Big K.R.I.T., Angel Haze,The D.R.E.A.M. Ring: Flexn
Friday, July 31, 2015, 7:30pm
Prospect Park Bandshell
Prospect Park West & 9th St.
Brooklyn
Big K.R.I.T.’s space-themed 2014 sophomore effort Cadillactica (Def Jam) “shines like a supernova,” according to Billboard, who goes on to call him “one of the most gifted rappers living on this wretched ball of blue called Earth.” He’ll have to bring his A-game. First up is the Brooklyn-born choreographer and flexing pioneer Reggie “Regg Roc” Gray’s The D.R.E.A.M Ring, a crew of local dancers who recently performed a showcase at the Park Avenue Armory that “at first amazes and then glides into the mystical” (The New York Times).
Angel Haze has proven the ability to “go toe-to-toe” with any young rapper when it comes to flow and punchlines” (Pitchfork). Born in Detroit, Haze’s religious upbringing kept the rapper from hearing pop music, let alone hip-hop, until moving to Brooklyn at 16. Angel Haze is pansexual, and came out as agender earlier this year. The rapper’s self-proclaimed lack of musical influences and unusual personal narrative has combined to give rise to something truly rare in hip-hop: a totally original voice