, coffee, hotels,” he elaborates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The album isn’t a direct homage to the classic Cohen Brothers film like the 2010 release by \u003ca href=\"https://opio.bandcamp.com/album/mark-it-zero\">Souls of Mischief’s Opio\u003c/a>. But Gabel’s airy attitude is certainly Lebowski-esque, and his cool, calm, collected mic skills lend themselves to portraying his own version of The Dude. He spits at his own relaxed pace in a tone that’s soft yet authoritative, inviting audiences to listen closely as he arrives at clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/etsAvVghWT0?si=tjsDki97HqL5xxTV\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The album ties together Gabel’s discography thus far, and sets the stage for his next level. “You want to contribute to the era that you’re in,” he says of finding his place in hip-hop, “and make your mark in that era.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Professa Gabel pushes himself to a multi-hyphenate level because it’s in his blood: He’s the grandson of actress and radio and TV host Arlene Francis and writer-director-producer Martin Gabel. His background is in the family tradition of stage acting. He studied at Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts (SOTA), and fans may have spotted \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/DOfgUbl6yT0?si=xbgsCHM9pkqLbNbv\">his recent scene in the web comedy series \u003ci>Rent Check\u003c/i>\u003c/a>. He’s a performer, and rap just happens to be his primary medium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love rapping on stage because it’s not easier than acting in a play, but it’s freer,” says Professa Gabel. “I’m controlling the play.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934362\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934362\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/F93A9517_websize-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Professa Gabel smiles while getting a haircut.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/F93A9517_websize-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/F93A9517_websize-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/F93A9517_websize-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/F93A9517_websize-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/F93A9517_websize-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/F93A9517_websize.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moochie cuts Professa Gabel’s hair at Tucked Studios in Daly City. \u003ccite>(D.A. Mission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>The Bay Lebowski\u003c/i> is at least four years in the making. The project is solely produced by Adeyemi, who’s worked with Bay Area standout La Doña and shepherded the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13927576/frisco-daze-san-francisco-rap-album\">\u003ci>Frisco Daze\u003c/i> compilation of up-and-coming San Francisco rap talent\u003c/a>. Adeyemi and Professa Gabel go way back. When they first collaborated on a track for Stunnaman02’s 2018 debut album, “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/Oe-FZGO45C4?si=WIwzj-N81cGoesu7\">Sto Open\u003c/a>,” it opened up possibilities in Gabel’s mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was more of a slap, but I was still spitting on it, still doing my fuckin’ lyrical shit on a slap,” he recalls. “Oh, I can do \u003ci>that\u003c/i>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adeyemi knows Gabel’s strengths and aspirations. His production creates space for the MC to unwind and sync up with the music, not lead with his words over a beat. “You’re an instrument in the band,” Professa Gabel tells himself. “You’re not giving a speech.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934365\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934365\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/F93A9561_websize-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Rapper Professa Gabel sips his smothie while holding his coffee in front of a cafe.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/F93A9561_websize-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/F93A9561_websize-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/F93A9561_websize-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/F93A9561_websize-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/F93A9561_websize-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/F93A9561_websize.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professa Gabel’s daily ritual includes a smoothie and coffee from Martha & Bros Coffee Co. \u003ccite>(D.A. 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He spits at his own relaxed pace in a tone that’s soft yet authoritative, inviting audiences to listen closely as he arrives at clarity.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/etsAvVghWT0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/etsAvVghWT0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The album ties together Gabel’s discography thus far, and sets the stage for his next level. “You want to contribute to the era that you’re in,” he says of finding his place in hip-hop, “and make your mark in that era.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Professa Gabel pushes himself to a multi-hyphenate level because it’s in his blood: He’s the grandson of actress and radio and TV host Arlene Francis and writer-director-producer Martin Gabel. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934333\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00413.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00413-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00413-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00413-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00413-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00413-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Common on stage at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Editor’s note\u003c/strong>: This story is part of \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">That’s My Word\u003c/a>\u003cem>, KQED’s year-long exploration of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">Bay Area hip-hop\u003c/a> history.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With stellar performances from headlining act Common and the eponymous Hieroglyphics crew, Hiero Day 2023 did not disappoint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its second year at Frank Ogawa Plaza, in front of Oakland City Hall – downsized from the previous location at Third Street and Linden, which saw crowds in excess of 20,000 – the daylong hip-hop festival felt just right. With little crowd congestion, one could easily stroll through the vendors and food options, or traverse between two stages. Yet it was dense enough to evoke a sense of collective excitement amongst attendees – a mix of hip-hop fans from seemingly all ages, walks of life, and ethnic backgrounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13924126']It’s safe to say people will be talking about Common’s Oakland appearance long afterwards. The Chicago emcee, actor, activist and philanthropist delivered a top-notch set that interspersed his own hits with iconic hip-hop songs by other artists, in honor of “Hip Hop 50” – the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, a through-line for many acts throughout the day. Colorfully dressed in a short sleeve button-down shirt, Common’s charisma and commanding stage presence were in evidence for all to see. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00335.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934339\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00335.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00335-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00335-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00335-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00335-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00335-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Common talking with Davey D backstage at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Common began his set with his ode to hip-hop culture, “I Used to Love H.E.R.,” which first catapulted him to national attention in the mid-’90s. Like De La Soul’s “Stakes Is High,” the song stands as a cautionary tale, warning against cultural co-option and commodification while underscoring what’s attractive and endearing about the culture in the first place. With poetic flair, Common spins his tale by metaphorically referring to hip-hop as a girl he fell in love with at the age of 10, who “was fresh, yo, when she was underground.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first “original, pure, untampered, a down sister,” she changed – moving to the West Coast and embracing a gangsta lifestyle instead of Afrocentricity, then becoming popular with suburban crowds. Though his love has been defiled and degraded, Common pledges at the end of the song: “I’ma take her back, hopin’ that the shit stop / ‘Cause who I’m talkin’ about, y’all, is hip-hop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It proved to be the perfect set opener, a classic tune made before many in the audience were born, that remains relevant in its message while aligning with the Hip Hop 50 theme. Another highlight was “The Corner,” from the album \u003cem>Be\u003c/em>, produced by Kanye West (back when he was hip-hop’s rising star on the boards), the album version of which features Umar Bin Hassan of the Last Poets, the socially-conscious spoken word artists known as the godfathers of rap. It was a solid selection that peeled back Common’s Hollywood sheen for some authentic grit. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934336\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00132.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934336\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00132.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00132-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00132-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00132-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00132-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00132-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Del the Funky Homosapien and Ras Ceylon backstage at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Common closed his set, and the show, with “The Light,” a single from the heyday of the neo-soul era that remains one of hip-hop’s sweetest love songs. Though Common has a reputation as a ladies’ man – Oakland mayor Sheng Thao gushed over him earlier in the day – his approach to the opposite sex has always been respectful. So it wasn’t difficult for the ladies in the house to get completely into the song’s mellow, feel-good vibe, singing along to the chorus lifted from the late Bobby Caldwell: “There are times, when you need someone / I will be by your side / There is a light that shines / Special for me and you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right before Common’s set, Hieroglyphics performed a short but impactful set that seemed to roll back the clock 30 years in terms of their on-stage energy – except their kineticism was tempered by veteran savvy. Up-and coming emcees in the crowd were likely taking notes; this was a masterclass in live performance dynamics. Kicking off with 1998’s “Oakland Blackouts,” the fan favorite’s laid-back album version donned a supercharged carapace live, as Del the Funky Homosapien and Opio traded verses well-qualified to be hip-hop quotables. This may be the only rap song in history to compare emcees to “platypuses,” and the two emcees’ internal rhyme schemes were impeccable throughout. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland Blackouts” set the tone for the rest of the set, as the other Hieros fed off Del and Opio with lots of crowd-amping gestures and hand raises. There were noticeable rushes from the audience for particularly nasty lyrical flurries by Tajai and Pep Love, although there really wasn’t a weak flow to be found amongst any of the Hieros. It would have been nice had the set afforded more exposition of deep cuts from the collective’s three-decade catalog – “The Powers That Be,” from 2003’s \u003cem>Full Circle\u003c/em>, sounded epic. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934882\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Hiero.Group_.2023-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934882\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Hiero.Group_.2023-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Hiero.Group_.2023-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Hiero.Group_.2023-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Hiero.Group_.2023-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Hiero.Group_.2023-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Hiero.Group_.2023-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Hiero.Group_.2023-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Hiero.Group_.2023-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hieroglyphics on stage at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The song’s bouncy, boom-bap beat shows why Domino is highly underrated as a producer, while the verses from Opio, Tajai, Del and Pep Love were a wicked whirlwind of battle-rap braggadocio and pop culture references (including Chow Yun Fat and Voltron). When Del says “I’m kinda different yo / what I say is thought-provoking,” he could easily be referring to his entire crew. “This is rap Olympics / Hieroglyphics, the dream team,” Pep Love proclaimed. In that moment, no one witnessing the show would have reasonably disagreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13927692']Hieroglyphics closed their set with Souls of Mischief’s iconic “93 Til Infinity,” which has to be one of the top hip-hop anthems of all time. There’s just something about the A-Plus-produced track that makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside. Maybe it’s the pitch-shifted Billy Cobham sample, or maybe it’s the breezy lyrics which evoke the epitome of laid-back Cali cool (“Now we feel the good vibrations / So many females, so much inspiration”). The song never gets old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An unexpected highlight took place between Hieroglyphics and Common’s sets, when Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Mystik Journeymen/Living Legends emcee Corey “Sunspot Jonz” Johnson announced that the City has partnered with Hiero Day – a development that illustrates just how far hip-hop has come. Some may recall when Oakland’s annual Art & Soul festival avoided booking hip-hop acts altogether, or Oakland’s year-long moratorium on rap shows at City-owned facilities. Just as Hieroglyphics broke the mold by performing at Art & Soul, this year’s Hiero Day appeared to usher in a new era of municipal collaboration with the hip-hop community. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934330\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00356.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934330\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00356.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00356-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00356-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00356-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00356-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00356-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayor Shen Thao on stage at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thao, for her part, certainly seemed to embrace the culture. Dressed in a hella fresh varsity-style jacket with Oakland’s tree logo embroidered on the back, she looked amped to be able to talk about something other than rising crime rates, police scandals, and the deteriorating relationship with the Oakland A’s. She handed out a series of commemorative proclamations honoring the contributions of community mainstays and culture keepers, including Johnson; radio personality, DJ, and educator Davey D; Eastside Arts Alliance co-founders Elena Serrano and Traci Bartlow; visual artist and filmmaker Shomari Smith; and rapper, entrepreneur and activist Mistah F.A.B. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each of the honorees gave a short speech. “I brought the underground here,” Johnson remarked, while Serrano noted that her association with hip-hop predates Eastside’s founding, going back to the late ’90s at Berkeley’s La Pena. F.A.B. made a point of speaking to underserved kids dealing with trauma: “It’s possible. Whether your father’s incarcerated or your mother’s on drugs, it’s possible to make it” – referring to his own uncertain upbringing and triumphant transformation into a certified cultural hero. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00062-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00062-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00062-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00062-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00062-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00062-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00062-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00062-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00062-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chuck Johnson and Mistah F.A.B. pose with singer Alanis Morissette, husband and rapper Soul Eye and their family at Hiero Day in Oakland’s Frank Ogawa Plaza on Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The presentations closed with Thao handing Common a heavyweight boxing-style belt, acknowledging his community work. Later, during his set, the rapper noted that he had been inspired by “the Town”’s examples, citing both Hieroglyphics and the Black Panthers, and name-checking Fred Hampton, the martyred leader of Chicago’s Panther chapter and subject of the recent film \u003cem>Judas and the Black Messiah\u003c/em>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pacing at the end — Hiero, Thao, and Common — capped a day that started at noon and gradually built up momentum, as up-and-coming artists rocked both stages and attendees filtered into the venue. Some of the undercard was hit-or-miss, and the production’s timing got skewed, forcing some set times to be shortened, but there were still plenty of highlights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934360\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00040.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00040.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00040-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00040-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00040-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00040-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00040-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richie Cunning on stage at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A sparsely-attended early set by Richie Cunning on the second stage probably deserved a bigger audience. Cunning has been an emcee on the rise for many years now, and his flow, delivery, and punchline game seem increasingly ready for prime time. For fans of hardcore Bay Area mobb music, it was great to see Cellski with DJ T.C. the Enhancer. The Kev Choice Ensemble added jazzy musicality with a trip through hip-hop history, from Chic’s “Good Times” to a nod to Zumbi of Zion-I with “Don’t Lose Your Head.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934334\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00230.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00230-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00230-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00230-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00230-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00230-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kev Choice on stage at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>L.A. underground legend Medusa, who once bested Eminem in a rap battle back in the ’90s, delivered a fiery and fierce-as-fuck set. It was great to see the former member of duo Feline Science and Project Blowed alumnus still doing her thing. Her set was unfortunately truncated, but not before she ripped the recent single “Catch Yo Feelinz” (“You better catch your feelings / I’m about to jump off!”), which shows she can flow over anything, even a contemporary-sounding trap beat. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Ultimate Breaks and Beats\u003c/em> curator Breakbeat Lou performed a high-level DJ set with sublime segues, like the Funky Four + 1’s “That’s The Joint” into Naughty By Nature’s “Uptown Anthem,” The Whole Darn Family’s “Seven Minutes of Funk” into Dru Down’s “Pimp of the Year,” and Digable Planets’ “Rebirth of Slick” into E-40’s “Yay Area.” Blending original songs with later tracks that used them as sample sources further carried the theme of hip-hop history as a progression and evolution of a cultural movement that started from the bottom and ended up at City Hall – literally. Yadidahmean?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934340\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00110.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00110-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00110-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00110-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00110-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00110-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cellski on stage at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Throughout the day, several of the artists spoke backstage about hip-hop’s evolution and their personal journeys through the culture. Del, reflecting on 50 years of hip-hop, said, “I just want our values and everything we based it on to live on.” Those values include“self-improvement goals and knowing your environment, being able to deal with motherfuckers in a competitive way instead of fighting or killing each other.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00271.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934348\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00271.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00271-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00271-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00271-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00271-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00271-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Opio on stage at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A-Plus remarked on the longevity of “93 Til Infinity”: “I feel appreciative, honored. You know that I produce many different things, man. But that one is certainly special. It’s done everything for Souls of Mischief and for Hiero. The ways it’s aged, and the new generation with streaming, they’re looking back at it and then finding their own way with music.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s enabled Hiero’s fanbase to expand beyond old heads, he says. “Young kids are part of our demo at this point. And it’s just really surreal. You don’t think that far ahead, like 30 years from now, young kids are going to think your song is the shit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934887\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Medusa.HieroDay2023-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934887\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Medusa.HieroDay2023-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Medusa.HieroDay2023-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Medusa.HieroDay2023-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Medusa.HieroDay2023-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Medusa.HieroDay2023-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Medusa.HieroDay2023-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Medusa.HieroDay2023-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Medusa.HieroDay2023-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Medusa on stage at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mistah F.A.B. specifically saluted Souls of Mischief’s milestone and what it means for the Bay Area and for Oakland. “To me, Hip Hop 30 is more important to Hip Hop 50, which is kind of weird. Crazy. But Hip Hop 30 for Hiero is very important, man. And I just love the fact that we’ve been included (in the Hiero Day celebration) to be able to watch our hometown guys come through, and for years continue to maintain relevancy, and continue to keep pushing and representing Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934346\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00055.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934346\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00055.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00055-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00055-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00055-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00055-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00055-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mistah F.A.B. at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That said, there would be no 30th anniversary for Souls had the culture never existed in the first place. F.A.B. continued: “Big shout out to the forefathers that opened up the doors. We’re happy to be here. Let’s continue to get another 50 up out of it, and not let the culture die, by preserving and respecting our elders and continuing to keep doing new work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934344\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934344\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00348.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00348-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00348-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00348-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00348-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00348-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>It’s safe to say people will be talking about Common’s Oakland appearance long afterwards. The Chicago emcee, actor, activist and philanthropist delivered a top-notch set that interspersed his own hits with iconic hip-hop songs by other artists, in honor of “Hip Hop 50” – the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, a through-line for many acts throughout the day. Colorfully dressed in a short sleeve button-down shirt, Common’s charisma and commanding stage presence were in evidence for all to see. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00335.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934339\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00335.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00335-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00335-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00335-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00335-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00335-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Common talking with Davey D backstage at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Common began his set with his ode to hip-hop culture, “I Used to Love H.E.R.,” which first catapulted him to national attention in the mid-’90s. Like De La Soul’s “Stakes Is High,” the song stands as a cautionary tale, warning against cultural co-option and commodification while underscoring what’s attractive and endearing about the culture in the first place. With poetic flair, Common spins his tale by metaphorically referring to hip-hop as a girl he fell in love with at the age of 10, who “was fresh, yo, when she was underground.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Though Common has a reputation as a ladies’ man – Oakland mayor Sheng Thao gushed over him earlier in the day – his approach to the opposite sex has always been respectful. So it wasn’t difficult for the ladies in the house to get completely into the song’s mellow, feel-good vibe, singing along to the chorus lifted from the late Bobby Caldwell: “There are times, when you need someone / I will be by your side / There is a light that shines / Special for me and you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right before Common’s set, Hieroglyphics performed a short but impactful set that seemed to roll back the clock 30 years in terms of their on-stage energy – except their kineticism was tempered by veteran savvy. Up-and coming emcees in the crowd were likely taking notes; this was a masterclass in live performance dynamics. Kicking off with 1998’s “Oakland Blackouts,” the fan favorite’s laid-back album version donned a supercharged carapace live, as Del the Funky Homosapien and Opio traded verses well-qualified to be hip-hop quotables. This may be the only rap song in history to compare emcees to “platypuses,” and the two emcees’ internal rhyme schemes were impeccable throughout. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland Blackouts” set the tone for the rest of the set, as the other Hieros fed off Del and Opio with lots of crowd-amping gestures and hand raises. There were noticeable rushes from the audience for particularly nasty lyrical flurries by Tajai and Pep Love, although there really wasn’t a weak flow to be found amongst any of the Hieros. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Hieroglyphics closed their set with Souls of Mischief’s iconic “93 Til Infinity,” which has to be one of the top hip-hop anthems of all time. There’s just something about the A-Plus-produced track that makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside. Maybe it’s the pitch-shifted Billy Cobham sample, or maybe it’s the breezy lyrics which evoke the epitome of laid-back Cali cool (“Now we feel the good vibrations / So many females, so much inspiration”). The song never gets old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An unexpected highlight took place between Hieroglyphics and Common’s sets, when Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Mystik Journeymen/Living Legends emcee Corey “Sunspot Jonz” Johnson announced that the City has partnered with Hiero Day – a development that illustrates just how far hip-hop has come. Some may recall when Oakland’s annual Art & Soul festival avoided booking hip-hop acts altogether, or Oakland’s year-long moratorium on rap shows at City-owned facilities. Just as Hieroglyphics broke the mold by performing at Art & Soul, this year’s Hiero Day appeared to usher in a new era of municipal collaboration with the hip-hop community. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934330\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00356.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934330\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00356.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00356-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00356-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00356-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00356-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00356-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayor Shen Thao on stage at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thao, for her part, certainly seemed to embrace the culture. Dressed in a hella fresh varsity-style jacket with Oakland’s tree logo embroidered on the back, she looked amped to be able to talk about something other than rising crime rates, police scandals, and the deteriorating relationship with the Oakland A’s. She handed out a series of commemorative proclamations honoring the contributions of community mainstays and culture keepers, including Johnson; radio personality, DJ, and educator Davey D; Eastside Arts Alliance co-founders Elena Serrano and Traci Bartlow; visual artist and filmmaker Shomari Smith; and rapper, entrepreneur and activist Mistah F.A.B. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each of the honorees gave a short speech. “I brought the underground here,” Johnson remarked, while Serrano noted that her association with hip-hop predates Eastside’s founding, going back to the late ’90s at Berkeley’s La Pena. F.A.B. made a point of speaking to underserved kids dealing with trauma: “It’s possible. Whether your father’s incarcerated or your mother’s on drugs, it’s possible to make it” – referring to his own uncertain upbringing and triumphant transformation into a certified cultural hero. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00062-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00062-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00062-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00062-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00062-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00062-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00062-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00062-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00062-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chuck Johnson and Mistah F.A.B. pose with singer Alanis Morissette, husband and rapper Soul Eye and their family at Hiero Day in Oakland’s Frank Ogawa Plaza on Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The presentations closed with Thao handing Common a heavyweight boxing-style belt, acknowledging his community work. Later, during his set, the rapper noted that he had been inspired by “the Town”’s examples, citing both Hieroglyphics and the Black Panthers, and name-checking Fred Hampton, the martyred leader of Chicago’s Panther chapter and subject of the recent film \u003cem>Judas and the Black Messiah\u003c/em>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pacing at the end — Hiero, Thao, and Common — capped a day that started at noon and gradually built up momentum, as up-and-coming artists rocked both stages and attendees filtered into the venue. Some of the undercard was hit-or-miss, and the production’s timing got skewed, forcing some set times to be shortened, but there were still plenty of highlights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934360\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00040.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00040.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00040-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00040-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00040-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00040-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00040-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richie Cunning on stage at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A sparsely-attended early set by Richie Cunning on the second stage probably deserved a bigger audience. Cunning has been an emcee on the rise for many years now, and his flow, delivery, and punchline game seem increasingly ready for prime time. For fans of hardcore Bay Area mobb music, it was great to see Cellski with DJ T.C. the Enhancer. The Kev Choice Ensemble added jazzy musicality with a trip through hip-hop history, from Chic’s “Good Times” to a nod to Zumbi of Zion-I with “Don’t Lose Your Head.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934334\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00230.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00230-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00230-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00230-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00230-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00230-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kev Choice on stage at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>L.A. underground legend Medusa, who once bested Eminem in a rap battle back in the ’90s, delivered a fiery and fierce-as-fuck set. It was great to see the former member of duo Feline Science and Project Blowed alumnus still doing her thing. Her set was unfortunately truncated, but not before she ripped the recent single “Catch Yo Feelinz” (“You better catch your feelings / I’m about to jump off!”), which shows she can flow over anything, even a contemporary-sounding trap beat. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Ultimate Breaks and Beats\u003c/em> curator Breakbeat Lou performed a high-level DJ set with sublime segues, like the Funky Four + 1’s “That’s The Joint” into Naughty By Nature’s “Uptown Anthem,” The Whole Darn Family’s “Seven Minutes of Funk” into Dru Down’s “Pimp of the Year,” and Digable Planets’ “Rebirth of Slick” into E-40’s “Yay Area.” Blending original songs with later tracks that used them as sample sources further carried the theme of hip-hop history as a progression and evolution of a cultural movement that started from the bottom and ended up at City Hall – literally. Yadidahmean?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934340\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00110.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00110-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00110-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00110-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00110-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00110-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cellski on stage at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Throughout the day, several of the artists spoke backstage about hip-hop’s evolution and their personal journeys through the culture. Del, reflecting on 50 years of hip-hop, said, “I just want our values and everything we based it on to live on.” Those values include“self-improvement goals and knowing your environment, being able to deal with motherfuckers in a competitive way instead of fighting or killing each other.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00271.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934348\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00271.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00271-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00271-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00271-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00271-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00271-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Opio on stage at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A-Plus remarked on the longevity of “93 Til Infinity”: “I feel appreciative, honored. You know that I produce many different things, man. But that one is certainly special. It’s done everything for Souls of Mischief and for Hiero. The ways it’s aged, and the new generation with streaming, they’re looking back at it and then finding their own way with music.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s enabled Hiero’s fanbase to expand beyond old heads, he says. “Young kids are part of our demo at this point. And it’s just really surreal. You don’t think that far ahead, like 30 years from now, young kids are going to think your song is the shit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934887\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Medusa.HieroDay2023-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934887\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Medusa.HieroDay2023-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Medusa.HieroDay2023-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Medusa.HieroDay2023-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Medusa.HieroDay2023-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Medusa.HieroDay2023-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Medusa.HieroDay2023-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Medusa.HieroDay2023-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Medusa.HieroDay2023-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Medusa on stage at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mistah F.A.B. specifically saluted Souls of Mischief’s milestone and what it means for the Bay Area and for Oakland. “To me, Hip Hop 30 is more important to Hip Hop 50, which is kind of weird. Crazy. But Hip Hop 30 for Hiero is very important, man. And I just love the fact that we’ve been included (in the Hiero Day celebration) to be able to watch our hometown guys come through, and for years continue to maintain relevancy, and continue to keep pushing and representing Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934346\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00055.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934346\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00055.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00055-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00055-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00055-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00055-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00055-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mistah F.A.B. at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That said, there would be no 30th anniversary for Souls had the culture never existed in the first place. F.A.B. continued: “Big shout out to the forefathers that opened up the doors. We’re happy to be here. Let’s continue to get another 50 up out of it, and not let the culture die, by preserving and respecting our elders and continuing to keep doing new work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934344\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934344\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00348.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00348-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00348-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00348-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00348-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/DSC00348-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934055\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 828px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934055\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tupac.Steinberg.jpg\" alt=\"A shirtless black male with a cross necklace stands with a shorter white woman in jeans and striped top.\" width=\"828\" height=\"1030\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tupac.Steinberg.jpg 828w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tupac.Steinberg-800x995.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tupac.Steinberg-160x199.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tupac.Steinberg-768x955.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tupac Shakur and Leila Steinberg. Steinberg met Shakur when he was 17, and was his manager from 1989 to 1993. \u003ccite>(Kathy Crawford)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor’s note: This story is part of \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop/\">That’s My Word\u003c/a>\u003cem>, KQED’s year-long exploration of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop/\">Bay Area hip-hop\u003c/a> history.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the late 1980s, Leila Steinberg was a concert promoter and arts educator living in Rohnert Park. Each week, she hosted writing circles for young poets, rappers and actors in her living room. She would give the participants a prompt, and then invite the best ones to perform their pieces during assemblies at schools across the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One evening in 1988, a senior at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley showed up and challenged Steinberg’s approach, telling her the participants should have more input on the content of the assemblies. That \u003ca href=\"https://marinmagazine.com/people/tupac/\">brash 17-year-old\u003c/a> would have a profound impact on Steinberg’s life, and on the lives of so many others around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was my group until Tupac came,” Steinberg recalled in a recent phone interview. “I was in my 20s, and it was just a passion project that I wanted to do. His joining really allowed me to rethink and reshape what it was to be in a leadership role.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13927810']Steinberg was part of a multicultural community of mentors and friends who helped mold Tupac Shakur, both as an artist and a man, during the years he lived in Northern California. After making his commercial recording debut with Oakland-based rap group \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13929900/shock-g-revolutionized-hip-hop-and-created-a-secret-trove-of-funky-art\">Digital Underground\u003c/a>, Shakur achieved enormous success as a solo rapper and actor before being murdered in 1996 at age 25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to promoting his first shows, Steinberg was Shakur’s first manager, as well as a substitute mother of sorts to him at a time when his own mother, Afeni, was struggling with drug addiction. He would eventually leave his Marin City home and crash on Steinberg’s couch, living with her and her family in Rohnert Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934059\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934059\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StrictlyDope.jpg\" alt=\"A group of young black males pose in a late 1980s black and white photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StrictlyDope.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StrictlyDope-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tupac Shakur, top center, with the Santa Rosa-based group Strictly Dope, circa 1989. Ray Luv is seen at lower right. \u003ccite>(Strictly Dope)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For years, Steinberg wrestled with feelings of guilt over the “toxic” quality of some of the later music Shakur released, and the poor decisions he made that may have contributed to his untimely death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tupac was a kid, and he needed a lot more guidance,” she said. “I was too young to understand what I know now. I wish that I could have had more influence, because I always stayed connected to him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Finding her role in hip-hop\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Steinberg, 61, lived and worked in the Bay Area for about 15 years in the 1980s and ’90s. Today she lives in Los Angeles, where she grew up, though she returns periodically to visit her mother in Santa Rosa. “The Bay is one of the most revolutionary areas you can live in, in this entire country, whether it’s education, politics, religion,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to managing Shakur from 1989 until 1993 (with guidance from Digital Underground’s manager, Atron Gregory), Steinberg managed \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop/timeline#tupac-moves-to-santa-rosa-attends-the-poetry-circle-and-forms-strictly-dope\">Ray Luv\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13924167/mac-mall-illegal-business-my-opinion-excerpt\">Mac Mall\u003c/a>, and she remains close to both of them. She \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/microphonecheck/2015/03/09/391893500/leila-steinberg-with-earl-its-a-journey\">still manages artists\u003c/a>, including the rapper Earl Sweatshirt, through her company Steinberg Management International. It’s a career she fell into by accident. “I was horrible at math and business, so it’s weird that I ended up negotiating million-dollar contracts,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934054\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Steinberg.whiteboard-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in front of a whiteboard, with the backs of attendees in the foreground.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1829\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Steinberg.whiteboard-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Steinberg.whiteboard-800x571.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Steinberg.whiteboard-1020x729.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Steinberg.whiteboard-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Steinberg.whiteboard-768x549.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Steinberg.whiteboard-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Steinberg.whiteboard-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Steinberg.whiteboard-1920x1372.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Through her nonprofit, Aim4theHeart, Steinberg gives workshops for young people on emotional literacy. \u003ccite>(Louis King)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The daughter of a white, Jewish father who worked as a criminal defense lawyer and a Mexican-born mother with \u003ca href=\"https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/who-are-sephardic-jews/\">Sephardic Jewish heritage\u003c/a> who was involved in different social movements, Steinberg first became aware of the power of music while sitting in the pews of a synagogue. “When Cantor Behar sang, I felt like that was the deepest connection to God,” she said, referring to Cantor Isaac Behar of L.A.’s \u003ca href=\"https://sephardictemple.org/history/\">Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She attended a predominantly Black and Latino elementary school in L.A. until sixth grade, when her family moved to a “pretty WASP-y” community in Santa Monica, she said. She gravitated to the arts, singing in youth choirs and taking African dance classes at a cultural center. “I began to learn about African culture and the gift that came from Africa that I didn’t have in my family, in my community,” she said during a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/live/EldWC_6B6Fk?feature=share\">2021 forum at UC Berkeley\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='large' align='right' citation='Tupac Shakur, on Leila Steinberg']She understood a lot of things that I was doing that other people couldn’t understand. [/pullquote]Although she studied sports therapy at Sonoma State University and worked at a physical therapy office in Sebastopol, she always thought of herself as an artist. She toured with the band O.J. Ekemode and the Nigerian Allstars for a few years, the only non-Black singer-dancer in the Afrobeat group. On the group’s first U.S. tour, she realized she could have a greater impact in music by helping artists of color get more exposure, so she started organizing shows around the Bay Area and, with her DJ husband, promoting local hip-hop acts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never planned on being in hip-hop or rap music,” she said at UC Berkeley. “I really understood the eruption of pain, and that this art form was a very important conversation.” However, she added, “I also struggled with what my role would be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003cem>Dear Mama\u003c/em>, a 2023 FX docuseries (now streaming on Hulu) that interweaves Shakur’s story with his activist mother’s, Shakur talks about Steinberg’s influence on him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was older, she was white, and she’s the one that I used to let look at my poetry,” he says in a clip from a 1995 deposition. “She understood a lot of things that I was doing that other people couldn’t understand. And she’s the one that stayed on me about working hard to do my music.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13924484\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1240px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13924484\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Tupac.MacMall..RayLuv.jpg\" alt=\"Three young men, two of them sitting on car hoods, on a city street\" width=\"1240\" height=\"1488\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Tupac.MacMall..RayLuv.jpg 1240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Tupac.MacMall..RayLuv-800x960.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Tupac.MacMall..RayLuv-1020x1224.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Tupac.MacMall..RayLuv-160x192.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Tupac.MacMall..RayLuv-768x922.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L–R) Tupac Shakur, Mac Mall and Ray Luv on the set of Mac Mall’s music video for ‘Ghetto Theme,’ directed by Tupac. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Mac Mall / 'My Opinion')\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘She required us to be honest’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ray Luv met Steinberg when he was 15, and in an interview, he described her as an educator at heart. “She wants people to be aware of what’s going on, and to not just be blowing in the wind, but to have a voice and to use it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luv grew up in Santa Rosa, participated in Steinberg’s poetry circles in the late 1980s, and performed with Shakur as a member of the rap group Strictly Dope from 1988 to 1990. He recalled how Steinberg drove them back and forth between the North Bay and recording studios in the East Bay, even when she was several months pregnant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It had to put an incredible strain on her family,” he said of her commitment to him and his peers. “She was also feeding some of us and putting us up at different times when we didn’t have a place to stay. I’ve seen her acts of kindness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In return, he added, “She required us to be honest. She required us to give back to the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934062\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934062\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StarlightSound.Richmond.GabeMeline.web_-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A vacant commercial corner building with a 1970s-style stone facade\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StarlightSound.Richmond.GabeMeline.web_-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StarlightSound.Richmond.GabeMeline.web_-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StarlightSound.Richmond.GabeMeline.web_-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StarlightSound.Richmond.GabeMeline.web_-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StarlightSound.Richmond.GabeMeline.web_-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StarlightSound.Richmond.GabeMeline.web_-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StarlightSound.Richmond.GabeMeline.web_-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StarlightSound.Richmond.GabeMeline.web_-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Starlight Sound in Richmond, the recording studio where Leila Steinberg first brought Tupac Shakur to meet Digital Underground, as seen today. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Steinberg approached the job of managing Shakur as if she were running a political campaign, drawing upon lessons she learned from an uncle who worked in politics in L.A. “I instinctively began to look at throwing parties and events and shows like a political campaign, and I understood music moves masses,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet Shakur did not see himself as a politician. Instead, as Steinberg says in \u003cem>Dear Mama\u003c/em>, “Tupac wanted to seduce the children of white America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What did she mean by that? “He really wanted to be like the Pied Piper, and he wanted to lure a generation of white children who grew up not understanding struggle or justice, or what’s happened to Black people in this country,” she said in the interview. “He felt through his lyrics and songs he could be a roadmap to empathy and change and transformation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Ain’t a woman alive that could take my mama’s place\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The documentary \u003cem>Dear Mama\u003c/em> takes its title from one of Shakur’s best-known songs, a loving tribute to his mother included on his 1995 album \u003cem>Me Against the World\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/23762/you-cant-kill-the-revolution-davey-d-on-tupacs-mother-afeni-shakur\">Afeni Shakur\u003c/a> was one of the Panther 21, a group of Black Panthers arrested in New York City in 1969 and charged with conspiring to bomb department stores and police stations. She was pregnant with Shakur while in jail, and defended herself at trial, despite having no legal training. She and the other defendants were \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/14/archives/black-panther-party-members-freed-after-being-cleared-of-charges-13.html\">acquitted\u003c/a> in 1971, and she raised Shakur and his half-sister in poverty in Harlem, Baltimore and Marin City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='pop_23762']Although they came from very different worlds, Steinberg and Shakur bonded over their shared commitment to racial justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the Jewish daughter of a dark-skinned Mexican immigrant, Steinberg said she was aware of antisemitism and racism from a young age. “I understood that Jews were not liked, but they could disappear in their Jewishness,” she said. When she got married, she considered changing her last name, “but I felt that I needed to be OK and not hide, because Black people couldn’t hide their skin.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another thing she had in common with Shakur, she said, was “mother issues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We shared a pain of having mothers who came out of ’60s activism and were taken away from their children because of their choices at times,” she said. “The ’60s activism included drugs, sexual behavior and a lifestyle that is really not healthy for a family.” Steinberg’s mother, Corina Abouaf, was involved in the farmworkers’ and women’s movements. Today, mother and daughter are close, Steinberg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for her relationship with Afeni, Shakur’s mother, who lived in Sausalito in her later years and died in 2016, Steinberg says it was complicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think that I would have been as involved in pushing Pac’s career forward, and just being there for him, if she wasn’t in the place she was in,” she said. “But I know she loved me and my kids, and I have immense respect and love for her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929237\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1716px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13929237\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Tupac.Square.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1716\" height=\"1716\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Tupac.Square.jpg 1716w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Tupac.Square-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Tupac.Square-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Tupac.Square-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Tupac.Square-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Tupac.Square-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1716px) 100vw, 1716px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tupac Shakur pictured in Oakland in 1992. \u003ccite>(Gary Reyes / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives (MediaNews Group/Bay Area News via Getty Images))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘I still feel his partnership’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Tupac Shakur’s time in the Bay Area was often turbulent. In October 1991, he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/11696060/its-tupac-day-in-oakland-where-he-once-sued-the-police-for-10-million\">beaten by Oakland police officers\u003c/a> after they stopped him for jaywalking; he subsequently sued the police department and received a settlement. The following year, he was involved in \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/PAGE-ONE-Marin-City-Haunted-By-Boy-s-Shooting-3021515.php\">a fight at the Marin City Festival\u003c/a>, during which a 6-year-old boy was killed by a bullet fired from a gun that was registered to Shakur. (He was never charged with a crime.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want people to think I condone all his behavior,” Steinberg said. “I fought with him all the time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_11696060']Steinberg doesn’t believe he sexually assaulted a female fan in a New York City hotel room, a crime he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/08/nyregion/rapper-faces-prison-term-for-sex-abuse.html\">convicted\u003c/a> of in 1995, and for which he served nine months in jail. His road manager was also convicted of assaulting the woman, and Steinberg said Shakur should have had better control over the members of his entourage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She has said she \u003ca href=\"https://www.xxlmag.com/changes-2pacs-manager-leila-steinberg-excerpt-from-sept-2011-issue/\">fell in love with Shakur in a spiritual sense\u003c/a>, and the two of them talked about everything. After Shakur was shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996, Steinberg said she was convinced he would pull through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After he died several days later in a hospital, “I was in shock for a very long time,” she recalled. “I’ve been operating for so long from so much trauma, and I’m finally in a really healthy place.” (His murder has never been solved, but in 2002 the \u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em> identified a since-deceased gang member from Compton as the probable shooter.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='large' align='right' citation='Leila Steinberg']I don’t want people to think I condone all his behavior. I fought with him all the time.[/pullquote]Steinberg saved many of the poems Shakur wrote between the ages of 17 and 19 and published them, with his prior permission, in the 1999 book \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Rose-That-Grew-Concrete/dp/0671028456\">The Rose That Grew From Concrete\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. Her portion of the sales has helped to fund her “Mic Sessions” workshops, which she offers at school, universities and other venues through her nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.aim4theheart.org/\">Aim4theHeart\u003c/a>, and which are designed to promote emotional literacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For three decades, she \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/esm5A-_cIAA\">worked with prisoners at San Quentin State Prison\u003c/a>, until the pandemic forced her to press pause. She is a self-described nomad who often travels with Earl Sweatshirt, explaining that the 29-year-old rapper has allowed her to redeem herself “after all the mistakes with Tupac.” She is the mother of four adult children, including a musician son known as \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/nykkuu\">Nyku\u003c/a>, and a grandmother. She is writing a memoir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even today, she said, Shakur is still very much a part of her life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought he would be alive doing the work with me,” she said. “I still feel his partnership in the work. I still feel him tapping me on the shoulder and saying, ‘You have a responsibility. Keep going.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11687704\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_-400x30.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_-768x58.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://jweekly.com/2023/05/09/dear-mama-leila-steinberg-tupacs-first-manager-sees-new-docuseries-series-as-a-chance-to-heal/\">A version of this story first appeared in J. The Jewish News of Northern California\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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He would eventually leave his Marin City home and crash on Steinberg’s couch, living with her and her family in Rohnert Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934059\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934059\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StrictlyDope.jpg\" alt=\"A group of young black males pose in a late 1980s black and white photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StrictlyDope.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StrictlyDope-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tupac Shakur, top center, with the Santa Rosa-based group Strictly Dope, circa 1989. Ray Luv is seen at lower right. \u003ccite>(Strictly Dope)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For years, Steinberg wrestled with feelings of guilt over the “toxic” quality of some of the later music Shakur released, and the poor decisions he made that may have contributed to his untimely death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tupac was a kid, and he needed a lot more guidance,” she said. “I was too young to understand what I know now. I wish that I could have had more influence, because I always stayed connected to him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Finding her role in hip-hop\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Steinberg, 61, lived and worked in the Bay Area for about 15 years in the 1980s and ’90s. Today she lives in Los Angeles, where she grew up, though she returns periodically to visit her mother in Santa Rosa. “The Bay is one of the most revolutionary areas you can live in, in this entire country, whether it’s education, politics, religion,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to managing Shakur from 1989 until 1993 (with guidance from Digital Underground’s manager, Atron Gregory), Steinberg managed \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop/timeline#tupac-moves-to-santa-rosa-attends-the-poetry-circle-and-forms-strictly-dope\">Ray Luv\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13924167/mac-mall-illegal-business-my-opinion-excerpt\">Mac Mall\u003c/a>, and she remains close to both of them. She \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/microphonecheck/2015/03/09/391893500/leila-steinberg-with-earl-its-a-journey\">still manages artists\u003c/a>, including the rapper Earl Sweatshirt, through her company Steinberg Management International. It’s a career she fell into by accident. “I was horrible at math and business, so it’s weird that I ended up negotiating million-dollar contracts,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934054\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Steinberg.whiteboard-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in front of a whiteboard, with the backs of attendees in the foreground.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1829\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Steinberg.whiteboard-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Steinberg.whiteboard-800x571.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Steinberg.whiteboard-1020x729.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Steinberg.whiteboard-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Steinberg.whiteboard-768x549.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Steinberg.whiteboard-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Steinberg.whiteboard-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Steinberg.whiteboard-1920x1372.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Through her nonprofit, Aim4theHeart, Steinberg gives workshops for young people on emotional literacy. \u003ccite>(Louis King)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The daughter of a white, Jewish father who worked as a criminal defense lawyer and a Mexican-born mother with \u003ca href=\"https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/who-are-sephardic-jews/\">Sephardic Jewish heritage\u003c/a> who was involved in different social movements, Steinberg first became aware of the power of music while sitting in the pews of a synagogue. “When Cantor Behar sang, I felt like that was the deepest connection to God,” she said, referring to Cantor Isaac Behar of L.A.’s \u003ca href=\"https://sephardictemple.org/history/\">Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She attended a predominantly Black and Latino elementary school in L.A. until sixth grade, when her family moved to a “pretty WASP-y” community in Santa Monica, she said. She gravitated to the arts, singing in youth choirs and taking African dance classes at a cultural center. “I began to learn about African culture and the gift that came from Africa that I didn’t have in my family, in my community,” she said during a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/live/EldWC_6B6Fk?feature=share\">2021 forum at UC Berkeley\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Although she studied sports therapy at Sonoma State University and worked at a physical therapy office in Sebastopol, she always thought of herself as an artist. She toured with the band O.J. Ekemode and the Nigerian Allstars for a few years, the only non-Black singer-dancer in the Afrobeat group. On the group’s first U.S. tour, she realized she could have a greater impact in music by helping artists of color get more exposure, so she started organizing shows around the Bay Area and, with her DJ husband, promoting local hip-hop acts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never planned on being in hip-hop or rap music,” she said at UC Berkeley. “I really understood the eruption of pain, and that this art form was a very important conversation.” However, she added, “I also struggled with what my role would be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003cem>Dear Mama\u003c/em>, a 2023 FX docuseries (now streaming on Hulu) that interweaves Shakur’s story with his activist mother’s, Shakur talks about Steinberg’s influence on him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was older, she was white, and she’s the one that I used to let look at my poetry,” he says in a clip from a 1995 deposition. “She understood a lot of things that I was doing that other people couldn’t understand. And she’s the one that stayed on me about working hard to do my music.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13924484\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1240px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13924484\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Tupac.MacMall..RayLuv.jpg\" alt=\"Three young men, two of them sitting on car hoods, on a city street\" width=\"1240\" height=\"1488\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Tupac.MacMall..RayLuv.jpg 1240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Tupac.MacMall..RayLuv-800x960.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Tupac.MacMall..RayLuv-1020x1224.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Tupac.MacMall..RayLuv-160x192.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Tupac.MacMall..RayLuv-768x922.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L–R) Tupac Shakur, Mac Mall and Ray Luv on the set of Mac Mall’s music video for ‘Ghetto Theme,’ directed by Tupac. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Mac Mall / 'My Opinion')\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘She required us to be honest’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ray Luv met Steinberg when he was 15, and in an interview, he described her as an educator at heart. “She wants people to be aware of what’s going on, and to not just be blowing in the wind, but to have a voice and to use it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luv grew up in Santa Rosa, participated in Steinberg’s poetry circles in the late 1980s, and performed with Shakur as a member of the rap group Strictly Dope from 1988 to 1990. He recalled how Steinberg drove them back and forth between the North Bay and recording studios in the East Bay, even when she was several months pregnant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It had to put an incredible strain on her family,” he said of her commitment to him and his peers. “She was also feeding some of us and putting us up at different times when we didn’t have a place to stay. I’ve seen her acts of kindness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In return, he added, “She required us to be honest. She required us to give back to the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934062\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934062\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StarlightSound.Richmond.GabeMeline.web_-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A vacant commercial corner building with a 1970s-style stone facade\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StarlightSound.Richmond.GabeMeline.web_-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StarlightSound.Richmond.GabeMeline.web_-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StarlightSound.Richmond.GabeMeline.web_-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StarlightSound.Richmond.GabeMeline.web_-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StarlightSound.Richmond.GabeMeline.web_-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StarlightSound.Richmond.GabeMeline.web_-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StarlightSound.Richmond.GabeMeline.web_-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/StarlightSound.Richmond.GabeMeline.web_-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Starlight Sound in Richmond, the recording studio where Leila Steinberg first brought Tupac Shakur to meet Digital Underground, as seen today. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Steinberg approached the job of managing Shakur as if she were running a political campaign, drawing upon lessons she learned from an uncle who worked in politics in L.A. “I instinctively began to look at throwing parties and events and shows like a political campaign, and I understood music moves masses,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet Shakur did not see himself as a politician. Instead, as Steinberg says in \u003cem>Dear Mama\u003c/em>, “Tupac wanted to seduce the children of white America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What did she mean by that? “He really wanted to be like the Pied Piper, and he wanted to lure a generation of white children who grew up not understanding struggle or justice, or what’s happened to Black people in this country,” she said in the interview. “He felt through his lyrics and songs he could be a roadmap to empathy and change and transformation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Ain’t a woman alive that could take my mama’s place\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The documentary \u003cem>Dear Mama\u003c/em> takes its title from one of Shakur’s best-known songs, a loving tribute to his mother included on his 1995 album \u003cem>Me Against the World\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/23762/you-cant-kill-the-revolution-davey-d-on-tupacs-mother-afeni-shakur\">Afeni Shakur\u003c/a> was one of the Panther 21, a group of Black Panthers arrested in New York City in 1969 and charged with conspiring to bomb department stores and police stations. She was pregnant with Shakur while in jail, and defended herself at trial, despite having no legal training. She and the other defendants were \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/14/archives/black-panther-party-members-freed-after-being-cleared-of-charges-13.html\">acquitted\u003c/a> in 1971, and she raised Shakur and his half-sister in poverty in Harlem, Baltimore and Marin City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Although they came from very different worlds, Steinberg and Shakur bonded over their shared commitment to racial justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the Jewish daughter of a dark-skinned Mexican immigrant, Steinberg said she was aware of antisemitism and racism from a young age. “I understood that Jews were not liked, but they could disappear in their Jewishness,” she said. When she got married, she considered changing her last name, “but I felt that I needed to be OK and not hide, because Black people couldn’t hide their skin.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another thing she had in common with Shakur, she said, was “mother issues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We shared a pain of having mothers who came out of ’60s activism and were taken away from their children because of their choices at times,” she said. “The ’60s activism included drugs, sexual behavior and a lifestyle that is really not healthy for a family.” Steinberg’s mother, Corina Abouaf, was involved in the farmworkers’ and women’s movements. Today, mother and daughter are close, Steinberg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for her relationship with Afeni, Shakur’s mother, who lived in Sausalito in her later years and died in 2016, Steinberg says it was complicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think that I would have been as involved in pushing Pac’s career forward, and just being there for him, if she wasn’t in the place she was in,” she said. “But I know she loved me and my kids, and I have immense respect and love for her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929237\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1716px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13929237\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Tupac.Square.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1716\" height=\"1716\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Tupac.Square.jpg 1716w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Tupac.Square-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Tupac.Square-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Tupac.Square-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Tupac.Square-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Tupac.Square-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1716px) 100vw, 1716px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tupac Shakur pictured in Oakland in 1992. \u003ccite>(Gary Reyes / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives (MediaNews Group/Bay Area News via Getty Images))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘I still feel his partnership’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Tupac Shakur’s time in the Bay Area was often turbulent. In October 1991, he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/11696060/its-tupac-day-in-oakland-where-he-once-sued-the-police-for-10-million\">beaten by Oakland police officers\u003c/a> after they stopped him for jaywalking; he subsequently sued the police department and received a settlement. The following year, he was involved in \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/PAGE-ONE-Marin-City-Haunted-By-Boy-s-Shooting-3021515.php\">a fight at the Marin City Festival\u003c/a>, during which a 6-year-old boy was killed by a bullet fired from a gun that was registered to Shakur. (He was never charged with a crime.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want people to think I condone all his behavior,” Steinberg said. “I fought with him all the time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Steinberg doesn’t believe he sexually assaulted a female fan in a New York City hotel room, a crime he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/08/nyregion/rapper-faces-prison-term-for-sex-abuse.html\">convicted\u003c/a> of in 1995, and for which he served nine months in jail. His road manager was also convicted of assaulting the woman, and Steinberg said Shakur should have had better control over the members of his entourage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She has said she \u003ca href=\"https://www.xxlmag.com/changes-2pacs-manager-leila-steinberg-excerpt-from-sept-2011-issue/\">fell in love with Shakur in a spiritual sense\u003c/a>, and the two of them talked about everything. After Shakur was shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996, Steinberg said she was convinced he would pull through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After he died several days later in a hospital, “I was in shock for a very long time,” she recalled. “I’ve been operating for so long from so much trauma, and I’m finally in a really healthy place.” (His murder has never been solved, but in 2002 the \u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em> identified a since-deceased gang member from Compton as the probable shooter.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Steinberg saved many of the poems Shakur wrote between the ages of 17 and 19 and published them, with his prior permission, in the 1999 book \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Rose-That-Grew-Concrete/dp/0671028456\">The Rose That Grew From Concrete\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. Her portion of the sales has helped to fund her “Mic Sessions” workshops, which she offers at school, universities and other venues through her nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.aim4theheart.org/\">Aim4theHeart\u003c/a>, and which are designed to promote emotional literacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For three decades, she \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/esm5A-_cIAA\">worked with prisoners at San Quentin State Prison\u003c/a>, until the pandemic forced her to press pause. She is a self-described nomad who often travels with Earl Sweatshirt, explaining that the 29-year-old rapper has allowed her to redeem herself “after all the mistakes with Tupac.” She is the mother of four adult children, including a musician son known as \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/nykkuu\">Nyku\u003c/a>, and a grandmother. She is writing a memoir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even today, she said, Shakur is still very much a part of her life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought he would be alive doing the work with me,” she said. “I still feel his partnership in the work. I still feel him tapping me on the shoulder and saying, ‘You have a responsibility. Keep going.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11687704\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_-400x30.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_-768x58.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"headTitle": "30 Years Ago, Digable Planets’ Interstellar Funk Changed Hip-Hop | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>Thirty years ago, three outer-space insects crashed down on Earth to “resurrect the funk” — or so goes the story on Digable Planets’ \u003ci>Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space)\u003c/i>, one of the most imaginative albums in hip-hop history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1993, Butterfly (Ishmael Butler), Doodlebug (Craig Irving) an Ladybug Mecca (Mariana Vieira) were 20-something new arrivals to New York, with the city as their muse. In their lyrics, brownstones and graffiti-covered walls come alive, pulsing with rhythms that connect hip-hop to a long lineage of Black artistic innovation and expression. As Butterfly raps on “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/sl-pjb7y3y0?si=quzOM_UWeTOyakNN\">Where I’m From\u003c/a>,” “The kinks, the dance, the prints in all the shirts / My grandmother told my mother that it’s Africa at work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/QpWVn7T6qGg?si=diAPAAV2dy8P0M_Z\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With samples from the previous generation of like-minded Afrofuturists — including Herbie Hancock, Lonnie Liston Smith and Parliament — \u003ci>Reachin’\u003c/i> cruises at a laid-back tempo that invites listeners to marinate on the Planets’ fresh-eyed observations. Even as they tackle social issues like reproductive rights, the DPs’ sincerity and playfulness remind us to seek beauty and magic in our everyday surroundings, and not take life too seriously — because our existence is, after all, just a blip on a long continuum. As they put it on “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/EAn7c1uK2Wk?si=jBR3wTrTkQ5Z3jlo\">Examination of What\u003c/a>,” “We’re just babies, man.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not surprising that Digable Planets’ far-out frequencies have resonated here in the Bay Area for decades. In 2006, Butterfly’s lyric — “We be to rap what key be to lock” from “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/cM4kqL13jGM?si=tz20Esyg3nh5yArd\">Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)\u003c/a>” — got a second life through a sample on “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/K71IXLQpGss?si=JSAdtQ0PR4UvOIdl\">Yay Area\u003c/a>,” the standout opening track on E-40’s \u003ci>My Ghetto Report Card\u003c/i>. And it’s Ladybug Mecca whose bars “You want ’em / I got ’em / Drippin’ like water” drive Snoop Dogg’s E-40-assisted hit “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/mKli0y-Xr-Q?si=miDJ4gdQCGB2B06S\">Candy (Drippin’ Like Water)\u003c/a>” from 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, Digable Planets felt the love from their Bay Area fans at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13932390/blue-note-robert-glasper-rakim-chance-nas-mary-j-blige\">Blue Note Jazz Festival\u003c/a> in Napa, where they performed reimagined versions of tracks from \u003ci>Reachin’\u003c/i> and their 1994 sophomore album, \u003ci>Blowout Comb. \u003c/i>The trio’s chemistry was effervescent as an all-star band, led by guitarist Thaddeus Turner and with rising star Kassa Overall on drums, brought new dimensions to their classic material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after the DPs left the stage in wine country, KQED caught up with them about the enduring impact of \u003ci>Reachin’\u003c/i>, which they’re celebrating with a national tour that stops at the Fillmore in \u003ca href=\"https://concerts.livenation.com/digable-planets-reachin-30th-anniversary-tour-san-francisco-california-02-03-2024/event/1C005F46B4253484?_gl=1*1mprl1h*_gcl_au*MTIxNzg2Njg5OC4xNjk3MTQ1MzM5*_ga*MTcyMDkwNjY1NS4xNjk3MTQ1MzQy*_ga_H1KKSGW33X*MTY5NzE0NTM0Mi4xLjAuMTY5NzE0NTM0Mi4wLjAuMA..*_ga_72VVKN21YG*MTY5NzE0NTM0My4xLjAuMTY5NzE0NTM0My4wLjAuMA..&_ga=2.230082844.12288337.1697145343-1720906655.1697145342\">San Francisco on Feb. 3, 2024\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13915631\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13915631\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/GettyImages-50856787-800x555.jpg\" alt=\"A hip-hop trio, one woman and two men, laugh while seated in the grass.\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/GettyImages-50856787-800x555.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/GettyImages-50856787-1020x707.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/GettyImages-50856787-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/GettyImages-50856787-768x532.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/GettyImages-50856787-1536x1065.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/GettyImages-50856787-2048x1420.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/GettyImages-50856787-1920x1331.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Digable Planets backstage at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, in 1993. \u003ccite>(Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Nastia Voynovskaya:\u003c/b> This year we’re celebrating \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">hip-hop 50\u003c/a>, and you’re also celebrating the 30th anniversary of \u003ci>Reachin’\u003c/i>. What’s it like looking back on these songs that you wrote when you were in your 20s, discovering New York? What do you see now when you listen to them?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doodlebug:\u003c/strong> I see a young man still trying to find himself. I’m not saying that I literally found myself, though I’ve gotten a little closer. I listen and I hear somebody that wasn’t fully into himself, but I can hear the passion in that voice. It kind of makes me smile sometimes, and laugh, thinking about all the memories that we had when we recorded, especially that first album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Butterfly:\u003c/strong> Yeah, it’s like looking at a photograph, almost. ’Cause when you hear the music and hear yourself, the subtleties and the differences. And then you go back in time and you think about different situations and maybe what inspired it. So, like, you feel it in your heart when you listen to it and perform the songs. It’s cool, I like it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ladybug Mecca:\u003c/strong> [I’m] thinking back on being a very, very young woman, and entering into this business of music, and how much I didn’t know at the time. But the beauty of that is that I was living in the moment, being fully with how I felt about the world and the people that I was interacting with. There’s beauty in that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932341\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932341\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Digable Planets perform at the Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>There’s this really palpable sense of awe and wonder in those songs, where you’re seeing the magic in the streets of New York. So in that spirit, when you interpolate these songs in a new way with live instrumentation, what’s that process like, and how do you find newness?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Butterfly:\u003c/strong> That’s a good question. Every time you perform, you gotta try something new. We do go out on a stage with the chance that you might mess up or you might forget something, or the guys in the band might miss a line. You’re living on the edge a little bit, you know what I mean? And it’s fun to be there. We actually feel comfortable there, and kind of seek that excitement out of being on stage. It just keeps it fresh a little bit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932347\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932347\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mariana Ladybug Mecca Vieira of Digable Planets performs at the Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>There’s this spiritual consciousness on your two albums, and it’s something that’s very present in jazz, too. Can you tell me a bit more about that spiritual element and how you see it as part of that lineage of Black music?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Butterfly:\u003c/strong> Making music is instinct. Instinct is really the core of spirituality. Your instinct is what you know to be true from your feelings, your reaction to things. Music is that reaction, and putting forth a sound vibration and a thought, ideas. And it’s vibrating, it’s moving all the time. … I like to find myself on the crest of that, you know, and that spirituality, really outside and not thinking about yourself and your problems or anything. You’re just in moments of bliss, really, and energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932344\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932344\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Ishmael-22Butter-Fly22-Butler-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ishmael Butterfly Butler of Digable Planets performs at the Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Y’all are very beloved here in the Bay Area, especially because you were sampled by E-40. Is there a backstory to that sample, or any connection there?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Butterfly:\u003c/strong> I know Rick Rock produced it, and he likes Digable stuff. He’ll get the acapella, chop it up. 40 and Rick Rock, they’re luminaries, really, and they’re hella fly too. And they made a dope song off of it, so it’s cool to be propagated back into the culture with some fly shit like that, you know?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>There’s also a kinship between a lot of artists in the Bay Area and the three of you, with your political and spiritual consciousness. Did you ever interact with the scene here? I know you did some work with Om Records in San Francisco.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Butterfly:\u003c/strong> I’ll tell you who we used to see. It was Boots and the Coup. They used to come in and fuck with us sometimes, you know? And even through the years, seeing them guys, we would always have a good rapport. Boots always liked us and we liked him. … So to see what he’s doing right now, like his last series, \u003ci>I’m a Virgo\u003c/i> — that shit is incredible. [aside postid='arts_13933709']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doodlebug:\u003c/strong> Coming up here visiting my man Pismo Shou. He was a producer in Oakland and produced for Souls of Mischief. Through him, I met the Hieroglyphics crew. That was a great connection I had with San Francisco, I always had a great time when I came out here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ladybug Mecca:\u003c/strong> Cats in the Bay Area are just so fly, from language and fashion to their own sound and music. They’re innovators. They’re consistently inspiring me. So having Rick Rock or 40 flip anything from us is truly an honor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932333\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932333\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Craig-22Doodlebug22-Irving-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Craig-22Doodlebug22-Irving-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Craig-22Doodlebug22-Irving-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Craig-22Doodlebug22-Irving-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Craig-22Doodlebug22-Irving-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Craig-22Doodlebug22-Irving-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Craig-22Doodlebug22-Irving-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Craig Doodlebug Irving of Digable Planets performs at the Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>It was so cool to see that Kassa Overall is in your band. Who do you see in the up-and-coming generation that’s carrying your torch?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ladybug Mecca:\u003c/strong> I don’t really look at it like they’re carrying our torch. I just tend to appreciate the next generation for what they do. That’s not to say that they may not be inspired by us and others. Kassa is someone I stumbled upon a few years ago and fell in love with his music. It’s an honor. I just see him creating his own path and continuing to shine and grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doodlebug:\u003c/strong> Ras Kass’ son is part of a group called Coast Contra. They’re super dope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932336\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932336\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Digable Planets and Madlib backstage at the Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>As we celebrate hip-hop’s 50th anniversary and we look at the next 50 years to come, what are your hopes for the next generation?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ladybug Mecca:\u003c/strong> Ownership of their catalog and continuing to move towards that. Putting back into communities. And just having the financial resources to really be able to lift our communities up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doodlebug:\u003c/strong> I just hope that the next generation, in their pursuit of financial independence and empowerment, that they don’t lose their soul with the music. The industry gets too caught up in getting money. Everybody’s talking about getting money and killing mutha… — it’s a place for that. I just don’t want the next generation to lost in there and forget the soul and the foundation of music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Butterfly:\u003c/strong> I hope that they really pick up the mantle of work on behalf of the struggle. A lot of it is very individual-based. You don’t see that many \u003cem>groups\u003c/em> anymore – five, six, three people, all representing one thing. Everybody is a solo person. And I think that got away from that community aspect that we sort of all came out of, you know, and because it’s tough times ahead politically, socially, environmentally. Rap could be a catalyst for more than just individuals projecting their desires onto the public. It’s like, get back to some changing things with the vibes. That would be cool. I think it could be possible, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11687704\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_-800x60.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_-400x30.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_-768x58.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated to include Digable Planets’ Feb. 3, 2024 San Francisco concert date. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For more hip-hop history coverage from KQED, check out our series \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">That’s My Word\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Thirty years ago, three outer-space insects crashed down on Earth to “resurrect the funk” — or so goes the story on Digable Planets’ \u003ci>Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space)\u003c/i>, one of the most imaginative albums in hip-hop history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1993, Butterfly (Ishmael Butler), Doodlebug (Craig Irving) an Ladybug Mecca (Mariana Vieira) were 20-something new arrivals to New York, with the city as their muse. In their lyrics, brownstones and graffiti-covered walls come alive, pulsing with rhythms that connect hip-hop to a long lineage of Black artistic innovation and expression. As Butterfly raps on “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/sl-pjb7y3y0?si=quzOM_UWeTOyakNN\">Where I’m From\u003c/a>,” “The kinks, the dance, the prints in all the shirts / My grandmother told my mother that it’s Africa at work.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/QpWVn7T6qGg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/QpWVn7T6qGg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>With samples from the previous generation of like-minded Afrofuturists — including Herbie Hancock, Lonnie Liston Smith and Parliament — \u003ci>Reachin’\u003c/i> cruises at a laid-back tempo that invites listeners to marinate on the Planets’ fresh-eyed observations. Even as they tackle social issues like reproductive rights, the DPs’ sincerity and playfulness remind us to seek beauty and magic in our everyday surroundings, and not take life too seriously — because our existence is, after all, just a blip on a long continuum. As they put it on “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/EAn7c1uK2Wk?si=jBR3wTrTkQ5Z3jlo\">Examination of What\u003c/a>,” “We’re just babies, man.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not surprising that Digable Planets’ far-out frequencies have resonated here in the Bay Area for decades. In 2006, Butterfly’s lyric — “We be to rap what key be to lock” from “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/cM4kqL13jGM?si=tz20Esyg3nh5yArd\">Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)\u003c/a>” — got a second life through a sample on “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/K71IXLQpGss?si=JSAdtQ0PR4UvOIdl\">Yay Area\u003c/a>,” the standout opening track on E-40’s \u003ci>My Ghetto Report Card\u003c/i>. And it’s Ladybug Mecca whose bars “You want ’em / I got ’em / Drippin’ like water” drive Snoop Dogg’s E-40-assisted hit “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/mKli0y-Xr-Q?si=miDJ4gdQCGB2B06S\">Candy (Drippin’ Like Water)\u003c/a>” from 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, Digable Planets felt the love from their Bay Area fans at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13932390/blue-note-robert-glasper-rakim-chance-nas-mary-j-blige\">Blue Note Jazz Festival\u003c/a> in Napa, where they performed reimagined versions of tracks from \u003ci>Reachin’\u003c/i> and their 1994 sophomore album, \u003ci>Blowout Comb. \u003c/i>The trio’s chemistry was effervescent as an all-star band, led by guitarist Thaddeus Turner and with rising star Kassa Overall on drums, brought new dimensions to their classic material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after the DPs left the stage in wine country, KQED caught up with them about the enduring impact of \u003ci>Reachin’\u003c/i>, which they’re celebrating with a national tour that stops at the Fillmore in \u003ca href=\"https://concerts.livenation.com/digable-planets-reachin-30th-anniversary-tour-san-francisco-california-02-03-2024/event/1C005F46B4253484?_gl=1*1mprl1h*_gcl_au*MTIxNzg2Njg5OC4xNjk3MTQ1MzM5*_ga*MTcyMDkwNjY1NS4xNjk3MTQ1MzQy*_ga_H1KKSGW33X*MTY5NzE0NTM0Mi4xLjAuMTY5NzE0NTM0Mi4wLjAuMA..*_ga_72VVKN21YG*MTY5NzE0NTM0My4xLjAuMTY5NzE0NTM0My4wLjAuMA..&_ga=2.230082844.12288337.1697145343-1720906655.1697145342\">San Francisco on Feb. 3, 2024\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13915631\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13915631\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/GettyImages-50856787-800x555.jpg\" alt=\"A hip-hop trio, one woman and two men, laugh while seated in the grass.\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/GettyImages-50856787-800x555.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/GettyImages-50856787-1020x707.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/GettyImages-50856787-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/GettyImages-50856787-768x532.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/GettyImages-50856787-1536x1065.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/GettyImages-50856787-2048x1420.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/GettyImages-50856787-1920x1331.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Digable Planets backstage at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, in 1993. \u003ccite>(Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Nastia Voynovskaya:\u003c/b> This year we’re celebrating \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">hip-hop 50\u003c/a>, and you’re also celebrating the 30th anniversary of \u003ci>Reachin’\u003c/i>. What’s it like looking back on these songs that you wrote when you were in your 20s, discovering New York? What do you see now when you listen to them?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doodlebug:\u003c/strong> I see a young man still trying to find himself. I’m not saying that I literally found myself, though I’ve gotten a little closer. I listen and I hear somebody that wasn’t fully into himself, but I can hear the passion in that voice. It kind of makes me smile sometimes, and laugh, thinking about all the memories that we had when we recorded, especially that first album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Butterfly:\u003c/strong> Yeah, it’s like looking at a photograph, almost. ’Cause when you hear the music and hear yourself, the subtleties and the differences. And then you go back in time and you think about different situations and maybe what inspired it. So, like, you feel it in your heart when you listen to it and perform the songs. It’s cool, I like it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ladybug Mecca:\u003c/strong> [I’m] thinking back on being a very, very young woman, and entering into this business of music, and how much I didn’t know at the time. But the beauty of that is that I was living in the moment, being fully with how I felt about the world and the people that I was interacting with. There’s beauty in that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932341\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932341\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-perform-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Digable Planets perform at the Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>There’s this really palpable sense of awe and wonder in those songs, where you’re seeing the magic in the streets of New York. So in that spirit, when you interpolate these songs in a new way with live instrumentation, what’s that process like, and how do you find newness?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Butterfly:\u003c/strong> That’s a good question. Every time you perform, you gotta try something new. We do go out on a stage with the chance that you might mess up or you might forget something, or the guys in the band might miss a line. You’re living on the edge a little bit, you know what I mean? And it’s fun to be there. We actually feel comfortable there, and kind of seek that excitement out of being on stage. It just keeps it fresh a little bit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932347\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932347\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Mariana-22Ladybug-Mecca22-Vieira-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mariana Ladybug Mecca Vieira of Digable Planets performs at the Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>There’s this spiritual consciousness on your two albums, and it’s something that’s very present in jazz, too. Can you tell me a bit more about that spiritual element and how you see it as part of that lineage of Black music?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Butterfly:\u003c/strong> Making music is instinct. Instinct is really the core of spirituality. Your instinct is what you know to be true from your feelings, your reaction to things. Music is that reaction, and putting forth a sound vibration and a thought, ideas. And it’s vibrating, it’s moving all the time. … I like to find myself on the crest of that, you know, and that spirituality, really outside and not thinking about yourself and your problems or anything. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doodlebug:\u003c/strong> Coming up here visiting my man Pismo Shou. He was a producer in Oakland and produced for Souls of Mischief. Through him, I met the Hieroglyphics crew. That was a great connection I had with San Francisco, I always had a great time when I came out here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ladybug Mecca:\u003c/strong> Cats in the Bay Area are just so fly, from language and fashion to their own sound and music. They’re innovators. They’re consistently inspiring me. So having Rick Rock or 40 flip anything from us is truly an honor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932333\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932333\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Craig-22Doodlebug22-Irving-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Craig-22Doodlebug22-Irving-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Craig-22Doodlebug22-Irving-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Craig-22Doodlebug22-Irving-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Craig-22Doodlebug22-Irving-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Craig-22Doodlebug22-Irving-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Craig-22Doodlebug22-Irving-of-Digable-Planets-performs-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-29-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Craig Doodlebug Irving of Digable Planets performs at the Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>It was so cool to see that Kassa Overall is in your band. Who do you see in the up-and-coming generation that’s carrying your torch?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ladybug Mecca:\u003c/strong> I don’t really look at it like they’re carrying our torch. I just tend to appreciate the next generation for what they do. That’s not to say that they may not be inspired by us and others. Kassa is someone I stumbled upon a few years ago and fell in love with his music. It’s an honor. I just see him creating his own path and continuing to shine and grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doodlebug:\u003c/strong> Ras Kass’ son is part of a group called Coast Contra. They’re super dope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932336\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932336\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Digable-Planets-and-Madlib-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Saturday-July-28-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Digable Planets and Madlib backstage at the Blue Note Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>As we celebrate hip-hop’s 50th anniversary and we look at the next 50 years to come, what are your hopes for the next generation?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ladybug Mecca:\u003c/strong> Ownership of their catalog and continuing to move towards that. Putting back into communities. And just having the financial resources to really be able to lift our communities up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doodlebug:\u003c/strong> I just hope that the next generation, in their pursuit of financial independence and empowerment, that they don’t lose their soul with the music. The industry gets too caught up in getting money. Everybody’s talking about getting money and killing mutha… — it’s a place for that. I just don’t want the next generation to lost in there and forget the soul and the foundation of music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Butterfly:\u003c/strong> I hope that they really pick up the mantle of work on behalf of the struggle. A lot of it is very individual-based. You don’t see that many \u003cem>groups\u003c/em> anymore – five, six, three people, all representing one thing. Everybody is a solo person. And I think that got away from that community aspect that we sort of all came out of, you know, and because it’s tough times ahead politically, socially, environmentally. Rap could be a catalyst for more than just individuals projecting their desires onto the public. It’s like, get back to some changing things with the vibes. That would be cool. I think it could be possible, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11687704\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_-800x60.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_-400x30.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_-768x58.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated to include Digable Planets’ Feb. 3, 2024 San Francisco concert date. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933610\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933610\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Chuy_Ak_CMC-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"An old film photo of an Asian American young man and a Mexican American young man behind the scenes in a television studio.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Chuy_Ak_CMC-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Chuy_Ak_CMC-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Chuy_Ak_CMC-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Chuy_Ak_CMC-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Chuy_Ak_CMC-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Chuy_Ak_CMC-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Chuy_Ak_CMC-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Kawanami and Chuy Gomez (left to right) hosted ‘Hip Hop Friday’ on the California Music Channel in the ’90s. The channel became a crucial outlet for Bay Area rappers on their way to national success. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Andy Kawanami)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Editor’s note:\u003c/strong> This story is part of \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">That’s My Word\u003c/a>\u003cem>, KQED’s year-long exploration of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">Bay Area hip-hop\u003c/a> history.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My family didn’t have cable television, but music videos from Andre Nickatina, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11954252/did-mac-dre-really-go-to-prison-because-of-his-lyrics\">Mac Dre\u003c/a> and Spice 1 were in steady rotation in our home. To catch glimpses of our favorite Bay Area rappers, my siblings and I would rush home from school and tune into the \u003ca href=\"https://cmctv.com/cmc/\">California Music Channel\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I still have VHS tapes I recorded in the ’90s of my favorite CMC broadcasts: Messy Marv running plays as a mob boss in “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/kDyrCQCaSbQ\">On the DL\u003c/a>.” Mr. ILL and Devon spitting game at a house party in “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/N30BQ4R2AHc\">Can U Swing It\u003c/a>.” Dancers strutting in San Quinn’s “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/SRFhLkrx_9M\">Shock the Party\u003c/a>.” It was CMC that encouraged my generation to revere Bay Area artists as much as we did their internationally known counterparts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933608\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933608\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/40-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"A film photo from the '90s of E-40, wearing a large hat and sunglasses, with Andy Kawanami, who wears a crewneck and smiles. \" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/40-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/40-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/40-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/40-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/40-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/40-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/40-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CMC host Andy Kawanami (right) with E-40. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Andy Kawanami)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Looking back three decades later, CMC’s influence on Bay Area hip-hop is undeniable. The small station allowed artists to share their music, style and slang on television screens from Vallejo to Daly City, paving the way for bigger opportunities. And it became an early-career stepping stone for beloved media personalities like Chuy Gomez, Sway Calloway and San Francisco Giants announcer Renel Brooks-Moon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s funny, because we actually had some videos that were shown on CMC before they went national, or got picked up by the major labels,” says Gomez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a region that prides itself on out-the-trunk, independent hustle, CMC created infrastructure for the Bay Area rap ecosystem of the ’90s to thrive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/kDyrCQCaSbQ\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Bay’s own MTV\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Rick Kurkjian didn’t know CMC would become a hip-hop destination when he founded it on Aug. 31, 1981. He was starting out in his radio career, and music videos had begun to emerge as a new medium. In 1980, KTZO ran a program called \u003cem>TV-20 Dance Party\u003c/em>, a Top 40 show featuring local high school students. BET went on air that same year, and MTV played its first music video in 1981. Locally, KSTS launched Magic Number Video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kurkjian was fascinated. After seeing Doobie Brothers and Michael Jackson videos on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13877570/a-tribute-to-soul-beat-tv-the-black-owned-network-of-east-oakland\">Soul Beat\u003c/a>, the Black-owned network out of Oakland, he knew he was ready to take a chance. On March 1, 1982, CMC premiered to 25,000 households as a half-hour show that came on twelve times a week on Oakland Cable Channel 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933603\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64735_052_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64735_052_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64735_052_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64735_052_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64735_052_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64735_052_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64735_052_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CMC founder Rick Kurkjian (from left), hosts Chuy Gomez and Andy Kawanami pose for a photo at the California Music Channel office in Oakland on April 14, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In its early years, CMC had a pop focus: Some of its first music videos were by the Village People, British new wave band Bow Wow Wow and Scottish singer Sheena Easton. Kurkjian remembers visiting labels like Capitol, A&M and RCA to request music videos for the station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’d come down from San Francisco in my three-piece Aberdeen suit, which was the only suit I had. I’d walk in and it’s all dark, and I go back to this artist promotion guy’s office, and he’s in a Hawaiian shirt,” Kurkjian recalls. “It was great. I felt so out of place but I also felt like I was representing San Francisco, the city. It was kind of fun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 1983, CMC reached over two million households on Saturday nights on KCSM, an educational access station out of San Mateo. A year later, CMC went on to broadcast Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. on KTSF until 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>CMC becomes a home for hip-hop\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the late ’80s, hip-hop grew from a Black and brown youth subculture into a commercial force, and its music videos began to play in living rooms across the country. A hip-hop-oriented video request show called The Box began broadcasting out of Miami in 1985. \u003cem>Yo! MTV Raps\u003c/em> aired in 1988, and BET debuted a competing show, \u003cem>Rap City\u003c/em>, in 1989. This was also an exciting time for Bay Area rap: Too Short and MC Hammer went platinum, and the Bay found itself in the national spotlight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CMC’s programming began to shift with the arrival of Andy Kawanami in 1992. “I was just an intern answering the phones, and came to Rick with a crazy idea of, ‘Let’s do a hip-hop late night show,’” says Kawanami, who eventually became CMC’s program director. “He let us run with it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the first\u003cem> Hip Hop Friday\u003c/em> episode aired, Kurkjian got a voicemail from a concerned viewer in Berkeley who was in disbelief at what they had just seen. But Kurkjian wasn’t discouraged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I said, ‘Andy, you lit some fires. Let’s go with this. You do it every night,’” he recalls. “So it was hip-hop late night on CMC, and that became very popular.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/duHsIZP71Uk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon, Kawanami recruited Chuy Gomez, whom he had met while interning at the radio station KSOL. At first, Gomez was skeptical: “I didn’t want to be on TV,” he recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Gomez agreed to fill in for Kawanami, and eventually took over as host. “After being on it for a few years, it was just awesome to have folks recognize you and see you — but it was weird because all of a sudden I felt like Dennis Richmond,” Gomez recalls, referring to the beloved KTVU anchor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CMC gave Black artists a platform to take up space beyond their neighborhoods, which helped spread their music and message throughout the greater Bay Area. The music video for “Game Recognize Game,” a 1993 track by San Francisco rapper JT the Bigga Figga, is a perfect example. When it dropped, millions of CMC viewers watched JT do the Get Low, an iconic dance from the Fillmore, in a crowd rocking his Get Low Recordz merch. Though hyper-local, the video had wide appeal. Two years later, JT signed to Priority Records, one of the most influential rap labels of the ’90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/bHkI6u2hXi4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bay Area artists knew that if they wanted video exposure, they’d have to come through us at some point,” says Gomez. “So there’s definitely relationships that form — everybody from JT the Bigga Figga, to Mac Dre, to Boots from The Coup. They were in constant communication with us to try and get on the show.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CMC also played a role in the success of San Francisco group 11/5. At first, members Taydatay, Hennessy and the late Maine-O didn’t have expectations for their careers — they simply wanted to make party music for the people of Hunters Point. After releasing their hit single “Garcia Vegas,” an ode to cannabis, they shot a music video for “Brousin’” and pitched it to CMC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once “Brousin’” hit the airwaves, fan requests for the video started coming in. 11/5’s album \u003cem>Fiendin’ 4 tha Funk\u003c/em> sold 60,000 units in it first four weeks, and went on to reach #76 on the Billboard Top Hip-Hop/R&B Albums charts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[CMC was] able to help us show ourselves visually, we were able to do it vocally,” says Taydatay. “Shoutout to Andy Kawanami and Chuy Gomez. They opened up the door and made an outlet for us. We appreciate that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/riCAmhoITsQ\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>CMC’s legacy lives on\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>By the late ’90s, Kawanami transitioned from hosting to working behind the scenes. He directed the music video for Mac Mall’s 2000 hit “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q33qDzGOaWM\">Wide Open\u003c/a>,” and eventually partnered with director Bernard Gourley to executive produce music videos for M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes,” E-40’s “Tell Me When To Go” and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gomez went on to have a 20-year career on KMEL. He now spins hip-hop, R&B and pop throwbacks on 102 JAMS every Monday through Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933606\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933606\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64712_011_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64712_011_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64712_011_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64712_011_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64712_011_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64712_011_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64712_011_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Kawanami (from left) and Rick Kurkjian, CEO of CMC Broadcasting Company, and Chuy Gomez look through a photo album at the California Music Channel office in Oakland on April 14, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, 42 years after he founded CMC, Kurkjian still operates it as president and CEO. It’s one of the longest running local music video television stations in the world, and is available on the CMC app, Roku, Amazon, Apple TV and local broadcast television throughout Northern California and Boise, Idaho. Kurkjian is still motivated by the success of “radio with pictures,” and looks back fondly on the channel’s legacy in hip-hop and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is the connection with people, whether it’s the advertisers, whether it’s the viewers, whether it’s the artists,” he says. “It’s all part of the wonder and the joy of doing this work. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a region that prides itself on out-the-trunk, independent hustle, CMC created infrastructure for the Bay Area rap ecosystem of the ’90s to thrive.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/kDyrCQCaSbQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/kDyrCQCaSbQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch2>The Bay’s own MTV\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Rick Kurkjian didn’t know CMC would become a hip-hop destination when he founded it on Aug. 31, 1981. He was starting out in his radio career, and music videos had begun to emerge as a new medium. In 1980, KTZO ran a program called \u003cem>TV-20 Dance Party\u003c/em>, a Top 40 show featuring local high school students. BET went on air that same year, and MTV played its first music video in 1981. Locally, KSTS launched Magic Number Video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kurkjian was fascinated. After seeing Doobie Brothers and Michael Jackson videos on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13877570/a-tribute-to-soul-beat-tv-the-black-owned-network-of-east-oakland\">Soul Beat\u003c/a>, the Black-owned network out of Oakland, he knew he was ready to take a chance. On March 1, 1982, CMC premiered to 25,000 households as a half-hour show that came on twelve times a week on Oakland Cable Channel 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933603\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64735_052_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64735_052_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64735_052_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64735_052_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64735_052_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64735_052_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64735_052_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CMC founder Rick Kurkjian (from left), hosts Chuy Gomez and Andy Kawanami pose for a photo at the California Music Channel office in Oakland on April 14, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In its early years, CMC had a pop focus: Some of its first music videos were by the Village People, British new wave band Bow Wow Wow and Scottish singer Sheena Easton. Kurkjian remembers visiting labels like Capitol, A&M and RCA to request music videos for the station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’d come down from San Francisco in my three-piece Aberdeen suit, which was the only suit I had. I’d walk in and it’s all dark, and I go back to this artist promotion guy’s office, and he’s in a Hawaiian shirt,” Kurkjian recalls. “It was great. I felt so out of place but I also felt like I was representing San Francisco, the city. It was kind of fun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 1983, CMC reached over two million households on Saturday nights on KCSM, an educational access station out of San Mateo. A year later, CMC went on to broadcast Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. on KTSF until 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>CMC becomes a home for hip-hop\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the late ’80s, hip-hop grew from a Black and brown youth subculture into a commercial force, and its music videos began to play in living rooms across the country. A hip-hop-oriented video request show called The Box began broadcasting out of Miami in 1985. \u003cem>Yo! MTV Raps\u003c/em> aired in 1988, and BET debuted a competing show, \u003cem>Rap City\u003c/em>, in 1989. This was also an exciting time for Bay Area rap: Too Short and MC Hammer went platinum, and the Bay found itself in the national spotlight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CMC’s programming began to shift with the arrival of Andy Kawanami in 1992. “I was just an intern answering the phones, and came to Rick with a crazy idea of, ‘Let’s do a hip-hop late night show,’” says Kawanami, who eventually became CMC’s program director. “He let us run with it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the first\u003cem> Hip Hop Friday\u003c/em> episode aired, Kurkjian got a voicemail from a concerned viewer in Berkeley who was in disbelief at what they had just seen. But Kurkjian wasn’t discouraged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I said, ‘Andy, you lit some fires. Let’s go with this. You do it every night,’” he recalls. “So it was hip-hop late night on CMC, and that became very popular.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/duHsIZP71Uk'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/duHsIZP71Uk'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Soon, Kawanami recruited Chuy Gomez, whom he had met while interning at the radio station KSOL. 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Two years later, JT signed to Priority Records, one of the most influential rap labels of the ’90s.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/bHkI6u2hXi4'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/bHkI6u2hXi4'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>“Bay Area artists knew that if they wanted video exposure, they’d have to come through us at some point,” says Gomez. “So there’s definitely relationships that form — everybody from JT the Bigga Figga, to Mac Dre, to Boots from The Coup. They were in constant communication with us to try and get on the show.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CMC also played a role in the success of San Francisco group 11/5. At first, members Taydatay, Hennessy and the late Maine-O didn’t have expectations for their careers — they simply wanted to make party music for the people of Hunters Point. After releasing their hit single “Garcia Vegas,” an ode to cannabis, they shot a music video for “Brousin’” and pitched it to CMC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once “Brousin’” hit the airwaves, fan requests for the video started coming in. 11/5’s album \u003cem>Fiendin’ 4 tha Funk\u003c/em> sold 60,000 units in it first four weeks, and went on to reach #76 on the Billboard Top Hip-Hop/R&B Albums charts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[CMC was] able to help us show ourselves visually, we were able to do it vocally,” says Taydatay. “Shoutout to Andy Kawanami and Chuy Gomez. They opened up the door and made an outlet for us. 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He directed the music video for Mac Mall’s 2000 hit “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q33qDzGOaWM\">Wide Open\u003c/a>,” and eventually partnered with director Bernard Gourley to executive produce music videos for M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes,” E-40’s “Tell Me When To Go” and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gomez went on to have a 20-year career on KMEL. He now spins hip-hop, R&B and pop throwbacks on 102 JAMS every Monday through Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933606\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933606\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64712_011_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64712_011_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64712_011_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64712_011_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64712_011_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64712_011_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS64712_011_KQED_CaliforniaMusicChannel_04142023-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Kawanami (from left) and Rick Kurkjian, CEO of CMC Broadcasting Company, and Chuy Gomez look through a photo album at the California Music Channel office in Oakland on April 14, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, 42 years after he founded CMC, Kurkjian still operates it as president and CEO. It’s one of the longest running local music video television stations in the world, and is available on the CMC app, Roku, Amazon, Apple TV and local broadcast television throughout Northern California and Boise, Idaho. Kurkjian is still motivated by the success of “radio with pictures,” and looks back fondly on the channel’s legacy in hip-hop and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is the connection with people, whether it’s the advertisers, whether it’s the viewers, whether it’s the artists,” he says. “It’s all part of the wonder and the joy of doing this work. So we’re happy that hip-hop is part of that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/hiero-day\">Hiero Day\u003c/a>, the long-running annual Oakland block party, will be free this year, organizers have announced. The initial lineup announcement includes Chicago legend \u003cstrong>Common\u003c/strong>, L.A.’s Project Blowed maestro \u003cstrong>Abstract Rude\u003c/strong>, \u003cem>Ultimate Breaks and Beats\u003c/em> co-creator \u003cstrong>Breakbeat Lou\u003c/strong> and others, with more to come. As is custom, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/hieroglyphics\">\u003cstrong>Hieroglyphics\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> crew and its various incarnations will also perform. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8/30\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/hieroooday/\">Added performers\u003c/a> include Cellski, Medusa, Macarthur Maze, the Architect, DJ Black Woman, Kev Choice, DJ D-Sharp, Oke Junior and Kingmakers. Paris, previously announced, is no longer on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwlcjm8vjso/\">final lineup\u003c/a>, seen below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwlcjm8vjso/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hiero Day takes place Monday, Sept. 4, and serves as a de facto 30th anniversary celebration of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/souls-of-mischief\">\u003cstrong>Souls of Mischief\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>’s debut album \u003cem>93 Til Infinity\u003c/em>. Now that admission will be free, those who had bought tickets for his year’s Hiero Day will be refunded, organizers announced. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13924170']Hiero Day will also move locations this year, and be held in Frank Ogawa Plaza directly in front of City Hall, reflecting the event’s new association with the City of Oakland. Other sponsors include the Oakland A’s, Bartable, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13877570/a-tribute-to-soul-beat-tv-the-black-owned-network-of-east-oakland\">Soul Beat\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Numerous \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cv2wb-bvnkF/\">ancillary events\u003c/a> are scheduled around Hiero Day, including pre-parties as well as a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cvxy_2INihL/\">Souls of Mischief mural reveal\u003c/a> in East Oakland. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More details can be found on Hiero Day’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/hieroooday/\">Instagram\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.hieroday.com/\">website\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated. It was first published on Aug. 12, 2023. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It turns out Kendrick Lamar only needs a microphone to show why he’s a titan of rap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/outside-lands\">Outside Lands\u003c/a> Friday night, Lamar took the stage bathed in blue light and immediately got down to business, delivering a crisp, refined set that underscored his stature as a poet. Even as the crowd, tens of thousands of fans deep, went wild for hits like “Swimming Pools” off 2012’s \u003ci>good kid, m.A.A.D. city\u003c/i> and “DNA” from 2017’s \u003ci>DAMN.\u003c/i>, Lamar’s minimalist stage setup underscored the emotional depth of his words: ancestral curses, internal conflicts, specters of trauma that linger even in moments of triumph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933060\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933060\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-002.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kendrick Lamar headlines Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>His group of male dancers, dressed in eerily identical outfits, moved in unison, following Lamar around the stage like the physical embodiment of his embattled subconscious. Meanwhile, paintings by \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/07/30/henry-taylors-promiscuous-painting\">Henry Taylor\u003c/a> hung as backdrops, its subjects making uncomfortably direct eye contact with the crowd. Even as the audience happily sang out “what’s the yams?” during “King Kunta” or jumped and chanted “Ya! Ya! Ya!” during “m.A.A.d. City,” Lamar never let the audience float into escapism for too long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though his set fell on the 50th anniversary of hip-hop culture, he didn’t stop to acknowledge the occasion, and didn’t bring out surprise guests. But he didn’t need to — this night was about his power of bringing together the collective through excavations of his most intimate pain. \u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">—Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>More Outside Lands highlights\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.009.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.009-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.009-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.009-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.009-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.009-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Thee Stallion performs at Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Thee Stallion\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Outside Lands Sunday, the hotties were at the ready, chanting “Megan! Megan!” and clutching their friends in anticipation. Then, to the chorus of “Her,” she appeared with a cascade of waist-length red hair framing her silhouette and prepared to set the mic ablaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Megan Thee Stallion’s set was pure energy. She rapped sex-positive anthems like “Freak Nasty” and “Captain Hook” with precision while performing complicated choreography for almost an hour nonstop. She twerked a dozen different ways, showing off her world-famous knee strength. A high-energy crew of male and female dancers dressed in baby pink surrounded her as she shimmered in a glittery pink corset. (It started to break halfway through the show because of how hard she was going.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only is Megan Thee Stallion an icon of female sexual empowerment, she’s a beacon for those who’ve risen above obstacles. Appearing to briefly address the hardships she endured after surviving a shooting at the hands of Tory Lanez, she told the audience, “Being a hottie is not easy. … Fuck all my haters, none of that shit you was doing or sayin’ broke me.” Tens of thousands of dedicated fans gave her detractors the middle finger as she rapped “What’s New.” But she seemed ready to put that pain behind her. After signing a few audience members’ graduation caps, Megan’s fun-loving mood was contagious as she triumphantly closed out the evening with one of her biggest hits, “Savage.” \u003ci>—Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933128\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933128\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tobe-Nwigwe-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tobe-Nwigwe-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tobe-Nwigwe-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tobe-Nwigwe-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tobe-Nwigwe-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tobe-Nwigwe-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tobe-Nwigwe-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tobe Nwigwe performs at Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Tobe Nwigwe\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tobe Nwigwe’s Sunday evening set made it clear: the man moves with intention. As if performing inside an art installation, he sang and rapped soulfully beneath a chorus of gospel singers, with tulle-draped dancers twirling delicately around him. Everything, from the set to the outfits, was mint green. Nwigwe’s uber-talented ensemble included his wife Fat Nwigwe, who rapped during a fiery crescendo as she and Tobe held hands with their two young daughters, both of whom got to say an adorable “bye!” into the microphone. He ended the night with the cheeky “Try Jesus”: “Try Jesus / not me / ’cause I throw hands.” \u003ci>—Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933117\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933117\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Per-Sia-strikes-a-pose-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-on-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Per-Sia-strikes-a-pose-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-on-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Per-Sia-strikes-a-pose-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-on-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Per-Sia-strikes-a-pose-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-on-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Per-Sia-strikes-a-pose-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-on-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Per-Sia-strikes-a-pose-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-on-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Per-Sia-strikes-a-pose-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-on-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Per Sia strikes a pose at Outside Land’s new open-air dance club Dolores’ on on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dolores’\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\nA new and welcome addition to Outside Lands, the queer nightlife stage Dolores’ was lit throughout the weekend. The “open-air” dance club was a nonstop party that spotlighted Bay Area party collectives Fake and Gay and Hard French, as well as Oasis, the best drag venue in the City. Swinging by Dolores’ on the way to the Land’s End stage offered a quick dance break to house beats and hyperpop Britney Spears remixes, or a chance to see top-tier drag talent like Nikki Jizz, the star and curator of the all-Black drag show \u003cem>Reparations\u003c/em>. With so many people traveling to Outside Lands from out of town and out of state, Dolores’ gave San Francisco’s queer and trans performers the extra spotlight they deserve. Let’s hope it becomes a permanent fixture. \u003ci>—Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933090\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933090\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Zack-Fox-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-004-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Zack-Fox-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-004-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Zack-Fox-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-004-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Zack-Fox-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-004-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Zack-Fox-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-004-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Zack-Fox-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-004-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Zack-Fox-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-004.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zack Fox performs at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Zack Fox\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Saturday, Zack Fox had his audience cackling before he rapped a single bar — or crowd surfed before 3 p.m. Repping Waffle House on a camo long-sleeve, the rapper and \u003ci>Abbott Elementary\u003c/i> actor delivered as many laughs as he did beats. The crowd rapped along to every witty verse from his 2019 track “The Bean Kicked In,” which unsubtly references his attraction to Michelle Obama. And they already had the words memorized to his single “dummy,” which debuted the day before his Outside Lands performance. Fox’s set had the energy of a stand-up comedy show, and he closed it with “Jesus Is the One (I Got Depression).” \u003cem>—Olivia Cruz Mayeda\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933073\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933073\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Invisibl-Skratch-Piklz-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.005-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Invisibl-Skratch-Piklz-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.005-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Invisibl-Skratch-Piklz-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.005-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Invisibl-Skratch-Piklz-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.005-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Invisibl-Skratch-Piklz-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.005-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Invisibl-Skratch-Piklz-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.005-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Invisibl-Skratch-Piklz-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.005.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Invisibl Skratch Piklz perform at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Invisibl Skratch Piklz\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area Filipino DJ legends QBert and D-Styles reaffirmed for the nth time on Saturday why they’re world champions of turntablism. Joined by San Francisco DJ and producer Dan the Automator, the hoodie and puffer-clad trio gave a sonically delicious set that included their rendition of “To Catch a Thief” by Lovage, one of Dan the Automator’s collaborations from a long list of projects that also includes Gorillaz and Deltron 3030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sliding smoothly from beat to beat, the DJs started off with ease, expertly cranking up the lifeforce of the audience with every epic break. Once the beat reached the pace of a sprinter’s pulse, their scratches — ranging from high whistles to deep bellows that could’ve come from the earth herself — animated the dense crowd again and again. QBert and D-Styles bodyrocked in unison, giving each other appreciative nods and smiles as they have been for decades. \u003ci>—Olivia Cruz Mayeda\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933076\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933076\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maggie Rogers performs at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maggie Rogers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Striding and strutting through “Fallingwater” and her cover of “I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” Maggie Rogers worked the stage like a runway, her buoyant energy beaming through the onslaught of heavy fog that became light rain on Saturday evening. Her performance felt punk rock, folksy or indie pop at any given moment, and was as multidimensional as her fit: sunshine yellow leggings, a black leather mini skirt and bright pink eyeshadow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Rogers asked, “Is anybody out there in love right now?” to a frankly pitiful crowd response — you alright there, San Francisco? — she got everyone deeper in their feels with her 2021 hit “Love You for a Long Time.” Her performance of “Alaska” isolated her impassioned vocals for its first few verses, breaking from the recorded song and amplifying the chorus of festival goers hundreds of rows deep. “That song makes me feel like a goddamn pop star,” Rogers said. \u003ci>—Olivia Cruz Mayeda\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933045\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-004.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-004-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-004-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-004-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-004-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-004-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janelle Monáe performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Janelle Monáe\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With their latest album, Janelle Monáe has dubbed this summer \u003ci>The Age of Pleasure\u003c/i>, and onstage Friday at Outside Lands, a pansexual pool party unfolded between giant beach balls as Monáe luxuriated in each sensual lyric of “Lipstick Lover” and “Water Slide.” Monáe and their dancers donned matching bodysuits and swim caps, while the horn section performed with towels wrapped around their waists. Despite the gimmicks, it was really Monáe’s strong, resounding vocals that impressed the most. During a warm moment of appreciation, they reflected to the audience: “To be Black, to be queer, to be nonbinary and have family like you is a blessing.” \u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">—Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933047\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933047\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Cuco-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Cuco-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Cuco-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Cuco-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Cuco-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Cuco-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Cuco-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cuco performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Cuco\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Washed-out psychedelia, cumbia and lovers rock swirled during Cuco’s Friday afternoon set as the singer slowly revealed his multi-instrumentalist status. Two trumpet solos, a guitar solo and lots of tinkering on his Yamaha synth showed him in a playful and inspired mood. At the end of the set, he confessed, “Last time I was out here I was dealing with a lot of substance abuse issues, and now I’m here a year sober.” The audience met him with warm, encouraging applause. \u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">—Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>More photos from Outside Lands:\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933044\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933044\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-005.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-005-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-005-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-005-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-005-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-005-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janelle Monáe performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933058\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kendrick Lamar headlines Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933056\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933056\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Willow performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933041\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933041\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/La-Dona-at-the-Lands-End-VIP-viewing-area-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/La-Dona-at-the-Lands-End-VIP-viewing-area-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/La-Dona-at-the-Lands-End-VIP-viewing-area-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/La-Dona-at-the-Lands-End-VIP-viewing-area-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/La-Dona-at-the-Lands-End-VIP-viewing-area-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/La-Dona-at-the-Lands-End-VIP-viewing-area-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/La-Dona-at-the-Lands-End-VIP-viewing-area-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">La Doña at the Lands End VIP viewing area on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933051\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933051\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">J.I.D performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933042\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933042\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-008.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-008-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-008-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-008-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-008-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-008-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janelle Monáe performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933049\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933049\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Alex-G-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Alex-G-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Alex-G-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Alex-G-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Alex-G-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Alex-G-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Alex-G-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex G performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933061\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933061\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933059\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933059\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-003.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-003-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-003-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-003-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-003-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kendrick Lamar headlines Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933043\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933043\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-006.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-006-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-006-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-006-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-006-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-006-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janelle Monáe performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933054\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Willow performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933053\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933053\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">J.I.D performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933050\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.--800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.--1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.--160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.--768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.--1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janelle Monáe performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933093\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933093\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-003-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-003-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-003-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-003-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-003-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-003.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Crowd at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933078\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933078\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.004-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.004-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.004-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.004-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.004-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.004-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.004.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maggie Rogers performs at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933066\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-during-the-Oasis-Princess-dance-party.-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-during-the-Oasis-Princess-dance-party.-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-during-the-Oasis-Princess-dance-party.-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-during-the-Oasis-Princess-dance-party.-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-during-the-Oasis-Princess-dance-party.-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-during-the-Oasis-Princess-dance-party.-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-during-the-Oasis-Princess-dance-party.-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adore Delano at Outside Land’s new open-air dance club Dolores’ during the Oasis Princess dance party. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933098\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933098\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.003-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.003-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.003-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.003-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.003-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.003.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adore Delano performs at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933086\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tito-Soto-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tito-Soto-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tito-Soto-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tito-Soto-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tito-Soto-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tito-Soto-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tito-Soto-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tito Soto performs at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933083\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933083\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">No Vacation perform at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933084\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">No Vacation perform at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933080\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933080\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Manila-Grey-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Manila-Grey-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Manila-Grey-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Manila-Grey-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Manila-Grey-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Manila-Grey-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Manila-Grey-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manila Grey perform at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933069\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933069\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foo Fighters headline Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933068\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933068\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foo Fighters headline Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933091\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933091\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-005-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-005-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-005-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-005-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-005-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-005-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-005.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933108\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Thee Stallion performs at Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933105\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933105\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Lil-Yachty-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Lil-Yachty-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Lil-Yachty-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Lil-Yachty-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Lil-Yachty-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Lil-Yachty-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Lil-Yachty-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lil Yachty performs at Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933115\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/ODESZA-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/ODESZA-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/ODESZA-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/ODESZA-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/ODESZA-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/ODESZA-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/ODESZA-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">ODESZA headline Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933118\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933118\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Poolside-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Poolside-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-001.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Poolside-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Poolside-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Poolside-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Poolside-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Poolside-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poolside performs at Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933110\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933110\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.006.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.006-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.006-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.006-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.006-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.006-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Thee Stallion performs at Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933130\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933130\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Festival-attendees-dance-at-the-Hard-French-QUICHE-party-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Festival-attendees-dance-at-the-Hard-French-QUICHE-party-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Festival-attendees-dance-at-the-Hard-French-QUICHE-party-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Festival-attendees-dance-at-the-Hard-French-QUICHE-party-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Festival-attendees-dance-at-the-Hard-French-QUICHE-party-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Festival-attendees-dance-at-the-Hard-French-QUICHE-party-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Festival-attendees-dance-at-the-Hard-French-QUICHE-party-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Festival attendees dance at the Hard French QUICHE party on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933124\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated. It was first published on Aug. 12, 2023. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It turns out Kendrick Lamar only needs a microphone to show why he’s a titan of rap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/outside-lands\">Outside Lands\u003c/a> Friday night, Lamar took the stage bathed in blue light and immediately got down to business, delivering a crisp, refined set that underscored his stature as a poet. Even as the crowd, tens of thousands of fans deep, went wild for hits like “Swimming Pools” off 2012’s \u003ci>good kid, m.A.A.D. city\u003c/i> and “DNA” from 2017’s \u003ci>DAMN.\u003c/i>, Lamar’s minimalist stage setup underscored the emotional depth of his words: ancestral curses, internal conflicts, specters of trauma that linger even in moments of triumph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933060\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933060\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-002.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kendrick Lamar headlines Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>His group of male dancers, dressed in eerily identical outfits, moved in unison, following Lamar around the stage like the physical embodiment of his embattled subconscious. Meanwhile, paintings by \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/07/30/henry-taylors-promiscuous-painting\">Henry Taylor\u003c/a> hung as backdrops, its subjects making uncomfortably direct eye contact with the crowd. Even as the audience happily sang out “what’s the yams?” during “King Kunta” or jumped and chanted “Ya! Ya! Ya!” during “m.A.A.d. City,” Lamar never let the audience float into escapism for too long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though his set fell on the 50th anniversary of hip-hop culture, he didn’t stop to acknowledge the occasion, and didn’t bring out surprise guests. But he didn’t need to — this night was about his power of bringing together the collective through excavations of his most intimate pain. \u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">—Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>More Outside Lands highlights\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.009.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.009-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.009-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.009-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.009-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.009-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Thee Stallion performs at Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Thee Stallion\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Outside Lands Sunday, the hotties were at the ready, chanting “Megan! Megan!” and clutching their friends in anticipation. Then, to the chorus of “Her,” she appeared with a cascade of waist-length red hair framing her silhouette and prepared to set the mic ablaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Megan Thee Stallion’s set was pure energy. She rapped sex-positive anthems like “Freak Nasty” and “Captain Hook” with precision while performing complicated choreography for almost an hour nonstop. She twerked a dozen different ways, showing off her world-famous knee strength. A high-energy crew of male and female dancers dressed in baby pink surrounded her as she shimmered in a glittery pink corset. (It started to break halfway through the show because of how hard she was going.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only is Megan Thee Stallion an icon of female sexual empowerment, she’s a beacon for those who’ve risen above obstacles. Appearing to briefly address the hardships she endured after surviving a shooting at the hands of Tory Lanez, she told the audience, “Being a hottie is not easy. … Fuck all my haters, none of that shit you was doing or sayin’ broke me.” Tens of thousands of dedicated fans gave her detractors the middle finger as she rapped “What’s New.” But she seemed ready to put that pain behind her. After signing a few audience members’ graduation caps, Megan’s fun-loving mood was contagious as she triumphantly closed out the evening with one of her biggest hits, “Savage.” \u003ci>—Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933128\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933128\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tobe-Nwigwe-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tobe-Nwigwe-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tobe-Nwigwe-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tobe-Nwigwe-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tobe-Nwigwe-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tobe-Nwigwe-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tobe-Nwigwe-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tobe Nwigwe performs at Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Tobe Nwigwe\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tobe Nwigwe’s Sunday evening set made it clear: the man moves with intention. As if performing inside an art installation, he sang and rapped soulfully beneath a chorus of gospel singers, with tulle-draped dancers twirling delicately around him. Everything, from the set to the outfits, was mint green. Nwigwe’s uber-talented ensemble included his wife Fat Nwigwe, who rapped during a fiery crescendo as she and Tobe held hands with their two young daughters, both of whom got to say an adorable “bye!” into the microphone. He ended the night with the cheeky “Try Jesus”: “Try Jesus / not me / ’cause I throw hands.” \u003ci>—Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933117\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933117\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Per-Sia-strikes-a-pose-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-on-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Per-Sia-strikes-a-pose-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-on-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Per-Sia-strikes-a-pose-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-on-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Per-Sia-strikes-a-pose-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-on-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Per-Sia-strikes-a-pose-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-on-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Per-Sia-strikes-a-pose-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-on-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Per-Sia-strikes-a-pose-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-on-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Per Sia strikes a pose at Outside Land’s new open-air dance club Dolores’ on on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dolores’\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\nA new and welcome addition to Outside Lands, the queer nightlife stage Dolores’ was lit throughout the weekend. The “open-air” dance club was a nonstop party that spotlighted Bay Area party collectives Fake and Gay and Hard French, as well as Oasis, the best drag venue in the City. Swinging by Dolores’ on the way to the Land’s End stage offered a quick dance break to house beats and hyperpop Britney Spears remixes, or a chance to see top-tier drag talent like Nikki Jizz, the star and curator of the all-Black drag show \u003cem>Reparations\u003c/em>. With so many people traveling to Outside Lands from out of town and out of state, Dolores’ gave San Francisco’s queer and trans performers the extra spotlight they deserve. 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The crowd rapped along to every witty verse from his 2019 track “The Bean Kicked In,” which unsubtly references his attraction to Michelle Obama. And they already had the words memorized to his single “dummy,” which debuted the day before his Outside Lands performance. Fox’s set had the energy of a stand-up comedy show, and he closed it with “Jesus Is the One (I Got Depression).” \u003cem>—Olivia Cruz Mayeda\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933073\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933073\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Invisibl-Skratch-Piklz-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.005-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Invisibl-Skratch-Piklz-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.005-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Invisibl-Skratch-Piklz-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.005-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Invisibl-Skratch-Piklz-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.005-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Invisibl-Skratch-Piklz-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.005-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Invisibl-Skratch-Piklz-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.005-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Invisibl-Skratch-Piklz-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.005.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Invisibl Skratch Piklz perform at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Invisibl Skratch Piklz\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area Filipino DJ legends QBert and D-Styles reaffirmed for the nth time on Saturday why they’re world champions of turntablism. Joined by San Francisco DJ and producer Dan the Automator, the hoodie and puffer-clad trio gave a sonically delicious set that included their rendition of “To Catch a Thief” by Lovage, one of Dan the Automator’s collaborations from a long list of projects that also includes Gorillaz and Deltron 3030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sliding smoothly from beat to beat, the DJs started off with ease, expertly cranking up the lifeforce of the audience with every epic break. Once the beat reached the pace of a sprinter’s pulse, their scratches — ranging from high whistles to deep bellows that could’ve come from the earth herself — animated the dense crowd again and again. QBert and D-Styles bodyrocked in unison, giving each other appreciative nods and smiles as they have been for decades. \u003ci>—Olivia Cruz Mayeda\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933076\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933076\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maggie Rogers performs at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maggie Rogers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Striding and strutting through “Fallingwater” and her cover of “I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” Maggie Rogers worked the stage like a runway, her buoyant energy beaming through the onslaught of heavy fog that became light rain on Saturday evening. Her performance felt punk rock, folksy or indie pop at any given moment, and was as multidimensional as her fit: sunshine yellow leggings, a black leather mini skirt and bright pink eyeshadow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Rogers asked, “Is anybody out there in love right now?” to a frankly pitiful crowd response — you alright there, San Francisco? — she got everyone deeper in their feels with her 2021 hit “Love You for a Long Time.” Her performance of “Alaska” isolated her impassioned vocals for its first few verses, breaking from the recorded song and amplifying the chorus of festival goers hundreds of rows deep. “That song makes me feel like a goddamn pop star,” Rogers said. \u003ci>—Olivia Cruz Mayeda\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933045\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-004.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-004-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-004-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-004-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-004-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-004-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janelle Monáe performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Janelle Monáe\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With their latest album, Janelle Monáe has dubbed this summer \u003ci>The Age of Pleasure\u003c/i>, and onstage Friday at Outside Lands, a pansexual pool party unfolded between giant beach balls as Monáe luxuriated in each sensual lyric of “Lipstick Lover” and “Water Slide.” Monáe and their dancers donned matching bodysuits and swim caps, while the horn section performed with towels wrapped around their waists. Despite the gimmicks, it was really Monáe’s strong, resounding vocals that impressed the most. During a warm moment of appreciation, they reflected to the audience: “To be Black, to be queer, to be nonbinary and have family like you is a blessing.” \u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">—Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933047\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933047\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Cuco-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Cuco-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Cuco-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Cuco-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Cuco-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Cuco-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Cuco-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cuco performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Cuco\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Washed-out psychedelia, cumbia and lovers rock swirled during Cuco’s Friday afternoon set as the singer slowly revealed his multi-instrumentalist status. Two trumpet solos, a guitar solo and lots of tinkering on his Yamaha synth showed him in a playful and inspired mood. At the end of the set, he confessed, “Last time I was out here I was dealing with a lot of substance abuse issues, and now I’m here a year sober.” The audience met him with warm, encouraging applause. \u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">—Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>More photos from Outside Lands:\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933044\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933044\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-005.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-005-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-005-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-005-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-005-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-005-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janelle Monáe performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933058\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kendrick Lamar headlines Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933056\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933056\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Willow performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933041\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933041\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/La-Dona-at-the-Lands-End-VIP-viewing-area-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/La-Dona-at-the-Lands-End-VIP-viewing-area-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/La-Dona-at-the-Lands-End-VIP-viewing-area-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/La-Dona-at-the-Lands-End-VIP-viewing-area-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/La-Dona-at-the-Lands-End-VIP-viewing-area-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/La-Dona-at-the-Lands-End-VIP-viewing-area-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/La-Dona-at-the-Lands-End-VIP-viewing-area-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">La Doña at the Lands End VIP viewing area on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933051\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933051\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">J.I.D performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933042\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933042\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-008.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-008-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-008-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-008-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-008-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-008-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janelle Monáe performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933049\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933049\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Alex-G-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Alex-G-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Alex-G-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Alex-G-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Alex-G-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Alex-G-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Alex-G-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex G performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933061\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933061\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933059\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933059\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-003.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-003-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-003-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-003-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-003-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Kendrick-Lamar-headlines-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kendrick Lamar headlines Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933043\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933043\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-006.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-006-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-006-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-006-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-006-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-006-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janelle Monáe performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933054\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Willow-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Willow performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933053\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933053\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/J.I.D-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">J.I.D performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933050\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.-.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.--800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.--1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.--160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.--768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Janelle-Monae-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Friday-Aug.-11-2023.--1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janelle Monáe performs at Outside Lands on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933093\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933093\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-003-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-003-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-003-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-003-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-003-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-003.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Crowd at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933078\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933078\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.004-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.004-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.004-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.004-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.004-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.004-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Maggie-Rogers-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.004.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maggie Rogers performs at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933066\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-during-the-Oasis-Princess-dance-party.-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-during-the-Oasis-Princess-dance-party.-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-during-the-Oasis-Princess-dance-party.-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-during-the-Oasis-Princess-dance-party.-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-during-the-Oasis-Princess-dance-party.-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-during-the-Oasis-Princess-dance-party.-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-at-Outside-Lands-new-open-air-dance-club-Dolores-during-the-Oasis-Princess-dance-party.-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adore Delano at Outside Land’s new open-air dance club Dolores’ during the Oasis Princess dance party. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933098\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933098\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.003-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.003-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.003-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.003-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.003-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Adore-Delano-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.003.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adore Delano performs at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933086\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tito-Soto-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tito-Soto-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tito-Soto-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tito-Soto-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tito-Soto-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tito-Soto-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Tito-Soto-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tito Soto performs at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933083\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933083\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">No Vacation perform at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933084\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/No-Vacation-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">No Vacation perform at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933080\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933080\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Manila-Grey-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Manila-Grey-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Manila-Grey-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Manila-Grey-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Manila-Grey-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Manila-Grey-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Manila-Grey-perform-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manila Grey perform at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933069\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933069\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foo Fighters headline Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933068\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933068\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Foo-Fighters-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foo Fighters headline Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933091\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933091\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-005-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-005-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-005-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-005-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-005-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-005-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-Crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Saturday-Aug.-12-2023.-005.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933108\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Thee Stallion performs at Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933105\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933105\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Lil-Yachty-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Lil-Yachty-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Lil-Yachty-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Lil-Yachty-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Lil-Yachty-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Lil-Yachty-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Lil-Yachty-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lil Yachty performs at Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933115\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/ODESZA-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/ODESZA-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/ODESZA-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/ODESZA-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/ODESZA-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/ODESZA-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/ODESZA-headline-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.004-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">ODESZA headline Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933118\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933118\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Poolside-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Poolside-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-001.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Poolside-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Poolside-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Poolside-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Poolside-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Poolside-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poolside performs at Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933110\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933110\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.006.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.006-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.006-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.006-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.006-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Megan-Thee-Stallion-performs-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.006-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Thee Stallion performs at Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933130\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933130\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Festival-attendees-dance-at-the-Hard-French-QUICHE-party-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Festival-attendees-dance-at-the-Hard-French-QUICHE-party-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Festival-attendees-dance-at-the-Hard-French-QUICHE-party-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Festival-attendees-dance-at-the-Hard-French-QUICHE-party-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Festival-attendees-dance-at-the-Hard-French-QUICHE-party-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Festival-attendees-dance-at-the-Hard-French-QUICHE-party-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Festival-attendees-dance-at-the-Hard-French-QUICHE-party-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Festival attendees dance at the Hard French QUICHE party on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933124\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/The-crowd-at-Outside-Lands-on-Sunday-Aug.-13-2023.-003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>As hip-hop celebrates its 50th birthday, NPR is mapping hip-hop’s story with more than a dozen city-specific histories of the music and culture. \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2023/07/17/1187363952/hip-hop-50-all-rap-is-local\">Click here to see the entire list\u003c/a>, and find KQED’s year-long series on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">Bay Area hip-hop history \u003c/a>\u003c/em>That’s My Word\u003cem> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>The first song on \u003cstrong>E-40\u003c/strong>‘s seventh album is a plea for recognition. “Why They Don’t F*** Wit Us,” from 2002’s \u003cem>Grit & Grind\u003c/em>, finds the multiplatinum Vallejo rapper airing a bevy of grievances — he’s been stolen from, slept on, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/976229350/e-40-rap-legend\">eternally underrated\u003c/a>. “They never put me on the cover of \u003cem>The Source!\u003c/em>” If you’ve talked to a certain type of Bay Area rap fan — or artist, for that matter — in the decades since, you might be familiar with this sentiment. 40 was speaking in the singular but representing for an entire class of perpetually aggrieved rap listeners, whose cries of “quit hatin’ the bay!” would get so loud by the early ’10s that the phrase became the name of a popular mixtape series. There’s some truth in those complaints, though, even if it is more likely a matter of hate-by-omission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drawing on a complex and sometimes contradictory set of regionally dominant impulses — pimp culture, social justice, car culture, drug culture, funk music — the San Francisco Bay Area has long been one of the deepest, most insular and most inscrutable rap regions. It’s also one of the more influential ones. Ever since the early ’80s, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13922548/too-short-way-oakland-street-renamed\">when Oakland’s\u003c/a> \u003cstrong>Too $hort\u003c/strong> began selling homemade tapes full of “dirty rapps” set to menacing synth lines and trunk-rattling 808s, the Bay’s formulas for low-end slaps, linguistic elasticity, independent entrepreneurship and flamboyant personalities have gradually trickled outward. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13927349/bay-area-hip-hop-1980s\">first major crossover pop-rap star \u003c/a>came from Oakland (\u003cstrong>MC Hammer\u003c/strong>). The most important street rapper of all time cut his teeth in the North Bay projects of Marin City (2Pac). The \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2017/09/21/552449582/how-master-p-gamed-the-music-industry-and-laid-a-path-to-generational-wealth\">most successful rapper-turned-record-mogul\u003c/a> of the ’90s started his empire with a tiny record store in Richmond (Master P). Today, you can find traces of Bay game sprinkled throughout \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/1192466118\">Los Angeles\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1189985872/hip-hop-50-detroit-flint\">Detroit\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1191059697/hip-hop-50-houston\">Texas\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/07/19/1188417703/hip-hop-50-atlanta\">Atlanta\u003c/a>, Kansas City, San Diego, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/1192466118\">Seattle\u003c/a> … practically everywhere except, of course, New York.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13923938']And yet, as 40 so eloquently put it, still \u003cem>they don’t f*** wit us\u003c/em>. For all of the influence the Bay Area has had on contemporary rap, it feels disproportionately undervalued and misunderstood, if not completely ignored, in the national conversation. (Or, worse still, reduced to a mere punchline — search Twitter for “E-40 raps like.”) Sure, many Bay Area rap styles can be acquired tastes in their undiluted form (E-40 does, admittedly, rap like he has Jell-O falling out of his mouth, and yes, it sounds fantastic), but I suspect it has more to do with context collapse. The Bay Area rap canon is enormous; it was certainly the most prolific of all pre-internet rap scenes. In 1994, Berkeley radio journalist Billy Jam was quoted in \u003cem>Billboard\u003c/em> estimating that local rappers had been putting out “15 to 30 new releases every week.” When we talk about Bay Area rap we are talking about hundreds of idiosyncratic artists, \u003cem>significant\u003c/em> ones at that, each of them in conversation with one another, working towards building a new collective rap language. The holy trinity of 40, $hort and the late Vallejo legend \u003cstrong>Mac Dre\u003c/strong> only tell a fraction of the story. The handful of crossover classics from the region — “Tell Me When to Go,” “Blow the Whistle,” “I Got 5 On It,” “I Get Around,” “93 ‘Til Infinity,” “The Humpty Dance,” “U Can’t Touch This” — barely scratch the surface of its legacy. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The roughest sketch of Bay rap history goes like this: $hort’s tape hustle spread up I-80, first into Richmond where teenagers \u003cstrong>Magic Mike\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>Calvin T\u003c/strong> applied their real-life experience in the streets on similarly homebrewed underground tapes, arguably inventing the genre of pimp rap in the process. They, in turn, would inspire an entire generation of Vallejo rappers, including E-40 and Mac Dre, perhaps the most naturally charismatic lyricist to ever come out of the region. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13927349']By the mid-’90s, the skeletal bedroom beats first heard on trunk tapes had evolved into a denser, more musical sort of funk known as mobb music, spearheaded by Vallejo producers like \u003cstrong>Khayree\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>Mike Mosley\u003c/strong>. San Francisco was also developing its own stable of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13923766/rbl-posse-a-lesson-to-be-learned-album-cover\">hard-headed street rappers\u003c/a> like \u003cstrong>RBL Posse\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>I.M.P.\u003c/strong>, whose frontman \u003cstrong>Cougnut\u003c/strong> sounded like he had smoked a hundred thousand cigarettes before each session. Meanwhile a parallel scene of under-underground “backpack” rappers was also taking form, led by crews like \u003cstrong>Hieroglyphics\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>Living\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Legends\u003c/strong>, who typically favored more traditionalist East Coast boom bap production but infused it with a Bay Area neo-hippie sensibility and distinctly experimental West Coast flows. They had their own hustles going too, slanging tapes to college kids in Berkeley and becoming some of the first rappers anywhere to take full advantage of the internet as a marketplace. (A few of the more fascinating Bay rappers to emerge were the ones who were able to keep one foot in both of these otherwise disparate scenes — like \u003cstrong>Saafir\u003c/strong>, a street-savvy West Oakland MC whose stop-and-go flow channeled Eric Dolphy solos, or \u003cstrong>The Coup\u003c/strong>, fellow Oakland residents who would split the difference between mobb music and Marxism.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the ’90s came to a close, the Bay seemed like it was beginning to fizzle. Some of its biggest stars had either outgrown the scene or gotten stuck in go-nowhere major label deals. But Mac Dre, who sat out much of the decade while serving time in prison on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11954252/did-mac-dre-really-go-to-prison-because-of-his-lyrics\">trumped-up conspiracy charges\u003c/a> related to a bank robbery that never actually happened, was back. He came home in 1996 with a new outlook on life, forgoing the gangsta pretenses of mobb music in favor of a looser, freer, sillier persona. Maybe he was just echoing the trends around him — ecstasy usage was on the rise and sideshows, the impromptu street car shows that had been popular since the Too $hort era, were more chaotic than ever — or maybe he helped to trigger them. Either way, by the early ’00s, producers like Fairfield-by-way-of-Alabama emigrant \u003cstrong>Rick Rock\u003c/strong> and San Jose’s \u003cstrong>Traxamillion\u003c/strong> had begun to catch up to this energy by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11901142/an-audio-love-letter-to-traxamillion-an-architect-of-the-hyphy-movement\">stripping the funk back down to its bare essentials\u003c/a> — just that 808 slap and some simple synths, but they also cranked the tempo. This new sound helped give second wind to E-40’s style and launched the solo career of East Oakland’s \u003cstrong>Keak Da Sneak\u003c/strong>, formerly of the mobb-era group \u003cstrong>3X Krazy\u003c/strong>. Keak gave the movement a name — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11901142/an-audio-love-letter-to-traxamillion-an-architect-of-the-hyphy-movement\">hyphy, short for hyperactive\u003c/a> — and its distinctive voice, merging 40-type Jell-O flows with an almost incomprehensible rasp in the Cougnut lineage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='news_11954252']Tragically, Dre was murdered in 2004, and he became a martyr to the scene just as major labels were beginning to catch wind of it, signing up hyphy acts like \u003cstrong>The Federation\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>Mistah F.A.B.\u003c/strong> and pegging them as the Bay’s answer to Atlanta’s crunk movement (a comparison that vastly underestimated the caliber of rapping involved in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13929461/at-mistah-f-a-b-s-hyphy-tour-going-dumb-was-spiritual\">hyphy music\u003c/a>). That crossover never quite happened — only 40 & Keak’s Lil Jon-produced “Tell Me When to Go” got any real traction nationally — but the hyphy impulse continued to resonate locally well into the ’10s, with artists like Richmond’s \u003cstrong>HBK Gang\u003c/strong> going minimal and Oakland’s \u003cstrong>Ezale\u003c/strong> and Vallejo’s \u003cstrong>SOB x RBE\u003c/strong> cranking it to further extremes, reconciling it with its earliest roots via big ’80s electro funk and freestyle samples. Even today, the hyphy spirit lives on in the Bay: “Tell Me When to Go” and other ’00s hits like Dre’s “Feelin Myself” and $hort’s “Blow the Whistle” remain in permanent rotation, while next-gen rappers like SF’s \u003cstrong>Stunnaman02\u003c/strong> and HBK’s \u003cstrong>P-Lo\u003c/strong> still rack up post-hyphy hits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The True Bay Rap Fans reading this are surely clocking its many omissions, because the full story is infinite. \u003cem>Where is \u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>The Jacka\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cem>? Where is \u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>415\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cem>? \u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Nickatina\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cem>? \u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>The Pack\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cem>? \u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Cellski\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cem>? \u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Kamaiyah?\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Berner\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cem>!?\u003c/em> I feel you, I really do, but there may not be enough space anywhere to contain all of the stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13924167']And once the rest of you have been Bay-pilled, you, too, will experience these slights just as intensely. You’ll begin to see the region’s under-acknowledged impact on everything around you: Why don’t we talk about how Too $hort producer \u003cstrong>Ant Banks\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>Shock G\u003c/strong> of \u003cstrong>Digital Underground\u003c/strong> were both fusing rich Parliament-Funkadelic-inspired instrumentation with traditional hip-hop production methods long before Southern California claimed “G-Funk” as its own brand? Or how HBK’s production prefigured YG and DJ Mustard’s “ratchet music” blow-up? Did the slowed hook on E-40’s “Carlos Rossi” directly inspire Houston’s DJ Screw? Would the currently buzzing Michigan rap renaissance have happened at all without years of social and sonic kinship with the Bay? Could SoundCloud rap even exist if not for the warped vision and compulsive productivity of Berkeley eccentric \u003cstrong>Lil B The BasedGod\u003c/strong>? Has East Oakland’s \u003cstrong>Kreayshawn\u003c/strong> been underrated as an influence on the current wave of bratty female rappers? How many Drake songs have directly ripped lyrics from Bay rappers? And did you know Outkast cited \u003cstrong>Souls of Mischief\u003c/strong> as a primary inspiration? Or that E-40 is one of Kendrick Lamar’s favorite rappers? Or that Zaytoven, the melodic architect of Atlanta trap, got his start in San Francisco? How about LA’s The Game, who also came up under SF pioneer \u003cstrong>JT the Bigga Figga\u003c/strong>? Oh, and have you heard of \u003cstrong>Filthy Phil\u003c/strong>, the Richmond rapper who coined the phrase “player haters”?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You see it now, right? \u003cem>Right\u003c/em>? Why won’t anyone anywhere else ever acknowledge any of this? They must be hating the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where to start with Bay Area rap\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Too $hort, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSmWAY4TCWA\">Cusswords\u003c/a>” (1989)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>IMP, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwwC4b7f2tc\">Scandlous\u003c/a>” (1989)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>E-40, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD5x4TUS3T8\">Mr. Flamboyant\u003c/a>” (1991)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>RBL Posse, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bd5GLQeTQM\">Don’t Give Me No Bammer\u003c/a>” (1992)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Saafir, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e05XZ_iRWmE\">Light Sleeper\u003c/a>” (1994)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Keak Da Sneak, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP_rBSYFAwg\">T-Shirt, Blue Jeans & Nikes\u003c/a>” [feat. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>As hip-hop celebrates its 50th birthday, NPR is mapping hip-hop’s story with more than a dozen city-specific histories of the music and culture. \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2023/07/17/1187363952/hip-hop-50-all-rap-is-local\">Click here to see the entire list\u003c/a>, and find KQED’s year-long series on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">Bay Area hip-hop history \u003c/a>\u003c/em>That’s My Word\u003cem> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>The first song on \u003cstrong>E-40\u003c/strong>‘s seventh album is a plea for recognition. “Why They Don’t F*** Wit Us,” from 2002’s \u003cem>Grit & Grind\u003c/em>, finds the multiplatinum Vallejo rapper airing a bevy of grievances — he’s been stolen from, slept on, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/976229350/e-40-rap-legend\">eternally underrated\u003c/a>. “They never put me on the cover of \u003cem>The Source!\u003c/em>” If you’ve talked to a certain type of Bay Area rap fan — or artist, for that matter — in the decades since, you might be familiar with this sentiment. 40 was speaking in the singular but representing for an entire class of perpetually aggrieved rap listeners, whose cries of “quit hatin’ the bay!” would get so loud by the early ’10s that the phrase became the name of a popular mixtape series. There’s some truth in those complaints, though, even if it is more likely a matter of hate-by-omission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drawing on a complex and sometimes contradictory set of regionally dominant impulses — pimp culture, social justice, car culture, drug culture, funk music — the San Francisco Bay Area has long been one of the deepest, most insular and most inscrutable rap regions. It’s also one of the more influential ones. Ever since the early ’80s, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13922548/too-short-way-oakland-street-renamed\">when Oakland’s\u003c/a> \u003cstrong>Too $hort\u003c/strong> began selling homemade tapes full of “dirty rapps” set to menacing synth lines and trunk-rattling 808s, the Bay’s formulas for low-end slaps, linguistic elasticity, independent entrepreneurship and flamboyant personalities have gradually trickled outward. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13927349/bay-area-hip-hop-1980s\">first major crossover pop-rap star \u003c/a>came from Oakland (\u003cstrong>MC Hammer\u003c/strong>). The most important street rapper of all time cut his teeth in the North Bay projects of Marin City (2Pac). The \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2017/09/21/552449582/how-master-p-gamed-the-music-industry-and-laid-a-path-to-generational-wealth\">most successful rapper-turned-record-mogul\u003c/a> of the ’90s started his empire with a tiny record store in Richmond (Master P). Today, you can find traces of Bay game sprinkled throughout \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/1192466118\">Los Angeles\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1189985872/hip-hop-50-detroit-flint\">Detroit\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1191059697/hip-hop-50-houston\">Texas\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/07/19/1188417703/hip-hop-50-atlanta\">Atlanta\u003c/a>, Kansas City, San Diego, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/1192466118\">Seattle\u003c/a> … practically everywhere except, of course, New York.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>And yet, as 40 so eloquently put it, still \u003cem>they don’t f*** wit us\u003c/em>. For all of the influence the Bay Area has had on contemporary rap, it feels disproportionately undervalued and misunderstood, if not completely ignored, in the national conversation. (Or, worse still, reduced to a mere punchline — search Twitter for “E-40 raps like.”) Sure, many Bay Area rap styles can be acquired tastes in their undiluted form (E-40 does, admittedly, rap like he has Jell-O falling out of his mouth, and yes, it sounds fantastic), but I suspect it has more to do with context collapse. The Bay Area rap canon is enormous; it was certainly the most prolific of all pre-internet rap scenes. In 1994, Berkeley radio journalist Billy Jam was quoted in \u003cem>Billboard\u003c/em> estimating that local rappers had been putting out “15 to 30 new releases every week.” When we talk about Bay Area rap we are talking about hundreds of idiosyncratic artists, \u003cem>significant\u003c/em> ones at that, each of them in conversation with one another, working towards building a new collective rap language. The holy trinity of 40, $hort and the late Vallejo legend \u003cstrong>Mac Dre\u003c/strong> only tell a fraction of the story. The handful of crossover classics from the region — “Tell Me When to Go,” “Blow the Whistle,” “I Got 5 On It,” “I Get Around,” “93 ‘Til Infinity,” “The Humpty Dance,” “U Can’t Touch This” — barely scratch the surface of its legacy. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The roughest sketch of Bay rap history goes like this: $hort’s tape hustle spread up I-80, first into Richmond where teenagers \u003cstrong>Magic Mike\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>Calvin T\u003c/strong> applied their real-life experience in the streets on similarly homebrewed underground tapes, arguably inventing the genre of pimp rap in the process. They, in turn, would inspire an entire generation of Vallejo rappers, including E-40 and Mac Dre, perhaps the most naturally charismatic lyricist to ever come out of the region. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>By the mid-’90s, the skeletal bedroom beats first heard on trunk tapes had evolved into a denser, more musical sort of funk known as mobb music, spearheaded by Vallejo producers like \u003cstrong>Khayree\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>Mike Mosley\u003c/strong>. San Francisco was also developing its own stable of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13923766/rbl-posse-a-lesson-to-be-learned-album-cover\">hard-headed street rappers\u003c/a> like \u003cstrong>RBL Posse\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>I.M.P.\u003c/strong>, whose frontman \u003cstrong>Cougnut\u003c/strong> sounded like he had smoked a hundred thousand cigarettes before each session. Meanwhile a parallel scene of under-underground “backpack” rappers was also taking form, led by crews like \u003cstrong>Hieroglyphics\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>Living\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Legends\u003c/strong>, who typically favored more traditionalist East Coast boom bap production but infused it with a Bay Area neo-hippie sensibility and distinctly experimental West Coast flows. They had their own hustles going too, slanging tapes to college kids in Berkeley and becoming some of the first rappers anywhere to take full advantage of the internet as a marketplace. (A few of the more fascinating Bay rappers to emerge were the ones who were able to keep one foot in both of these otherwise disparate scenes — like \u003cstrong>Saafir\u003c/strong>, a street-savvy West Oakland MC whose stop-and-go flow channeled Eric Dolphy solos, or \u003cstrong>The Coup\u003c/strong>, fellow Oakland residents who would split the difference between mobb music and Marxism.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the ’90s came to a close, the Bay seemed like it was beginning to fizzle. Some of its biggest stars had either outgrown the scene or gotten stuck in go-nowhere major label deals. But Mac Dre, who sat out much of the decade while serving time in prison on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11954252/did-mac-dre-really-go-to-prison-because-of-his-lyrics\">trumped-up conspiracy charges\u003c/a> related to a bank robbery that never actually happened, was back. He came home in 1996 with a new outlook on life, forgoing the gangsta pretenses of mobb music in favor of a looser, freer, sillier persona. Maybe he was just echoing the trends around him — ecstasy usage was on the rise and sideshows, the impromptu street car shows that had been popular since the Too $hort era, were more chaotic than ever — or maybe he helped to trigger them. Either way, by the early ’00s, producers like Fairfield-by-way-of-Alabama emigrant \u003cstrong>Rick Rock\u003c/strong> and San Jose’s \u003cstrong>Traxamillion\u003c/strong> had begun to catch up to this energy by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11901142/an-audio-love-letter-to-traxamillion-an-architect-of-the-hyphy-movement\">stripping the funk back down to its bare essentials\u003c/a> — just that 808 slap and some simple synths, but they also cranked the tempo. This new sound helped give second wind to E-40’s style and launched the solo career of East Oakland’s \u003cstrong>Keak Da Sneak\u003c/strong>, formerly of the mobb-era group \u003cstrong>3X Krazy\u003c/strong>. Keak gave the movement a name — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11901142/an-audio-love-letter-to-traxamillion-an-architect-of-the-hyphy-movement\">hyphy, short for hyperactive\u003c/a> — and its distinctive voice, merging 40-type Jell-O flows with an almost incomprehensible rasp in the Cougnut lineage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Tragically, Dre was murdered in 2004, and he became a martyr to the scene just as major labels were beginning to catch wind of it, signing up hyphy acts like \u003cstrong>The Federation\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>Mistah F.A.B.\u003c/strong> and pegging them as the Bay’s answer to Atlanta’s crunk movement (a comparison that vastly underestimated the caliber of rapping involved in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13929461/at-mistah-f-a-b-s-hyphy-tour-going-dumb-was-spiritual\">hyphy music\u003c/a>). That crossover never quite happened — only 40 & Keak’s Lil Jon-produced “Tell Me When to Go” got any real traction nationally — but the hyphy impulse continued to resonate locally well into the ’10s, with artists like Richmond’s \u003cstrong>HBK Gang\u003c/strong> going minimal and Oakland’s \u003cstrong>Ezale\u003c/strong> and Vallejo’s \u003cstrong>SOB x RBE\u003c/strong> cranking it to further extremes, reconciling it with its earliest roots via big ’80s electro funk and freestyle samples. Even today, the hyphy spirit lives on in the Bay: “Tell Me When to Go” and other ’00s hits like Dre’s “Feelin Myself” and $hort’s “Blow the Whistle” remain in permanent rotation, while next-gen rappers like SF’s \u003cstrong>Stunnaman02\u003c/strong> and HBK’s \u003cstrong>P-Lo\u003c/strong> still rack up post-hyphy hits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The True Bay Rap Fans reading this are surely clocking its many omissions, because the full story is infinite. \u003cem>Where is \u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>The Jacka\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cem>? Where is \u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>415\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cem>? \u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Nickatina\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cem>? \u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>The Pack\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cem>? \u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Cellski\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cem>? \u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Kamaiyah?\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Berner\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cem>!?\u003c/em> I feel you, I really do, but there may not be enough space anywhere to contain all of the stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>And once the rest of you have been Bay-pilled, you, too, will experience these slights just as intensely. You’ll begin to see the region’s under-acknowledged impact on everything around you: Why don’t we talk about how Too $hort producer \u003cstrong>Ant Banks\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>Shock G\u003c/strong> of \u003cstrong>Digital Underground\u003c/strong> were both fusing rich Parliament-Funkadelic-inspired instrumentation with traditional hip-hop production methods long before Southern California claimed “G-Funk” as its own brand? Or how HBK’s production prefigured YG and DJ Mustard’s “ratchet music” blow-up? Did the slowed hook on E-40’s “Carlos Rossi” directly inspire Houston’s DJ Screw? Would the currently buzzing Michigan rap renaissance have happened at all without years of social and sonic kinship with the Bay? Could SoundCloud rap even exist if not for the warped vision and compulsive productivity of Berkeley eccentric \u003cstrong>Lil B The BasedGod\u003c/strong>? Has East Oakland’s \u003cstrong>Kreayshawn\u003c/strong> been underrated as an influence on the current wave of bratty female rappers? How many Drake songs have directly ripped lyrics from Bay rappers? And did you know Outkast cited \u003cstrong>Souls of Mischief\u003c/strong> as a primary inspiration? Or that E-40 is one of Kendrick Lamar’s favorite rappers? Or that Zaytoven, the melodic architect of Atlanta trap, got his start in San Francisco? How about LA’s The Game, who also came up under SF pioneer \u003cstrong>JT the Bigga Figga\u003c/strong>? Oh, and have you heard of \u003cstrong>Filthy Phil\u003c/strong>, the Richmond rapper who coined the phrase “player haters”?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You see it now, right? \u003cem>Right\u003c/em>? Why won’t anyone anywhere else ever acknowledge any of this? They must be hating the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where to start with Bay Area rap\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Too $hort, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSmWAY4TCWA\">Cusswords\u003c/a>” (1989)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>IMP, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwwC4b7f2tc\">Scandlous\u003c/a>” (1989)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>E-40, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD5x4TUS3T8\">Mr. Flamboyant\u003c/a>” (1991)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>RBL Posse, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bd5GLQeTQM\">Don’t Give Me No Bammer\u003c/a>” (1992)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Saafir, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e05XZ_iRWmE\">Light Sleeper\u003c/a>” (1994)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Keak Da Sneak, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP_rBSYFAwg\">T-Shirt, Blue Jeans & Nikes\u003c/a>” [feat. E-40] (2003)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mac Dre, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcDyBLv0Aas\">Get Stupid (Remix)\u003c/a>” (2004)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Jacka, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDVuLlts9HU\">Never Blink\u003c/a>” [feat. J. Stalin & Dubb 20] (2005)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Lil B The Based God, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISHPumshGgA\">Like A Martian\u003c/a>” (2009)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ezale, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiW9qdxlZg0\">5 Minutes Of Funktown\u003c/a>” (2009)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=How+the+Bay+Area+became+a+rap+incubator+with+a+chip+on+its+shoulder&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Remember the first rap song you heard? Some of your favorite rappers and DJs certainly do. While hip-hop celebrates 50 years of life, The Associated Press asked some of the genre’s most popular artists to recall their first memory of hearing rap and how the moment resonated with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In interviews with more than two dozen hip-hop legends, Queen Latifah, Chuck D, Method Man, E-40 and eight others cited The Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” as the first rap song they heard. But not all were hooked on the new musical style by that track, and their answers reveal the sense of discovery that marked rap’s early years. (Watch videos of the \u003ca href=\"https://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/hip-hop-50th-in-their-own-words/index.html\">artists describing their early hip-hop influences here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hip-hops roots are traced to 1973 in the Bronx and it took a few years before rap records emerged — “Rapper’s Delight” was a major catalyst for introducing rap music to a much broader audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the stories of a dozen hip-hop stars who got hooked on the genre around the time “Rapper’s Delight” ruled.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Chuck D\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932754\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932754\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1144886924-scaled-e1691443762805-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A middle aged Black man clutches a microphone and mic stand and smiles on stage. He is wearing a black t-shirt and black baseball cap.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1144886924-scaled-e1691443762805-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1144886924-scaled-e1691443762805-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1144886924-scaled-e1691443762805-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1144886924-scaled-e1691443762805-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1144886924-scaled-e1691443762805-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1144886924-scaled-e1691443762805.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Public Enemy’s Chuck D performs in Berlin in 2019. \u003ccite>(Frank Hoensch/ Redferns)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a sophomore at Adelphi University, Chuck D was about to hit the stage to perform over the melody of Chic’s “Good Times” at a party in October 1979.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least, that’s what he thought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he stepped behind the microphone, Chuck D heard a different version of the song. It kept going and going for — 15 minutes straight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13925958']“I get on the mic to rock the house. Then all of a sudden, I hear words behind me as I’m rockin’. I lipsync. The words keep going. (Expletive) are rockin’ for like 20 minutes,” said Chuck D, a member of the rap group Public Enemy who created “ Fight the Power,” one of hip-hop’s most iconic and important anthems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After it’s all over, cats are giving me high pounds like ‘You went on and on to the break of dawn dawg,’” he continued. “Back then, it’s about how long you can rap. I went and turned to the DJ and looked at the red label that said ‘Sugarhill Gang ‘Rapper’s Delight.’’ I was like ’Oh, they finally did it.’ They were talking all summer long that rap records were going to happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was stunned: “I was, like, ’It’s inconceivable. How could a rap be a record?′ I couldn’t see it. Nobody could see it. And then when it happened, boom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Queen Latifah\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932755\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932755\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-800x563.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman in an olive green jumpsuit performs on stage. She is holding a microphone up to her mouth.\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-800x563.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-1020x718.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-768x540.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-1536x1081.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Queen Latifah performing in Chicago in 2020. \u003ccite>(Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Queen Latifah, “Rapper’s Delight” was the first rap song she and a lot of others heard and memorized where she grew up in Newark, New Jersey. But the biggest record in her world as a kid was Afrika Bambaattaa and the Soul Sonic Force’s 1982 song “ Planet Rock. ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Oscar-nominated actor can be seen chasing bad guys on CBS’ \u003cem>The Equalizer\u003c/em>, many forget her roots as a rapper, with hits like “U.N.I.T.Y.” and “Just Another Day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It changed the sound,” she said. “It’s more of a synthesized, 808s, hi-hats. The whole sound of it was different. Some of hip-hop in the original days was live music. It was live bands playing break records. Like ‘Good Times’ was the beat to ‘Rapper’s Delight.’ Some of those records took actual disco records, played the music and rhymed to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>E-40\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13840957\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13840957\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"E-40 plays Rolling Loud Bay Area on Sunday, September 16, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">E-40 plays Rolling Loud Bay Area on Sunday, September 16, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While heading to school as a seventh grader in 1979, E-40 heard a new rap tune on a local radio station that normally played R&B and soul music in Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13932488']It was “Rapper’s Delight,” which interpolated Chic’s hit “Good Times.” That’s when he knew hip-hop was going to be a part of his life forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was like ‘Ohh, this is hard. I’m hooked,’” said E-40, who recalled the moment while driving to Franklin Middle School in Vallejo, California. He and fellow rapper B-Legit used to sport the same kind of fedora hats and big gold rope chains Run-D.M.C. performed in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“From then on, I loved rap. In 1979, when I first heard The Sugarhill Gang, I wanted to be a rapper. I would play around with it … We grew up on New York rap. All of us did. We wanted to be hip-hop. We wanted to breakdance. We did it all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But that changed everything after we heard Sugarhill Gang. Next thing you know, you’re hearing Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Kurtis Blow and ‘Roxannne, Roxanne.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lil Jon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932756\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932756\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A smiling Black man wearing sunglasses, a grey hoodie and blue jeans sits on a couch next to a black wall.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lil Jon backstage before a DJ set at Temple Nightclub in San Francisco, 2016. \u003ccite>(Kelly Sullivan/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Rapper’s Delight” was probably the first hip-hop song Lil Jon heard. But he became a “super fan” of the genre as a middle schooler in Atlanta after seeing rap groups the Fat Boys and Whodini. It was his first time seeing professional rappers onstage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I might have been a fan of rap before, but I had never been to a rap concert. I’ve never seen rappers in person,” he said. “Maybe just in the magazines. That turned me into like … a super fan of hip-hop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first hip-hop record Lil-Jon bought was Run D.M.C.’s “Sucker M.C.’s (Krush-Groove 1).”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remembered my homeboy that lived in the neighborhood. I had to go through some woods to his house with the album,” he said. “We put the album on at his house. We were going crazy over listening to lyrics and beats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Roxanne Shante\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930911\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13930911\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman stands onstage smiling broadly. She is wearing an off the shoulder red gown and holding her hands out in a half shrug.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roxanne Shante at the 2023 Black Music Honors in Atlanta, Georgia. \u003ccite>(Nykieria Chaney/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Roxanne Shante’s first rap experience didn’t come in song form. She was introduced to hip-hop through the late comedian-poet Nipsey Russell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13931795']“He had the ability to rhyme at any time,” said Shante, a host for SiriusXM’s Rock the Bells Radio. At age 14, she became one of the first female rappers to become popular after her song “Roxanne’s Revenge” and gained more notoriety as a member of the Juice Crew. She also took part in \u003cem>Roxanne Wars\u003c/em>, which was a series of hip-hop rivalries in the mid-1980s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shante said “Rapper’s Delight” was the record most parents brought into their home as the “party song.” But in her mind, Russell had just as much of an impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That would be my first encounter with loving what would become hip-hop,” she continued. “This way of having a certain cadence, this way of being able to do these certain rhymes was just incredible to me … He was able to freestyle all day, every day. And that’s who I am. That’s what I still do today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Too Short\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13922549\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13922549\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-800x545.jpg\" alt=\"a Black man raps into a microphone on a stage with the words 'Too $hort' behind him in blue lights\" width=\"800\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-800x545.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-1020x695.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-768x523.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-1536x1047.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-2048x1395.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-1920x1308.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Too Short performs during the ‘25th Anniversary of Doggystyle’ tour at Oracle Arena, Oakland. \u003ccite>(Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s 1979. Too Short was around 13 years old. He normally listened to a variety of funk songs ranging from the Ohio Players’ “Love Rollercoaster” and Funkadelic’s “Knee Deep.” Then one day at his father’s house, he heard “Rapper’s Delight” blaring through a stereo system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13927349']“I was on my funk stuff, then this ‘Rapper’s Delight’ record came out and it was like 15 minutes long,” he recalled. “I’d be at my pop’s house just bumping the loud stereo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As “Rapper’s Delight” gained momentum in 1980, Too Short gravitated more toward beatboxing. That led him to hit up the local record store where he would buy the latest hip-hop album then blasted it on his radio for anyone to hear in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had to get a radio with two speakers. That was mandatory,” he said. “I was the guy with the radio who was hitting play going ‘You ain’t never heard that before’ … I had the whole room, the whole bus jumping.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Doug E. Fresh\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932758\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932758\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-800x553.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man raises both his arms in the air and strides forward on stage. He is wearing a white t-shirt, black jacket and black pants. Stage lights beam all around him.\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-800x553.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-1020x705.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-768x531.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-1536x1062.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doug E. Fresh onstage in New York City in 2023. \u003ccite>(Johnny Nunez/ WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hearing “Rapper’s Delight” for the first time changed the trajectory of Doug E. Fresh’s life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember when my sister came home and told me about a guy named D.J. Hollywood, who we considered the first real M.C.,” he said. “She came home and told me about a rap he had. And the rap went, ‘Ding, ding, ding, ding, dong, dong, dong the dang, the dang, dang, dang, the ding dong dong. To the hip hop…’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fresh then added: “I turned around and said, ‘Teach me that, show me.’ And after that, it’s been me and hip-hop since that point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>DJ Kid Capri\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932759\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932759\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A mixed race man wearing a black Givenchy t-shirt smiles from behind DJ decks, holding one side of a set of headphones on his head.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kid Capri DJing in Houston in 2023. \u003ccite>(Marcus Ingram/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>DJ Kid Capri, arguably one of hip-hop’s most famous DJs in the ‘90s, grew up on soul music. His father was a soul singer. His grandfather played the trumpet. And his uncle, Bill Curtis, was the leader of the Fatback Band — which he says made the first hip-hop single “King Tim III (Personality Jock) ” before “Rapper’s Delight” was released a few months later in 1979.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13932030']Capri’s uncle gave him the opportunity to hear a rap song for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was right there,” Capri said about the Fatback Band, a funk and disco ensemble who became known for their R&B hits including “(Do the) Spanish Hustle,” “I Like Girls” and “I Found Lovin’.” But it was “King Tim III” that had a strong influence on him — especially since it came from family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The world thinks ‘Rapper’s Delight’ was the first rap record, but it was ‘Personality Jock,’” he said. “My uncle, he’s my family. He’s the one that did it. So, I’ve always been around it. That’s what made me be so infectious in it, because I’ve seen every level to where I’m at right now. I took all those things important to me on stage right now. When you see me on stage, you can see all those things wrapped up in me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Method Man\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932760\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932760\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-800x543.jpg\" alt=\"A muscular Black man, wearing an NY baseball cap, white t-shirt and blue jeans strides across a stage, microphone held up to his open mouth.\" width=\"800\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-800x543.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-1020x692.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-768x521.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-1536x1042.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Method Man performing in Atlanta in 2023. \u003ccite>(Prince Williams/ WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yes, “Rapper’s Delight” was the first-ever rap song Method Man ever heard. But the first hip-hop song that really resonated with him was Run-D.M.C.’s “ Sucker MCs (Krush-Groove 1 ).”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had never heard this record and I thought I was up on everything at the time,” Method Man said of the 1983 song, which proceeded Run-D.M.C.’s first single “It’s Like That” from their self-titled album. He said “Sucker MCs” helped pave a way to usher in a new school of hip-hop artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were on a sixth-grade class trip to Long Island, and everybody was singing it word-for-word,” the \u003cem>Power Book II: Ghost\u003c/em> actor remembered. “They must have played that record 24 times on our class trip.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Big Daddy Kane\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932671\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932671\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up image of a Black man wearing a white shirt and rapping into a microphone on stage.\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-800x598.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-1020x762.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-768x574.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Daddy Kane performing in 2015. \u003ccite>(Donna Ward/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Around age 12, Big Daddy Kane might not have remembered all of his homework assignments, but he certainly could recite every lyric to the late Jimmy Spicer’s 1980 song “Adventures of Super Rhymes,” one of hip-hop’s first songs recorded in a studio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kane heard “Rapper’s Delight” first, but Spicer’s storytelling on the 15-minute song resonated with him the most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When this song came out, just the way Jimmy Spicer was styling on them and telling the story about Dracula and a story about Aladdin, I thought it was real slick,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>DJ Jazzy Jeff\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932448\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932448\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man wearing a white t-shirt and gold and white striped hat.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jazzy Jeff DJs on stage.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>DJ Jazzy Jeff always had an affinity for music. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“I get on the mic to rock the house. Then all of a sudden, I hear words behind me as I’m rockin’. I lipsync. The words keep going. (Expletive) are rockin’ for like 20 minutes,” said Chuck D, a member of the rap group Public Enemy who created “ Fight the Power,” one of hip-hop’s most iconic and important anthems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After it’s all over, cats are giving me high pounds like ‘You went on and on to the break of dawn dawg,’” he continued. “Back then, it’s about how long you can rap. I went and turned to the DJ and looked at the red label that said ‘Sugarhill Gang ‘Rapper’s Delight.’’ I was like ’Oh, they finally did it.’ They were talking all summer long that rap records were going to happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was stunned: “I was, like, ’It’s inconceivable. How could a rap be a record?′ I couldn’t see it. Nobody could see it. And then when it happened, boom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Queen Latifah\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932755\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932755\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-800x563.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman in an olive green jumpsuit performs on stage. She is holding a microphone up to her mouth.\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-800x563.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-1020x718.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-768x540.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901-1536x1081.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1206547466-scaled-e1691444156901.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Queen Latifah performing in Chicago in 2020. \u003ccite>(Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Queen Latifah, “Rapper’s Delight” was the first rap song she and a lot of others heard and memorized where she grew up in Newark, New Jersey. But the biggest record in her world as a kid was Afrika Bambaattaa and the Soul Sonic Force’s 1982 song “ Planet Rock. ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Oscar-nominated actor can be seen chasing bad guys on CBS’ \u003cem>The Equalizer\u003c/em>, many forget her roots as a rapper, with hits like “U.N.I.T.Y.” and “Just Another Day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It changed the sound,” she said. “It’s more of a synthesized, 808s, hi-hats. The whole sound of it was different. Some of hip-hop in the original days was live music. It was live bands playing break records. Like ‘Good Times’ was the beat to ‘Rapper’s Delight.’ Some of those records took actual disco records, played the music and rhymed to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>E-40\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13840957\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13840957\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"E-40 plays Rolling Loud Bay Area on Sunday, September 16, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/MG_0970-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">E-40 plays Rolling Loud Bay Area on Sunday, September 16, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While heading to school as a seventh grader in 1979, E-40 heard a new rap tune on a local radio station that normally played R&B and soul music in Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>It was “Rapper’s Delight,” which interpolated Chic’s hit “Good Times.” That’s when he knew hip-hop was going to be a part of his life forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was like ‘Ohh, this is hard. I’m hooked,’” said E-40, who recalled the moment while driving to Franklin Middle School in Vallejo, California. He and fellow rapper B-Legit used to sport the same kind of fedora hats and big gold rope chains Run-D.M.C. performed in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“From then on, I loved rap. In 1979, when I first heard The Sugarhill Gang, I wanted to be a rapper. I would play around with it … We grew up on New York rap. All of us did. We wanted to be hip-hop. We wanted to breakdance. We did it all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But that changed everything after we heard Sugarhill Gang. Next thing you know, you’re hearing Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Kurtis Blow and ‘Roxannne, Roxanne.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lil Jon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932756\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932756\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A smiling Black man wearing sunglasses, a grey hoodie and blue jeans sits on a couch next to a black wall.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-509006782-scaled-e1691444783893.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lil Jon backstage before a DJ set at Temple Nightclub in San Francisco, 2016. \u003ccite>(Kelly Sullivan/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Rapper’s Delight” was probably the first hip-hop song Lil Jon heard. But he became a “super fan” of the genre as a middle schooler in Atlanta after seeing rap groups the Fat Boys and Whodini. It was his first time seeing professional rappers onstage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I might have been a fan of rap before, but I had never been to a rap concert. I’ve never seen rappers in person,” he said. “Maybe just in the magazines. That turned me into like … a super fan of hip-hop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first hip-hop record Lil-Jon bought was Run D.M.C.’s “Sucker M.C.’s (Krush-Groove 1).”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remembered my homeboy that lived in the neighborhood. I had to go through some woods to his house with the album,” he said. “We put the album on at his house. We were going crazy over listening to lyrics and beats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Roxanne Shante\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930911\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13930911\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman stands onstage smiling broadly. She is wearing an off the shoulder red gown and holding her hands out in a half shrug.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1491748126-scaled-e1687807323886.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roxanne Shante at the 2023 Black Music Honors in Atlanta, Georgia. \u003ccite>(Nykieria Chaney/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Roxanne Shante’s first rap experience didn’t come in song form. She was introduced to hip-hop through the late comedian-poet Nipsey Russell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“He had the ability to rhyme at any time,” said Shante, a host for SiriusXM’s Rock the Bells Radio. At age 14, she became one of the first female rappers to become popular after her song “Roxanne’s Revenge” and gained more notoriety as a member of the Juice Crew. She also took part in \u003cem>Roxanne Wars\u003c/em>, which was a series of hip-hop rivalries in the mid-1980s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shante said “Rapper’s Delight” was the record most parents brought into their home as the “party song.” But in her mind, Russell had just as much of an impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That would be my first encounter with loving what would become hip-hop,” she continued. “This way of having a certain cadence, this way of being able to do these certain rhymes was just incredible to me … He was able to freestyle all day, every day. And that’s who I am. That’s what I still do today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Too Short\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13922549\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13922549\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-800x545.jpg\" alt=\"a Black man raps into a microphone on a stage with the words 'Too $hort' behind him in blue lights\" width=\"800\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-800x545.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-1020x695.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-768x523.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-1536x1047.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-2048x1395.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/GettyImages-1143940667-1-1920x1308.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Too Short performs during the ‘25th Anniversary of Doggystyle’ tour at Oracle Arena, Oakland. \u003ccite>(Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s 1979. Too Short was around 13 years old. He normally listened to a variety of funk songs ranging from the Ohio Players’ “Love Rollercoaster” and Funkadelic’s “Knee Deep.” Then one day at his father’s house, he heard “Rapper’s Delight” blaring through a stereo system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“I was on my funk stuff, then this ‘Rapper’s Delight’ record came out and it was like 15 minutes long,” he recalled. “I’d be at my pop’s house just bumping the loud stereo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As “Rapper’s Delight” gained momentum in 1980, Too Short gravitated more toward beatboxing. That led him to hit up the local record store where he would buy the latest hip-hop album then blasted it on his radio for anyone to hear in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had to get a radio with two speakers. That was mandatory,” he said. “I was the guy with the radio who was hitting play going ‘You ain’t never heard that before’ … I had the whole room, the whole bus jumping.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Doug E. Fresh\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932758\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932758\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-800x553.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man raises both his arms in the air and strides forward on stage. He is wearing a white t-shirt, black jacket and black pants. Stage lights beam all around him.\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-800x553.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-1020x705.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-768x531.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451-1536x1062.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1563180184-scaled-e1691445859451.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doug E. Fresh onstage in New York City in 2023. \u003ccite>(Johnny Nunez/ WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hearing “Rapper’s Delight” for the first time changed the trajectory of Doug E. Fresh’s life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember when my sister came home and told me about a guy named D.J. Hollywood, who we considered the first real M.C.,” he said. “She came home and told me about a rap he had. And the rap went, ‘Ding, ding, ding, ding, dong, dong, dong the dang, the dang, dang, dang, the ding dong dong. To the hip hop…’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fresh then added: “I turned around and said, ‘Teach me that, show me.’ And after that, it’s been me and hip-hop since that point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>DJ Kid Capri\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932759\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932759\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A mixed race man wearing a black Givenchy t-shirt smiles from behind DJ decks, holding one side of a set of headphones on his head.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1576356953-scaled-e1691446543374.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kid Capri DJing in Houston in 2023. \u003ccite>(Marcus Ingram/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>DJ Kid Capri, arguably one of hip-hop’s most famous DJs in the ‘90s, grew up on soul music. His father was a soul singer. His grandfather played the trumpet. And his uncle, Bill Curtis, was the leader of the Fatback Band — which he says made the first hip-hop single “King Tim III (Personality Jock) ” before “Rapper’s Delight” was released a few months later in 1979.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Capri’s uncle gave him the opportunity to hear a rap song for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was right there,” Capri said about the Fatback Band, a funk and disco ensemble who became known for their R&B hits including “(Do the) Spanish Hustle,” “I Like Girls” and “I Found Lovin’.” But it was “King Tim III” that had a strong influence on him — especially since it came from family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The world thinks ‘Rapper’s Delight’ was the first rap record, but it was ‘Personality Jock,’” he said. “My uncle, he’s my family. He’s the one that did it. So, I’ve always been around it. That’s what made me be so infectious in it, because I’ve seen every level to where I’m at right now. I took all those things important to me on stage right now. When you see me on stage, you can see all those things wrapped up in me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Method Man\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932760\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932760\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-800x543.jpg\" alt=\"A muscular Black man, wearing an NY baseball cap, white t-shirt and blue jeans strides across a stage, microphone held up to his open mouth.\" width=\"800\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-800x543.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-1020x692.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-768x521.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452-1536x1042.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1490509176-scaled-e1691446704452.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Method Man performing in Atlanta in 2023. \u003ccite>(Prince Williams/ WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yes, “Rapper’s Delight” was the first-ever rap song Method Man ever heard. But the first hip-hop song that really resonated with him was Run-D.M.C.’s “ Sucker MCs (Krush-Groove 1 ).”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had never heard this record and I thought I was up on everything at the time,” Method Man said of the 1983 song, which proceeded Run-D.M.C.’s first single “It’s Like That” from their self-titled album. He said “Sucker MCs” helped pave a way to usher in a new school of hip-hop artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were on a sixth-grade class trip to Long Island, and everybody was singing it word-for-word,” the \u003cem>Power Book II: Ghost\u003c/em> actor remembered. “They must have played that record 24 times on our class trip.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Big Daddy Kane\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932671\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932671\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up image of a Black man wearing a white shirt and rapping into a microphone on stage.\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-800x598.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-1020x762.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030-768x574.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-482124030.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Daddy Kane performing in 2015. \u003ccite>(Donna Ward/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Around age 12, Big Daddy Kane might not have remembered all of his homework assignments, but he certainly could recite every lyric to the late Jimmy Spicer’s 1980 song “Adventures of Super Rhymes,” one of hip-hop’s first songs recorded in a studio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kane heard “Rapper’s Delight” first, but Spicer’s storytelling on the 15-minute song resonated with him the most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When this song came out, just the way Jimmy Spicer was styling on them and telling the story about Dracula and a story about Aladdin, I thought it was real slick,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>DJ Jazzy Jeff\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932448\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932448\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man wearing a white t-shirt and gold and white striped hat.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/DJ-Jazzy-Jeff-2-1-scaled-e1691447337494.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jazzy Jeff DJs on stage.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>DJ Jazzy Jeff always had an affinity for music. But when the \u003cem>Fresh Prince of Bel-Air\u003c/em> star heard “Rapper’s Delight” for the first time, he felt like the song spoke to him like no other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that was the first time I felt like the music was mine,” he said. “Before then, I loved the music, but the music was kind of my older brothers and sisters, and I just liked it because it was theirs. This was the one that somebody made just for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Jermaine Dupri\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835189\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/gettyimages-974991902_wide-00a7268466f1d74f29c7c836e83219f92b347249-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man with a bald head wears sunglasses and a tuxedo on a red carpet. 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