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Fat Tony w/ Colleen Green, Tulengua, and A.II.Z at the Che Cafe!
Excited to announce Fat Tony will be performing w/ Colleen Green at the Che Cafe in San Diego, CA! Locals Tulengua and A.II.Z will open!
Fat Tony: https://fattonyrap.bandcamp.com/
Colleen Green: https://colleengreen.bandcamp.com/
Tulengua: https://www.tulengua.mx/
A.II.Z: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHWqGB-sWQ6ZVllUJ6syKNA
$8/$10 at door - 7pm
The Che Cafe is a safe(r), and sober space. Please leave the booze, and drugs at home. Smoking is not allowed on at the Che as UCSD is a smoke free campus. Respect one another.
Nigerian-American rapper and entertainer Fat Tony has maintained a creative resilience and unbridled enthusiasm through the past decade of his career. His musical footprint has left behind a treasure trove of alternative rap, spread across five albums, dozens of singles, and features on tracks by A$AP Rocky, Das Racist, and Bun B. Fat Tonys sense of humor and courage to experiment mirrors the counter-cultural hip-hop artists whove inspired him, like De La Soul, Devin the Dude, and DJ Screw. Although he has spent the past few years bouncing back and forth between Los Angeles and New York while hosting shows for VICE and Super Deluxe, the formative rap scene in Houston where he grew up will always feel like home.
Fat Tony (born Anthony Lawson Jude Ifeanyichukwu Obiawunaotu) spent his childhood in Houstons historically black and culturally radical neighborhood, the Third Ward. My Mom and my teachers told us that back in the day that the Black Panthers Houston chapter was in Third Ward and that the Black Panther figure, Carl Hampton, was murdered by the HPD. Fat Tony recalls. So I was growing up in an environment where social awareness and Pan-Africanism were always around. His childhood home was filled with recordscountry music, King Sunny Adé, and Jimmy Cliff from his father's collection, his mother's classical music, rock, and soul, and his granny's gospel. Then as a teenager, empowered by the internet and his discovery of independent artists like E-40, Bikini Kill, and Bad Brains, Fat Tony began recording and distributing his own music. Heavily influenced by renowned Texas rappers like UGK and Scarface, Fat Tony started playing and organizing live shows at a time when there wasnt much of a scene for young artists in Houston. He started booking bands of all types from all over, hand-making flyers for the shows and mailing them to addresses nabbed from the Carnegie Vanguard High School student directory.
His dedication to Houstons rap scene earned him Houston Press Music Awards Best Underground Hip Hop Artist in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2013. Primed for more national audiences, Fat Tony began taking his music on tour and collaborated with more artists around the country. His sonically unpredictable and emotionally vulnerable music has garnered praise from Pitchfork, The Fader, and Noisey. His achievements in rap have pushed him out of his comfort zone into other performance and hosting opportunities on TV and the Internet.
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LocationThe Che Cafe (View)
1000 Scholars Drive S.
La Jolla, CA 92093
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: Yes! |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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