Logic w/ Kyle 6:30 p.m. Aug. 1 The Zoo Amphitheatre 2101 NE 50th St. thezooamphitheatre.com 800-514-3849 $36-$70.50 In some respects, Maryland rapper Logic’s song “1-800-273-8255” is an unlikely candidate to be a top three Billboard hit single. For one, its phone number song title includes too many digits and too many verbal syllables to be […]
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Third wheel
Adam & Kizzie album release show 8 p.m. June 29 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $12-$15 The second installment in Adam & Kizzie’s Book of Eedo album series was released in 2014 with 12 songs and more than one hour of music. The duo’s newest third edition, given the alias THREEDO, is […]
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Eating good
Like the name suggests, WoRm stays hungry. But with each release in his Chicken N Waffles album series, the Oklahoma City rapper-producer is inching his way up the local hip-hop food chain. WoRm, born Sherman Johnson, is about as versatile as they come in the local rap scene. His lyric- and beat-crafting talents are of […]
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Integrity principle
Hip-hop emcees wrote rap songs about all kinds of things in the 1980s, but one subject they rarely broached was their parents’ medicine cabinets. Today, however, the most pervasive (or at least the most infamous) subsect of the youngest generation’s rap movement seems obsessed with bragging about opioid and prescription drug abuse. Andre Stubbs, also […]
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COVER Hot list
When Jabee, Bowlsey, The So Help Me’s and Gabrielle B. take the stage 7 p.m. Thursday at the OKG Music Show at Tower Theatre, 425 NW 23rd St., they will represent some of the best music of the Oklahoma City scene, but there are plenty of extraordinary artists who are on their way up. It’s […]
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Getting Honest
Though known by many as one of two titular co-stars in the popular mid-2000s Nickelodeon comedy Drake & Josh, Drake Bell’s music career is lengthy and includes much more depth than one might assume from a former child star. His pop-rock song “Found a Way” was an excellent theme for the television series created by […]
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Serial collaborator Ty Dolla $ign speaks with Oklahoma Gazette ahead of his Tower Theatre performance
The multi-talented vocalist and instrumentalist performs 8:30 p.m. March 30.
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Writer Shea Serrano visits OKC to talk best-sellers The Rap Year Book and Basketball (and Other Things)
A writer’s talk and book singing will be held 2 p.m. March 17 at Ronald J. Norick Downton Library.
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OKC’s Culture Cinematic returns to its jazz roots with an eye on art and experimentation
OKC’s Culture Cinematic returns to its jazz roots with an eye on art and experimentation.
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Rapper Vince Staples brings his brand of afrofuturism to The Jones Assembly
Rapper Vince Staples brings his brand of afrofuturism to The Jones Assembly.