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The cousin duo has been rocking in the Bay Area since the mid 2000s, and on their 2019 album, \u003cem>Manes De Negocio\u003c/em>, they pay homage to their Afro-Latino roots and the African diaspora’s enormous contributions to reggaeton and urbano. Known for their pumped-up live shows, Los Rakas take the stage at their hometown concert hall, the New Parish, with support from Qing Qi, the East Palo Alto rapper whose music is delightfully raunchy and rebellious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/mfdYMKbNLww\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.tixr.com/groups/soundsummit/events/sound-summit-2021-26107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sound Summit\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Mountain Theater, Mt. Tamalpais State Park, Mill Valley\u003cbr>\nSept. 11\u003cbr>\nProof of vaccination or negative COVID test required\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nature lovers know that Mt. Tam is home to some of the most stunning hiking trails in the Bay Area, with 360-degree views of the Pacific Ocean, the Oakland and San Francisco skylines and even Mt. Diablo. This fall, Sound Summit returns to Mt. Tam’s Mountain Theater, a 4,000-seat amphitheater at the peak. The festival’s guitar-forward lineup boasts folk singer-songwriter Father John Misty, New Orleans funk band Cha Wa, Mill Valley folk singer Teal Collins, Texan rocker Lukas Nelson, folk-rock band Allah-Las and DJ Andy Cabic. Their stylings should provide a mellow soundtrack for gazing at the sunset and communing with bluejays and chipmunks. Round-trip bus service up to the top of the mountain is available. And remember, this is one of the Bay Area’s most prized natural treasures, so leave no trace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/hr-I6-gxecg\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://thechapelsf.com/e/the-residents-at-the-castro-theatre-161017813615/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Residents\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Castro Theatre, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nSept. 17\u003cbr>\nProof of vaccination and masks required\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Residents have been creating delightfully wacky music, performance and multimedia art in the Bay Area since 1969, making them as much of an institution as, say, the San Francisco Symphony or the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Throughout their boundless career, they’ve written spoken-word rock operas, created fictional universes, scored documentaries and helped popularize the art of the music video. And all the while, the members of the collective have remained mostly anonymous. During the last several years, their album release schedule has remained as prolific as ever, and in 2020 they performed at the Museum of Modern Art. The subject matter? “A ruined evangelist and his twisted obsession with a pair of gender-fluid conjoined twins he claims are miracle workers,” according to the museum. Their performance at the Castro Theatre should be no less imaginative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/-k3JwqzgVl8\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/la-santa-cecilia-tickets-96595221909\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Santa Cecilia\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Ritz, San Jose\u003cbr>\nSept. 17\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The members of La Santa Cecilia met while busking on the streets of Los Angeles, and together the Grammy-winning group created a sound that spans cumbia, mariachi, jazz and bossa nova—a reflection of their many musical influences as the children of immigrants. Singing in Spanish about topics as varied as family tragedy, immigrant rights and queer love, lead vocalist Marisol Hernandez brings powerful storytelling to the band’s danceable, accordion-, guitar- and percussion-forward compositions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/2ZfcZEIo6Bw\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theregencyballroom.com/events/detail/400451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Japanese Breakfast with Luna Li\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Regency Ballroom, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nSept. 30–Oct. 1\u003cbr>\nProof of vaccination and masks required\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast writes lyrics that trace delicate outlines of emotions, as if drawing on a foggy window on an introspective, snowy day. Her writerly curiosity as a musician propelled her into a second career as an author. Earlier this year, her memoir about her mother’s death and her Korean heritage, \u003cem>Crying in H Mart\u003c/em>, became a \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> best seller. And a few months later, in June, she released her critically acclaimed album \u003cem>Jubilee\u003c/em>, an indie rock record with celebratory horns, hopeful strings, stomping dance floor catharses and bittersweet reflections on the fleeting nature of happiness. Harpist, violinist and multi-instrumentalist Luna Li joins her for two nights in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/1NMZ0MpaEuY\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.axs.com/events/409353/isaiah-rashad-tickets?skin=warfield&src=AEGLIVE_WWRFLSFO022715VEN001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isaiah Rashad\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Warfield, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nOct. 7\u003cbr>\nProof of vaccination and masks required\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After five years of silence, Isaiah Rashad returned with what will surely be considered one of the best rap albums of 2021: \u003cem>The House is Burning\u003c/em>. The project chronicles a search for hope after hitting rock bottom, with warm, nostalgic rhythms occasionally destabilized by lurching, gothic undertones. Drawing on influences such as Three 6 Mafia, Outkast and his Top Dawg label mate Kendrick Lamar, Rashad wrote the album after several bad years of substance abuse and mental health issues that forced him to disappear from public life and eventually get clean. He writes with the sage perspective of someone who’s been to hell and back, finding beauty even amid these traumatic experiences, and managing to still have fun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/bl1IUpOT8NY\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"http://soundwavesf.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soundwave NEXT: Translocality\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Various outdoor locations, Bay Area\u003cbr>\nOct. 22, 2021–Feb. 22, 2022\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soundwave made its Translocality festival COVID-safe by commissioning site-specific works that listeners can access via the \u003ca href=\"https://echoes.xyz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Echoes app\u003c/a> as they walk through various landscapes. Lalin St. Juste, lead singer of the band the Seshen, created a piece for the Sutro Baths in San Francisco that questions the colonial-era artifact collections of figures like Adolph Sutro, a former San Francisco mayor. Travis “Queen” Roland takes participants into the National AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park, where they’ll listen to a soundtrack that pays homage to queer nightlife, punk rock, cruising and drag from the ’70s to now, and then takes us into the future. The other artists are Rumi Koshino, Fereshteh Toosi, Dylan Marx, LeAnn Perry, John Patrick Moore, Akaina Ghosh, Tyler Holmes and Dario Slavazza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/XWSVHYBo_7I\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Nef-The-Pharaoh/433315?afflky=CornerstoneBerkeley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nef the Pharaoh\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cornerstone, Berkeley\u003cbr>\nOct. 23\u003cbr>\nMasks required\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Bay Area treasure, Nef the Pharaoh is carrying the torch of E-40 and Mac Dre with rhymes that are streetwise, politically aware, raunchy and occasionally psychedelic. The Vallejo native raps with the momentum of a bouncy ball, moving quickly between ideas and sometimes going in unpredictable directions. His breakout hit “Big Tymin” put him on the map in 2015, and since then he hasn’t slowed down with releases that have earned him a cult following—most recently, 2021’s \u003cem>SINsational\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Intimate club gigs, a concert on a mountain top and site-specific sound art are just a few of the musical offerings in our fall preview. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705007840,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":22,"wordCount":1204},"headData":{"title":"Must-See Concerts in the Bay Area This Fall | KQED","description":"Intimate club gigs, a concert on a mountain top and site-specific sound art are just a few of the musical offerings in our fall preview. 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And because Bay Area music lovers can never be confined to a single genre or subculture, we’ve tried to include a bit of everything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cb>Reminder:\u003c/b> COVID precautions remain in flux. Proof of vaccination is a requirement for many indoor events. Before making plans, and again before arrival, be sure to check event websites for the latest protocols.\u003c/i>\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/nq33UIpMVo4'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/nq33UIpMVo4'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketweb.com/event/los-rakas-the-new-parish-tickets/11259895\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Rakas with Qing Qi\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The New Parish, Oakland\u003cbr>\nSept. 10\u003cbr>\nMasks required\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Rakas rep Oakland as hard as they do Panama, and influences from the two regions come together in a dynamic, signature sound that bridges Latin trap, hyphy, reggaeton and dancehall. The cousin duo has been rocking in the Bay Area since the mid 2000s, and on their 2019 album, \u003cem>Manes De Negocio\u003c/em>, they pay homage to their Afro-Latino roots and the African diaspora’s enormous contributions to reggaeton and urbano. Known for their pumped-up live shows, Los Rakas take the stage at their hometown concert hall, the New Parish, with support from Qing Qi, the East Palo Alto rapper whose music is delightfully raunchy and rebellious.\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/mfdYMKbNLww'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/mfdYMKbNLww'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.tixr.com/groups/soundsummit/events/sound-summit-2021-26107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sound Summit\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Mountain Theater, Mt. 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And remember, this is one of the Bay Area’s most prized natural treasures, so leave no trace.\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/hr-I6-gxecg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/hr-I6-gxecg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://thechapelsf.com/e/the-residents-at-the-castro-theatre-161017813615/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Residents\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Castro Theatre, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nSept. 17\u003cbr>\nProof of vaccination and masks required\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Residents have been creating delightfully wacky music, performance and multimedia art in the Bay Area since 1969, making them as much of an institution as, say, the San Francisco Symphony or the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Throughout their boundless career, they’ve written spoken-word rock operas, created fictional universes, scored documentaries and helped popularize the art of the music video. And all the while, the members of the collective have remained mostly anonymous. During the last several years, their album release schedule has remained as prolific as ever, and in 2020 they performed at the Museum of Modern Art. The subject matter? “A ruined evangelist and his twisted obsession with a pair of gender-fluid conjoined twins he claims are miracle workers,” according to the museum. Their performance at the Castro Theatre should be no less imaginative.\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/-k3JwqzgVl8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/-k3JwqzgVl8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/la-santa-cecilia-tickets-96595221909\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Santa Cecilia\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Ritz, San Jose\u003cbr>\nSept. 17\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The members of La Santa Cecilia met while busking on the streets of Los Angeles, and together the Grammy-winning group created a sound that spans cumbia, mariachi, jazz and bossa nova—a reflection of their many musical influences as the children of immigrants. Singing in Spanish about topics as varied as family tragedy, immigrant rights and queer love, lead vocalist Marisol Hernandez brings powerful storytelling to the band’s danceable, accordion-, guitar- and percussion-forward compositions.\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/2ZfcZEIo6Bw'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/2ZfcZEIo6Bw'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theregencyballroom.com/events/detail/400451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Japanese Breakfast with Luna Li\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Regency Ballroom, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nSept. 30–Oct. 1\u003cbr>\nProof of vaccination and masks required\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast writes lyrics that trace delicate outlines of emotions, as if drawing on a foggy window on an introspective, snowy day. Her writerly curiosity as a musician propelled her into a second career as an author. Earlier this year, her memoir about her mother’s death and her Korean heritage, \u003cem>Crying in H Mart\u003c/em>, became a \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> best seller. And a few months later, in June, she released her critically acclaimed album \u003cem>Jubilee\u003c/em>, an indie rock record with celebratory horns, hopeful strings, stomping dance floor catharses and bittersweet reflections on the fleeting nature of happiness. Harpist, violinist and multi-instrumentalist Luna Li joins her for two nights in San Francisco.\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/1NMZ0MpaEuY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/1NMZ0MpaEuY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.axs.com/events/409353/isaiah-rashad-tickets?skin=warfield&src=AEGLIVE_WWRFLSFO022715VEN001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isaiah Rashad\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Warfield, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nOct. 7\u003cbr>\nProof of vaccination and masks required\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After five years of silence, Isaiah Rashad returned with what will surely be considered one of the best rap albums of 2021: \u003cem>The House is Burning\u003c/em>. The project chronicles a search for hope after hitting rock bottom, with warm, nostalgic rhythms occasionally destabilized by lurching, gothic undertones. Drawing on influences such as Three 6 Mafia, Outkast and his Top Dawg label mate Kendrick Lamar, Rashad wrote the album after several bad years of substance abuse and mental health issues that forced him to disappear from public life and eventually get clean. He writes with the sage perspective of someone who’s been to hell and back, finding beauty even amid these traumatic experiences, and managing to still have fun.\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/bl1IUpOT8NY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/bl1IUpOT8NY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"http://soundwavesf.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soundwave NEXT: Translocality\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Various outdoor locations, Bay Area\u003cbr>\nOct. 22, 2021–Feb. 22, 2022\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soundwave made its Translocality festival COVID-safe by commissioning site-specific works that listeners can access via the \u003ca href=\"https://echoes.xyz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Echoes app\u003c/a> as they walk through various landscapes. Lalin St. Juste, lead singer of the band the Seshen, created a piece for the Sutro Baths in San Francisco that questions the colonial-era artifact collections of figures like Adolph Sutro, a former San Francisco mayor. Travis “Queen” Roland takes participants into the National AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park, where they’ll listen to a soundtrack that pays homage to queer nightlife, punk rock, cruising and drag from the ’70s to now, and then takes us into the future. The other artists are Rumi Koshino, Fereshteh Toosi, Dylan Marx, LeAnn Perry, John Patrick Moore, Akaina Ghosh, Tyler Holmes and Dario Slavazza.\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/XWSVHYBo_7I'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/XWSVHYBo_7I'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Nef-The-Pharaoh/433315?afflky=CornerstoneBerkeley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nef the Pharaoh\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cornerstone, Berkeley\u003cbr>\nOct. 23\u003cbr>\nMasks required\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Bay Area treasure, Nef the Pharaoh is carrying the torch of E-40 and Mac Dre with rhymes that are streetwise, politically aware, raunchy and occasionally psychedelic. The Vallejo native raps with the momentum of a bouncy ball, moving quickly between ideas and sometimes going in unpredictable directions. His breakout hit “Big Tymin” put him on the map in 2015, and since then he hasn’t slowed down with releases that have earned him a cult following—most recently, 2021’s \u003cem>SINsational\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13901044/fall-2021-concerts-bay-area","authors":["11387"],"programs":["arts_140"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_69"],"tags":["arts_3607","arts_15307","arts_10278","arts_21788","arts_2151","arts_3420","arts_585"],"featImg":"arts_13825623","label":"source_arts_13901044"},"arts_13900085":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13900085","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13900085","score":null,"sort":[1626816744000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"stunnaman02-and-the-big-steppin-energy-in-the-room","title":"Stunnaman02 and the 'Big Steppin' Energy in the Room","publishDate":1626816744,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Stunnaman02 and the ‘Big Steppin’ Energy in the Room | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>I could write a whole book about the energy bouncing off the walls at Cornerstone in Berkeley on Saturday night—and specifically, from Stunnaman02.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I watched handshakes between reunited friends turn into palm-grasping mini-gig sessions. Airborne beach balls that drew people toward the stage. A sprayed bottle of champagne that caused them to retreat. At one point during the action-filled evening, a woman stood on the edge of the balcony, twerking a full story above the rest of the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All through the night, I watched energy emit from a crowd of true Bay Area hip-hop lovers. I took as many photos as I could, all the while knowing that capturing images doesn’t equate to capturing a vibe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900090\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900090\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01441-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Attendees hold up their phones, capturing footage of Nef The Pharaoh performing at Cornerstone in Berkeley. \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01441-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01441-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01441-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01441-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01441-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01441.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees hold up their phones while Nef The Pharaoh performs at Cornerstone in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Headlined by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bosslifebigspence/\">BossLife Big Spence\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/10piecetone/\">10 Piece Tone\u003c/a>, the building played host to a wide array of Bay Area talent, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/y0ungbari/\">Young Bari\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oskiedoubleff/\">Oskie\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/slimyani/\">Slim Yani\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/nefthepharaoh/\">Nef The Pharaoh\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I moved from the balcony to the front of the stage, taking photos and monitoring the energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I took note of how the vocals of one of the opening acts were drowned out by the recorded track that they were supposed to be rapping over. I acknowledged the way seasoned veterans, like Hieroglyphics’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/djtourehiero/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DJ Toure\u003c/a> and San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/big.rich/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Rich\u003c/a>, played the cut and let the youngsters turn up. I listened as \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/drewwwbanga/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drew Banga\u003c/a> managed the music on the ones and twos, and simultaneously controlled the amount of people on stage—or at least attempted to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900089\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900089\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01486-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"10 Piece Tone punches an oversized beach ball in the air while performing at Cornerstone in Berkeley. \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01486-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01486-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01486-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01486-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01486-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01486.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">10 Piece Tone punches an oversized beach ball in the air while performing at Cornerstone in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I laughed at the way the thick weed smoke and lack of air conditioning made the term “hot box” an accurate double entendre. By the time the opening acts concluded, it was house-party hot inside of that joint. Then Stunnaman02 hit the stage, turning up the temperature, the energy, and every other lever he could find.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stunnaman02 went from the edge of the stage to rapping in the middle of the crowd. I perched myself in the balcony to take bird’s eye view photos of his performance, only for him to run upstairs, past me, down the next stairway and eventually end up on top of the bar, rapping the whole time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900091\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900091\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01419-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"A bird's eye view shot of Stunnaman02 standing on stage and performing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01419-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01419-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01419-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01419-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01419-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01419.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bird’s eye view shot of Stunnaman02 standing on stage and performing. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hailing from San Francisco, Stunnaman02 is the artist behind the high-energy track “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8T00Bx1eQ0\">Gut Check\u003c/a>,” and the more laid-back song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7remciyEOlg\">SloMo\u003c/a>.” He’s also the guy behind the regional hit that’s quickly becoming the Bay Area the song of the summer, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5svEkex2YYo\">Big Steppin\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the weekend a video surfaced of \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/TheThizzler/status/1415854066907942916?s=20\">Stunnaman02 and E-40\u003c/a> doing the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/bigsteppin02challenge/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Steppin Challenge\u003c/a>, a dance trend that rhythmically mimics the act of bench pressing. As of this article’s publication, Stunnaman02 has recorded 41 straight days of himself doing the dance, oftentimes appearing in notable Bay Area locations with other known artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late last month, Stunnaman02 teamed up with fellow Fillmore artist and actor Gunna Goes Global to drop the uptempo album \u003ca href=\"https://album.link/i/1574456703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Feel More\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Stunnaman02, real name Jordan Gomes, is also an actor, featured alongside Gunna Goes Global in the film \u003ci>The Last Black Man in San Francisco.\u003c/i> And he plays the role of a cop in the web series\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zOO8fQHsic\">\u003ci> Rent Check\u003c/i>\u003c/a>. On top of that, Stunnaman02 is an entrepreneur, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stillwinnin02/\">selling clothing \u003c/a>and a self-made beverage, 02 Juice. And if that’s not enough, Stunnaman02 was a part of a group that momentarily \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asjKLWaNWg8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shut down the Bay Bridge\u003c/a> last year, protesting police brutality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900087\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900087\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01433-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"A fan in a San Francisco Giants hat takes in Stunnaman02's performance, as the emcee perches on the bar in the back of the venue. \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01433-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01433-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01433-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01433-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01433-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01433.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fan in a San Francisco Giants hat takes in the show as Stunnaman02 perches on the bar in the back of the venue. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All of this to say: he’s an active dude. But he’s not just a hyphy-ass live wire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one of the last pre-pandemic events I attended, in February of 2020, I bumped into Stunnaman02 at Oakland’s Black Joy Parade. He was stopping anyone and everyone who would listen to him, asking nothing more than that person have a great day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This past weekend, during the show at Cornerstone in Berkeley, he showed that same sincerity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900092\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900092\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01405-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Stunnaman02 stands in sea of people, performing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01405-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01405-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01405-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01405-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01405-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01405.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stunnaman02 stands in sea of people, performing. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After tearing his shirt off and rocking the crowd, Stunnaman02 concluded his set with a prayer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crowd simmered as Stunnaman02 asked for the health of all of those in attendance. He rattled off a long list of specific types of health, including financial and mental. He then said the names of a couple of deceased friends, before screaming into the microphone, “WE STILL WINNING!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900086\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01500-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"10 Piece Tone and Boss Life Big Spence perform as DJ Meles sprays a bottle of champagne on the crowd.\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01500-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01500-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01500-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01500-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01500-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01500.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">10 Piece Tone and Boss Life Big Spence perform as DJ Meles sprays a bottle of champagne on the crowd. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Other artists followed, and the show’s energy didn’t wane. Young Bari lit up the crowd when he came out giggin’ to his track “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/EU1ryBN9fVw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">So Mobby\u003c/a>.” BossLife Big Spence and 10 Piece Tone rocked the stage for a few minutes, took a set break and doubled back with an outfit change—and then rocked the crowd some more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My weary legs, fatigued from not attending a fully energized live hip-hop show in over a calendar year, told me it was time to leave. As I exited the building and made my way back out to the Berkeley streets, I saw producer \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/quakebeatz/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quakebeatz\u003c/a> and Stunnaman02, and used my last bit of energy to congratulate them on a successful show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking back at the footage from that night, some true gems were documented. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CRhhOdYsQE5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photo set by Sydney Welch\u003c/a> does justice to what took place that evening. And a duo of Instagram posts between \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CRg9xZ-MH4m/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BossLife Big Spence\u003c/a> and a huge fan of his, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CRe7gIMnYeQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Less\u003c/a>, who says Big Spence’s music has helped him with his battle against stage four cancer, really puts the power of that evening into perspective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah, there could be easily be a book written about the energy of Bay Area hip-hop artists and fans. But words and photos never fully capture that energy—you’ve just got to experience it.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The Bay Area's song of the summer gets an East Bay crowd active after a year spent in lockdown.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705008071,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":22,"wordCount":1086},"headData":{"title":"Stunnaman02 and the 'Big Steppin' Energy in the Room | KQED","description":"The Bay Area's song of the summer gets an East Bay crowd active after a year spent in lockdown.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Stunnaman02 and the 'Big Steppin' Energy in the Room","datePublished":"2021-07-20T21:32:24.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T21:21:11.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","path":"/arts/13900085/stunnaman02-and-the-big-steppin-energy-in-the-room","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>I could write a whole book about the energy bouncing off the walls at Cornerstone in Berkeley on Saturday night—and specifically, from Stunnaman02.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I watched handshakes between reunited friends turn into palm-grasping mini-gig sessions. Airborne beach balls that drew people toward the stage. A sprayed bottle of champagne that caused them to retreat. At one point during the action-filled evening, a woman stood on the edge of the balcony, twerking a full story above the rest of the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All through the night, I watched energy emit from a crowd of true Bay Area hip-hop lovers. I took as many photos as I could, all the while knowing that capturing images doesn’t equate to capturing a vibe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900090\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900090\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01441-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Attendees hold up their phones, capturing footage of Nef The Pharaoh performing at Cornerstone in Berkeley. \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01441-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01441-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01441-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01441-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01441-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01441.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees hold up their phones while Nef The Pharaoh performs at Cornerstone in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Headlined by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bosslifebigspence/\">BossLife Big Spence\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/10piecetone/\">10 Piece Tone\u003c/a>, the building played host to a wide array of Bay Area talent, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/y0ungbari/\">Young Bari\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oskiedoubleff/\">Oskie\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/slimyani/\">Slim Yani\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/nefthepharaoh/\">Nef The Pharaoh\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I moved from the balcony to the front of the stage, taking photos and monitoring the energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I took note of how the vocals of one of the opening acts were drowned out by the recorded track that they were supposed to be rapping over. I acknowledged the way seasoned veterans, like Hieroglyphics’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/djtourehiero/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DJ Toure\u003c/a> and San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/big.rich/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Rich\u003c/a>, played the cut and let the youngsters turn up. I listened as \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/drewwwbanga/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drew Banga\u003c/a> managed the music on the ones and twos, and simultaneously controlled the amount of people on stage—or at least attempted to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900089\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900089\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01486-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"10 Piece Tone punches an oversized beach ball in the air while performing at Cornerstone in Berkeley. \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01486-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01486-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01486-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01486-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01486-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01486.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">10 Piece Tone punches an oversized beach ball in the air while performing at Cornerstone in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I laughed at the way the thick weed smoke and lack of air conditioning made the term “hot box” an accurate double entendre. By the time the opening acts concluded, it was house-party hot inside of that joint. Then Stunnaman02 hit the stage, turning up the temperature, the energy, and every other lever he could find.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stunnaman02 went from the edge of the stage to rapping in the middle of the crowd. I perched myself in the balcony to take bird’s eye view photos of his performance, only for him to run upstairs, past me, down the next stairway and eventually end up on top of the bar, rapping the whole time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900091\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900091\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01419-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"A bird's eye view shot of Stunnaman02 standing on stage and performing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01419-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01419-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01419-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01419-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01419-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01419.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bird’s eye view shot of Stunnaman02 standing on stage and performing. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hailing from San Francisco, Stunnaman02 is the artist behind the high-energy track “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8T00Bx1eQ0\">Gut Check\u003c/a>,” and the more laid-back song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7remciyEOlg\">SloMo\u003c/a>.” He’s also the guy behind the regional hit that’s quickly becoming the Bay Area the song of the summer, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5svEkex2YYo\">Big Steppin\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the weekend a video surfaced of \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/TheThizzler/status/1415854066907942916?s=20\">Stunnaman02 and E-40\u003c/a> doing the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/bigsteppin02challenge/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Steppin Challenge\u003c/a>, a dance trend that rhythmically mimics the act of bench pressing. As of this article’s publication, Stunnaman02 has recorded 41 straight days of himself doing the dance, oftentimes appearing in notable Bay Area locations with other known artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late last month, Stunnaman02 teamed up with fellow Fillmore artist and actor Gunna Goes Global to drop the uptempo album \u003ca href=\"https://album.link/i/1574456703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Feel More\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Stunnaman02, real name Jordan Gomes, is also an actor, featured alongside Gunna Goes Global in the film \u003ci>The Last Black Man in San Francisco.\u003c/i> And he plays the role of a cop in the web series\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zOO8fQHsic\">\u003ci> Rent Check\u003c/i>\u003c/a>. On top of that, Stunnaman02 is an entrepreneur, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stillwinnin02/\">selling clothing \u003c/a>and a self-made beverage, 02 Juice. And if that’s not enough, Stunnaman02 was a part of a group that momentarily \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asjKLWaNWg8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shut down the Bay Bridge\u003c/a> last year, protesting police brutality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900087\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900087\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01433-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"A fan in a San Francisco Giants hat takes in Stunnaman02's performance, as the emcee perches on the bar in the back of the venue. \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01433-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01433-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01433-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01433-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01433-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01433.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fan in a San Francisco Giants hat takes in the show as Stunnaman02 perches on the bar in the back of the venue. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All of this to say: he’s an active dude. But he’s not just a hyphy-ass live wire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one of the last pre-pandemic events I attended, in February of 2020, I bumped into Stunnaman02 at Oakland’s Black Joy Parade. He was stopping anyone and everyone who would listen to him, asking nothing more than that person have a great day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This past weekend, during the show at Cornerstone in Berkeley, he showed that same sincerity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900092\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900092\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01405-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Stunnaman02 stands in sea of people, performing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01405-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01405-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01405-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01405-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01405-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01405.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stunnaman02 stands in sea of people, performing. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After tearing his shirt off and rocking the crowd, Stunnaman02 concluded his set with a prayer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crowd simmered as Stunnaman02 asked for the health of all of those in attendance. He rattled off a long list of specific types of health, including financial and mental. He then said the names of a couple of deceased friends, before screaming into the microphone, “WE STILL WINNING!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900086\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01500-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"10 Piece Tone and Boss Life Big Spence perform as DJ Meles sprays a bottle of champagne on the crowd.\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01500-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01500-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01500-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01500-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01500-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/DSC01500.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">10 Piece Tone and Boss Life Big Spence perform as DJ Meles sprays a bottle of champagne on the crowd. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Other artists followed, and the show’s energy didn’t wane. Young Bari lit up the crowd when he came out giggin’ to his track “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/EU1ryBN9fVw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">So Mobby\u003c/a>.” BossLife Big Spence and 10 Piece Tone rocked the stage for a few minutes, took a set break and doubled back with an outfit change—and then rocked the crowd some more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My weary legs, fatigued from not attending a fully energized live hip-hop show in over a calendar year, told me it was time to leave. As I exited the building and made my way back out to the Berkeley streets, I saw producer \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/quakebeatz/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quakebeatz\u003c/a> and Stunnaman02, and used my last bit of energy to congratulate them on a successful show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking back at the footage from that night, some true gems were documented. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CRhhOdYsQE5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photo set by Sydney Welch\u003c/a> does justice to what took place that evening. And a duo of Instagram posts between \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CRg9xZ-MH4m/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BossLife Big Spence\u003c/a> and a huge fan of his, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CRe7gIMnYeQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Less\u003c/a>, who says Big Spence’s music has helped him with his battle against stage four cancer, really puts the power of that evening into perspective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah, there could be easily be a book written about the energy of Bay Area hip-hop artists and fans. But words and photos never fully capture that energy—you’ve just got to experience it.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13900085/stunnaman02-and-the-big-steppin-energy-in-the-room","authors":["11491"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_69"],"tags":["arts_1270","arts_10342","arts_10278","arts_831","arts_3420"],"featImg":"arts_13900126","label":"arts"},"arts_13870421":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13870421","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13870421","score":null,"sort":[1575302420000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"my-long-music-filled-capital-corridor-commute","title":"My Long, Music-Filled Capital Corridor Commute","publishDate":1575302420,"format":"standard","headTitle":"My Long, Music-Filled Capital Corridor Commute | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>As rain falls on greater Northern California, and snow accumulates on the Sierra Nevada mountains, I keep laughing in disbelief, thinking about Kaddo’s situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See, Kaddo is a rapper from 77th and Greenside in East Oakland. After getting transferred from Telsa’s Fremont factory to the one in Reno, he now lives in Nevada. He’s so committed to his craft and community, he used to drive back and forth just to record tracks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few weeks ago, I saw him in person and he told me about life on the interstate. How living in Reno isn’t that bad, though some folks say the city’s name is an acronym for “Run Every N*gg* Out.” He says Nevada’s open carry laws have made living there more comfortable than in Oakland, at least when it comes to weapons. And he’s even gotten accustomed to the long slowdown over Donner Summit when there’s a storm approaching. The image of Kaddo, a black man with locs and gold teeth, putting chains on his car tires in the middle of the snowstorm sticks with me. It’s a reminder that although my commute is bad, \u003cem>it ain’t that bad\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s still bad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13865533/daps-and-hugs-im-moving-out-of-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">moving out of Oakland\u003c/a> to Sacramento three months ago, I’ve seen a lot: car accidents, roadkill, sunsets. I’ve driven past the charred fields from fires that scorched the grassy hillsides adjacent to the Carquinez Bridge. One day on Amtrak, my phone died, so I biked home through hail. When I turned my phone on, I learned a tornado had touched down in Davis at the same time my train went through town. And then there was the day the dammed refinery in Crockett exploded; it caused my Greyhound bus to take the supremely scenic route—a four-hour detour through Stockton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I often ask myself, what’s the difference between a “commute” and “road trip”?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve grown extremely familiar with the highways and byways between the Bay Area and the state capital. I know best times to go through the Yolo Bypass, as well as the MacArthur Maze (hint: never). I’ve gotten familiar with where CHP likes to hide out to catch speeding drivers. Hell, give me a few more months and I’ll have memorized the grazing patterns of the cattle alongside I-80.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve reluctantly fallen in love with this commute, and how it gives me time to think about more than just Oakland. But I always end up thinking about Oakland. If we’re going to be honest, I’m suffering, bro. It ain’t even FOMO. It’s POMO—the pain of missing out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It hurts to not be in the town for small events. You know, potlucks, movie screenings and earthquakes—“Earthquake Twitter” just isn’t as fun from outside of the club. I think anyone who’s left home goes through this process. You know, where home isn’t home anymore, and at the same time, your new home isn’t home either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I’ve been trying to hold on to things that remind me of home. The result: long rides turn into listening sessions as I tap into\u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3jqXw1a8N8wdApp1B6k7pA?si=EiDtFdoGR2a6PCg8grlBbg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> some of the greatest musical gifts\u003c/a> the Bay Area has to offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13870530\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13870530\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Kaddo-800x562.jpg\" alt=\"Kaddo.\" width=\"800\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Kaddo-800x562.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Kaddo-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Kaddo-768x539.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Kaddo.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaddo. \u003ccite>(Artist photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I’ve listened to all four of the projects \u003ca href=\"https://www.larryjunetfm.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Larry June\u003c/a> put out this year— and I’ve enjoyed every last bar about healthy salads and fly cars; even if he does sometimes have an off-beat flow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve chuckled at the comedic bars from Guapdad 4000, who released his first album \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/guapdad4000/sets/dior-deposits-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Dior Deposits\u003c/em>\u003c/a> last month. And I’ve downright cracked up listening to \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/shaq-damian-lillard-rap-beef-explainer-893406/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dame D.O.L.L.A. trade bars with Shaq Fu\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I played the latest project from the duo SU’Lan, \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/officialsulan/sets/tia-tamera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Tia and Tamera\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, and instantly started to drive faster. It’s wild how certain music does that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nef The Pharoh dropped \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/nefidelaphante/sets/mushrooms-coloring-books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Mushrooms and Coloring Books\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, and now every time my Greyhound passes the Vallejo bus station, I get the urge to play the track “South Vallejo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prezi Plane Jane dropped a seven-piece special called \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/planejane12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Money Bag\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Beejus dropped a dozen tracks on a project called \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/beejusmusic/sets/beautiful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Beautiful\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. And Tia Nomore dropped a 30-minute project called \u003ca href=\"https://ffm.to/level\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Level\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, I listened to \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxau-deuEYE&feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kaddo’s latest work\u003c/a>. I mean, he travels twice the distance I do in order to do his work; I had to listen solely off the strength of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve played music from elder statesmen, like E-40, who recently put out \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/e40/sets/practice-makes-paper-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Practice Makes Paper\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a 26-track project for his 26th studio album. I’ve listened to artists in the thick of their career like P-Lo, who between producing for other artists and serving as spokesperson for the 49ers dropped \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/heartbreakplo/sets/shine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And I’ve also paid attention to new artists, like \u003ca href=\"https://fanlink.to/DaysWeLost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Sneed\u003c/a>. Man! His \u003cem>Days We Lost\u003c/em> album is \u003cem>made\u003c/em> for looking out of the window during long drives. It’s all about the coming-of-age process; I swear, the song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw7_Fgaf8PU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Junior\u003c/a>” could be a theme song to a movie, playing over old footage from when he was younger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The passing of time, the passing of the scenery. All in a day’s commute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13870425\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13870425\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-800x1202.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Sneed\" width=\"800\" height=\"1202\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-800x1202.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-768x1154.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-1020x1533.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-799x1200.jpg 799w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1.jpg 1363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young Michael Sneed graces the stage at the Life Is Living festival in Oakland, circa 2011. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There was this one morning, a few weeks ago, when my dadmobile pushed past the Red Top Road exit on I-80, headed west. Beyond the cows and the spot where the motorcycle cop sometimes hides, and just before cresting the hillside that separates Fairfield from Vallejo. That’s when Rexx Life Raj’s song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3976ZIbJc8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Fog\u003c/a>” came on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No lie, at that exact moment, wisps of Bay Area fog began to accumulate in front of my car. A few seconds later, I was inside a full fog bank. I let out one of those laughs that deranged people do in the movies, pounding the steering wheel in excitement at the perfect timing of it all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ayy, walk through the fog like bay weather / Still undefeated like Mayweather / I know I’m doin’ it right / The universe sendin’ me signs in bold letters,” Raj sang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I feel him. I’m on my path too, and all the signs are there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though I’m late for work in San Francisco, tired of driving 80mph on Interstate 80 in attempts to make it to and from Sacramento in under 80 minutes. Back pains from sitting. Pocket pains from spending. The last three months have been rough. But man, music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s the old saying? When it hits, you feel no pain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter 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>\u003cem>Stream Pendarvis Harshaw’s hand-curated playlist for long-distance commuting below. Not showing up for you? \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3jqXw1a8N8wdApp1B6k7pA?si=rzszES1JSBaa9HKwIS4xDQ\">Click here.\u003c/a> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/3jqXw1a8N8wdApp1B6k7pA\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The commute from Sacramento to San Francisco is long and torturous, but music soundtracks it perfectly. 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He’s so committed to his craft and community, he used to drive back and forth just to record tracks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few weeks ago, I saw him in person and he told me about life on the interstate. How living in Reno isn’t that bad, though some folks say the city’s name is an acronym for “Run Every N*gg* Out.” He says Nevada’s open carry laws have made living there more comfortable than in Oakland, at least when it comes to weapons. And he’s even gotten accustomed to the long slowdown over Donner Summit when there’s a storm approaching. The image of Kaddo, a black man with locs and gold teeth, putting chains on his car tires in the middle of the snowstorm sticks with me. It’s a reminder that although my commute is bad, \u003cem>it ain’t that bad\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s still bad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13865533/daps-and-hugs-im-moving-out-of-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">moving out of Oakland\u003c/a> to Sacramento three months ago, I’ve seen a lot: car accidents, roadkill, sunsets. I’ve driven past the charred fields from fires that scorched the grassy hillsides adjacent to the Carquinez Bridge. One day on Amtrak, my phone died, so I biked home through hail. When I turned my phone on, I learned a tornado had touched down in Davis at the same time my train went through town. And then there was the day the dammed refinery in Crockett exploded; it caused my Greyhound bus to take the supremely scenic route—a four-hour detour through Stockton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I often ask myself, what’s the difference between a “commute” and “road trip”?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve grown extremely familiar with the highways and byways between the Bay Area and the state capital. I know best times to go through the Yolo Bypass, as well as the MacArthur Maze (hint: never). I’ve gotten familiar with where CHP likes to hide out to catch speeding drivers. Hell, give me a few more months and I’ll have memorized the grazing patterns of the cattle alongside I-80.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve reluctantly fallen in love with this commute, and how it gives me time to think about more than just Oakland. But I always end up thinking about Oakland. If we’re going to be honest, I’m suffering, bro. It ain’t even FOMO. It’s POMO—the pain of missing out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It hurts to not be in the town for small events. You know, potlucks, movie screenings and earthquakes—“Earthquake Twitter” just isn’t as fun from outside of the club. I think anyone who’s left home goes through this process. You know, where home isn’t home anymore, and at the same time, your new home isn’t home either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I’ve been trying to hold on to things that remind me of home. The result: long rides turn into listening sessions as I tap into\u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3jqXw1a8N8wdApp1B6k7pA?si=EiDtFdoGR2a6PCg8grlBbg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> some of the greatest musical gifts\u003c/a> the Bay Area has to offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13870530\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13870530\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Kaddo-800x562.jpg\" alt=\"Kaddo.\" width=\"800\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Kaddo-800x562.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Kaddo-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Kaddo-768x539.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Kaddo.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaddo. \u003ccite>(Artist photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I’ve listened to all four of the projects \u003ca href=\"https://www.larryjunetfm.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Larry June\u003c/a> put out this year— and I’ve enjoyed every last bar about healthy salads and fly cars; even if he does sometimes have an off-beat flow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve chuckled at the comedic bars from Guapdad 4000, who released his first album \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/guapdad4000/sets/dior-deposits-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Dior Deposits\u003c/em>\u003c/a> last month. And I’ve downright cracked up listening to \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/shaq-damian-lillard-rap-beef-explainer-893406/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dame D.O.L.L.A. trade bars with Shaq Fu\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I played the latest project from the duo SU’Lan, \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/officialsulan/sets/tia-tamera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Tia and Tamera\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, and instantly started to drive faster. It’s wild how certain music does that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nef The Pharoh dropped \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/nefidelaphante/sets/mushrooms-coloring-books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Mushrooms and Coloring Books\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, and now every time my Greyhound passes the Vallejo bus station, I get the urge to play the track “South Vallejo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prezi Plane Jane dropped a seven-piece special called \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/planejane12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Money Bag\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Beejus dropped a dozen tracks on a project called \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/beejusmusic/sets/beautiful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Beautiful\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. And Tia Nomore dropped a 30-minute project called \u003ca href=\"https://ffm.to/level\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Level\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, I listened to \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxau-deuEYE&feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kaddo’s latest work\u003c/a>. I mean, he travels twice the distance I do in order to do his work; I had to listen solely off the strength of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve played music from elder statesmen, like E-40, who recently put out \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/e40/sets/practice-makes-paper-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Practice Makes Paper\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a 26-track project for his 26th studio album. I’ve listened to artists in the thick of their career like P-Lo, who between producing for other artists and serving as spokesperson for the 49ers dropped \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/heartbreakplo/sets/shine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And I’ve also paid attention to new artists, like \u003ca href=\"https://fanlink.to/DaysWeLost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Sneed\u003c/a>. Man! His \u003cem>Days We Lost\u003c/em> album is \u003cem>made\u003c/em> for looking out of the window during long drives. It’s all about the coming-of-age process; I swear, the song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw7_Fgaf8PU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Junior\u003c/a>” could be a theme song to a movie, playing over old footage from when he was younger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The passing of time, the passing of the scenery. All in a day’s commute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13870425\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13870425\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-800x1202.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Sneed\" width=\"800\" height=\"1202\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-800x1202.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-768x1154.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-1020x1533.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-799x1200.jpg 799w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1.jpg 1363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young Michael Sneed graces the stage at the Life Is Living festival in Oakland, circa 2011. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There was this one morning, a few weeks ago, when my dadmobile pushed past the Red Top Road exit on I-80, headed west. Beyond the cows and the spot where the motorcycle cop sometimes hides, and just before cresting the hillside that separates Fairfield from Vallejo. That’s when Rexx Life Raj’s song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3976ZIbJc8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Fog\u003c/a>” came on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No lie, at that exact moment, wisps of Bay Area fog began to accumulate in front of my car. A few seconds later, I was inside a full fog bank. I let out one of those laughs that deranged people do in the movies, pounding the steering wheel in excitement at the perfect timing of it all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ayy, walk through the fog like bay weather / Still undefeated like Mayweather / I know I’m doin’ it right / The universe sendin’ me signs in bold letters,” Raj sang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I feel him. I’m on my path too, and all the signs are there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though I’m late for work in San Francisco, tired of driving 80mph on Interstate 80 in attempts to make it to and from Sacramento in under 80 minutes. Back pains from sitting. Pocket pains from spending. The last three months have been rough. But man, music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s the old saying? When it hits, you feel no pain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter 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>\u003cem>Stream Pendarvis Harshaw’s hand-curated playlist for long-distance commuting below. Not showing up for you? \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3jqXw1a8N8wdApp1B6k7pA?si=rzszES1JSBaa9HKwIS4xDQ\">Click here.\u003c/a> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/3jqXw1a8N8wdApp1B6k7pA\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13870421/my-long-music-filled-capital-corridor-commute","authors":["11491"],"categories":["arts_2303","arts_835","arts_69"],"tags":["arts_2767","arts_1118","arts_9337","arts_3420","arts_2356","arts_974","arts_1983","arts_5779","arts_3800"],"featImg":"arts_13870482","label":"arts"},"arts_13866713":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13866713","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13866713","score":null,"sort":[1568933636000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"5-must-see-bay-area-artists-at-rolling-loud-oakland-2019","title":"5 Must-See Bay Area Artists at Rolling Loud Oakland 2019","publishDate":1568933636,"format":"standard","headTitle":"5 Must-See Bay Area Artists at Rolling Loud Oakland 2019 | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>When \u003ca href=\"http://www.rollingloud.com/lineup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rolling Loud\u003c/a> founders Tariq Cherif and Matt Zingler were looking to expand their Miami rap festival to other cities across the country, they were instantly drawn to the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“T\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">he Bay Area is really one of the most influential areas of the country when it comes to the history of hip-hop—more specifically when it comes to the independent hip-hop movement,” Cherif says in a recent phone interview. “E-40 and Mac Dre were pioneers of getting out there and doing it yourself.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2017, Rolling Loud made its Bay Area debut at Shoreline Ampitheater in Mountain View, drawing thousands of hip-hop fans. A triumphant comeback at the Oakland Coliseum in 2018 featured over a dozen local artists—including E-40, Kamaiyah, P-Lo and Mozzy—in a lineup stacked with major-label stars like Travis Scott, Young Thug and Pusha T.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, Rolling Loud is back at the Coliseum Sept. 28–29 with Oakland’s own G-Eazy headlining alongside Migos, Lil Uzi Vert and Future. His placement at the top tier of the rap pantheon is a huge deal for the Bay Area, which hadn’t seen a hip-hop artist hit that level of mainstream success since E-40 and Too $hort were all over the charts 10 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to these headliners, Rolling Loud’s savvy curation juxtaposes party rockers with street poets, emo rap with hyphy and Gen Z upstarts with veterans. Highlights from the bill include Houston twerk queen Megan Thee Stallion, Atlanta gangster-turned-activist 21 Savage and Maryland nu-metal rapper Rico Nasty, as well as local favorites like Kamaiyah, Berner and Philthy Rich. With three stages, art installations, a skate park and a basketball court, the festival offers a lot to look forward to, including the five must-see Bay Area artists you’ll find below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/x5c2iRHlAHA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Saweetie\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Long underestimated by the rap scene’s boys’ club, \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/saweetie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saweetie\u003c/a> made the Bay Area’s 2019 song of the summer with “My Type,” a Petey Pablo-sampling dance floor anthem with X-rated lyrics. Things have only taken off from there for the Hayward- and Sacramento-raised rapper, with a debut clothing line that premiered at New York Fashion Week and collaborations with G-Eazy and City Girls. With tracks like “Icy Grl” and “Emotional,” Saweetie raps for fun-loving women who enjoy the finer things and aren’t afraid to express their sexuality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/I7-47-xgf0w\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rexx Life Raj\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/rexxliferaj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rexx Life Raj\u003c/a> is a streetwise wordsmith with the voice of a gospel singer and the political awareness of a Black Panther. His low-key, contemplative rap has made him one of the freshest voices to come out of the Bay Area scene in recent years. After receiving rave reviews for his \u003cem>Father Figure 2: Flourish\u003c/em> (which made KQED Arts’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13817414/the-10-best-bay-area-albums-of-2017-rexx-life-raj-father-figure-2-flourish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">top albums list in 2017\u003c/a>), he’s toured the country and worked with some promising up-and-coming producers, including Rico Nasty’s main collaborator Kenny Beats. Raj’s thoughtful lyrics will resonate with strivers trying to better themselves and level up their mindset.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/FJVxiyiVflg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nef the Pharaoh\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Signed to E-40’s Sick Wid It Records, \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/nefidelaphante\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nef the Pharaoh\u003c/a> learned how to chart his path as an independent Bay Area artist from the best. While he made a splash with boastful tracks “Big Tymin” and “Bling Blaow,” beneath the surface of his discography are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13838218/on-the-ranch-with-nef-the-pharaoh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thoughtful meditations\u003c/a> on loved ones lost too soon and the injustices of the criminal justice system. Regardless of his subject matter, Nef the Pharaoh is always brash and brutally honest, with clever lyrics that harness the hardness of the Bay Area’s mob music tradition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/EKZV3-wtmx8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lil Kayla\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/thereallilkayla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lil Kayla\u003c/a> has been too underrated for too long. In her two-minute dispatches from San Francisco’s Sunnydale projects, she bites down like a pit bull, not letting up until she nails the target of her disdain with bars worthy of a rap battle. With tracks like 2015’s “Come Getcho” and this year’s “Like Sleeze,” Kayla demolishes men’s egos and bursts the bubbles of girls who buy into their empty promises. A student of Remy Ma and Lil Kim, Lil Kayla’s street-smart verses come with a side of cynical humor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/E82WG2Xrc3w\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Derek King\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Antioch singer \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/derekkingonline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Derek King\u003c/a> was only four years old when Sisqo released his infamous “Thong Song,” King’s “Tetris” reworks its memorable beat (cue violins) into an R&Bass jam you didn’t know you needed on your playlist. Over the last few years, the Antioch artist perfected his club-friendly sound, collaborating with Sage the Gemini and Kirko Bangz when he was still a teen. Recently, King made a mark with solo singles like “Play,” which gives a P. Diddy sample a sleek, strip club-friendly makeover, and “Cappuccino,” which harks back to the dance floor-ready R&B of Usher and B2K.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"In addition to G-Eazy, Migos and Megan Thee Stallion, the festival boasts plenty of local talent. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705022118,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":898},"headData":{"title":"5 Must-See Bay Area Artists at Rolling Loud Oakland 2019 | KQED","description":"In addition to G-Eazy, Migos and Megan Thee Stallion, the festival boasts plenty of local talent. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"5 Must-See Bay Area Artists at Rolling Loud Oakland 2019","datePublished":"2019-09-19T22:53:56.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T01:15:18.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","path":"/arts/13866713/5-must-see-bay-area-artists-at-rolling-loud-oakland-2019","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When \u003ca href=\"http://www.rollingloud.com/lineup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rolling Loud\u003c/a> founders Tariq Cherif and Matt Zingler were looking to expand their Miami rap festival to other cities across the country, they were instantly drawn to the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“T\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">he Bay Area is really one of the most influential areas of the country when it comes to the history of hip-hop—more specifically when it comes to the independent hip-hop movement,” Cherif says in a recent phone interview. “E-40 and Mac Dre were pioneers of getting out there and doing it yourself.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2017, Rolling Loud made its Bay Area debut at Shoreline Ampitheater in Mountain View, drawing thousands of hip-hop fans. A triumphant comeback at the Oakland Coliseum in 2018 featured over a dozen local artists—including E-40, Kamaiyah, P-Lo and Mozzy—in a lineup stacked with major-label stars like Travis Scott, Young Thug and Pusha T.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, Rolling Loud is back at the Coliseum Sept. 28–29 with Oakland’s own G-Eazy headlining alongside Migos, Lil Uzi Vert and Future. His placement at the top tier of the rap pantheon is a huge deal for the Bay Area, which hadn’t seen a hip-hop artist hit that level of mainstream success since E-40 and Too $hort were all over the charts 10 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to these headliners, Rolling Loud’s savvy curation juxtaposes party rockers with street poets, emo rap with hyphy and Gen Z upstarts with veterans. Highlights from the bill include Houston twerk queen Megan Thee Stallion, Atlanta gangster-turned-activist 21 Savage and Maryland nu-metal rapper Rico Nasty, as well as local favorites like Kamaiyah, Berner and Philthy Rich. With three stages, art installations, a skate park and a basketball court, the festival offers a lot to look forward to, including the five must-see Bay Area artists you’ll find below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\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/x5c2iRHlAHA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/x5c2iRHlAHA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Saweetie\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Long underestimated by the rap scene’s boys’ club, \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/saweetie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saweetie\u003c/a> made the Bay Area’s 2019 song of the summer with “My Type,” a Petey Pablo-sampling dance floor anthem with X-rated lyrics. Things have only taken off from there for the Hayward- and Sacramento-raised rapper, with a debut clothing line that premiered at New York Fashion Week and collaborations with G-Eazy and City Girls. With tracks like “Icy Grl” and “Emotional,” Saweetie raps for fun-loving women who enjoy the finer things and aren’t afraid to express their sexuality.\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/I7-47-xgf0w'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/I7-47-xgf0w'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rexx Life Raj\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/rexxliferaj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rexx Life Raj\u003c/a> is a streetwise wordsmith with the voice of a gospel singer and the political awareness of a Black Panther. His low-key, contemplative rap has made him one of the freshest voices to come out of the Bay Area scene in recent years. After receiving rave reviews for his \u003cem>Father Figure 2: Flourish\u003c/em> (which made KQED Arts’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13817414/the-10-best-bay-area-albums-of-2017-rexx-life-raj-father-figure-2-flourish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">top albums list in 2017\u003c/a>), he’s toured the country and worked with some promising up-and-coming producers, including Rico Nasty’s main collaborator Kenny Beats. Raj’s thoughtful lyrics will resonate with strivers trying to better themselves and level up their mindset.\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/FJVxiyiVflg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/FJVxiyiVflg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nef the Pharaoh\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Signed to E-40’s Sick Wid It Records, \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/nefidelaphante\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nef the Pharaoh\u003c/a> learned how to chart his path as an independent Bay Area artist from the best. While he made a splash with boastful tracks “Big Tymin” and “Bling Blaow,” beneath the surface of his discography are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13838218/on-the-ranch-with-nef-the-pharaoh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thoughtful meditations\u003c/a> on loved ones lost too soon and the injustices of the criminal justice system. Regardless of his subject matter, Nef the Pharaoh is always brash and brutally honest, with clever lyrics that harness the hardness of the Bay Area’s mob music tradition.\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/EKZV3-wtmx8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/EKZV3-wtmx8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lil Kayla\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/thereallilkayla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lil Kayla\u003c/a> has been too underrated for too long. In her two-minute dispatches from San Francisco’s Sunnydale projects, she bites down like a pit bull, not letting up until she nails the target of her disdain with bars worthy of a rap battle. With tracks like 2015’s “Come Getcho” and this year’s “Like Sleeze,” Kayla demolishes men’s egos and bursts the bubbles of girls who buy into their empty promises. A student of Remy Ma and Lil Kim, Lil Kayla’s street-smart verses come with a side of cynical humor.\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/E82WG2Xrc3w'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/E82WG2Xrc3w'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Derek King\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Antioch singer \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/derekkingonline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Derek King\u003c/a> was only four years old when Sisqo released his infamous “Thong Song,” King’s “Tetris” reworks its memorable beat (cue violins) into an R&Bass jam you didn’t know you needed on your playlist. Over the last few years, the Antioch artist perfected his club-friendly sound, collaborating with Sage the Gemini and Kirko Bangz when he was still a teen. Recently, King made a mark with solo singles like “Play,” which gives a P. Diddy sample a sleek, strip club-friendly makeover, and “Cappuccino,” which harks back to the dance floor-ready R&B of Usher and B2K.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13866713/5-must-see-bay-area-artists-at-rolling-loud-oakland-2019","authors":["11387"],"categories":["arts_69"],"tags":["arts_1118","arts_831","arts_3420","arts_1983","arts_8682"],"featImg":"arts_13866790","label":"arts"},"arts_13845940":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13845940","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13845940","score":null,"sort":[1543541873000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"after-a-high-speed-police-chase-a-female-rapper-endures-raps-double-standard","title":"After a High-Speed Police Chase, A Female Rapper Endures Rap's Double Standard","publishDate":1543541873,"format":"image","headTitle":"After a High-Speed Police Chase, A Female Rapper Endures Rap’s Double Standard | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>In \u003cem>The Autobiography of Gucci Mane\u003c/em>, the Atlanta rap star details his numerous stints in DeKalb County Jail and how they bolstered his street cred. When the Bay Area’s Mac Dre was locked up for conspiracy to commit robbery in 1992, he recorded an album over the jail phone that became legendary. This past year, Brooklyn rapper 6ix9ine’s various legal troubles—including a guilty plea for a child sex crime, and an arrest for firearms—propelled him into the Billboard Hot 100 and brought collaborations with Kanye West and Nicki Minaj.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the reaction was noticeably different when Oakland rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13832451/qing-qi-rapper-and-thizzler-host-calls-out-scrubs-takes-no-prisoners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Qing Qi\u003c/a> (Nikia Durgin) was booked in Nevada County Jail last week for an alleged burglary and high-speed getaway chase from police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”F6piqvMX5hkxFHGwhGJArqCagQfzxmOr”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to police, Qing Qi sped off at 120 miles per hour with her headlights off after officers stopped her on suspicion of burglarizing a CVS in Grass Valley. She nearly got away, but crashed in nearby Auburn, and was caught attempting to hail an Uber back to Oakland. \u003cem>The Union\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.theunion.com/news/local-news/burglary-suspects-accused-of-fleeing-officers-wrecking-in-auburn-out-on-bond/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported\u003c/a> that officers found several thousand dollars of hair-care products and makeup in her car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Qing Qi now faces two felony counts of second-degree burglary, one felony count of evading a peace officer and one misdemeanor count of obstructing a peace officer. Pending sentencing, she could spend up to nine years in jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of which would ordinarily mean, by the rap rulebook, a surge in a rapper’s career. Except when Qing Qi’s mugshot appeared on the homepage of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/san-francisco-women-arrested-for-burglary-after-high-speed-pursuit/1604372781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KRON4\u003c/a> on Nov. 17 and spread through Bay Area social media, the local rap community didn’t celebrate her outlaw status. Nor was there the type of sympathy that’s usually expressed for male rappers who get caught and put behind bars. Instead, the majority of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BqT8dODDE-J/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">comments\u003c/a> took jabs at Qing Qi’s hair and weight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13845979\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13845979\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/IMG_4648.jpg\" alt=\"A screen shot of a screen shot of Mozzy's Instagram post with Qing Qi's mugshot. \" width=\"750\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/IMG_4648.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/IMG_4648-160x285.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/IMG_4648-675x1200.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screen shot of a screen shot of Mozzy’s Instagram post with Qing Qi’s mugshot. \u003ccite>(@allhailtheqing/Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Reactions escalated when Sacramento rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13842545/mozzy-on-gangland-landlord-kendrick-and-how-a-persistent-grind-pays-off\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mozzy\u003c/a>, who has over 828,000 Instagram followers (and, ironically, is Qing Qi’s labelmate on San Francisco imprint \u003ca href=\"https://www.empi.re/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Empire\u003c/a>), posted her and her alleged accomplice’s mugshots with the caption “Lil petty thievery n thingz” and numerous laugh-cry emojis. (The post has since been deleted.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following Mozzy’s lead, his followers responded with taunts, many commenting that she deserved arrest after dissing Sacramento during her time as co-host of Thizzler’s YouTube talk show, \u003cem>That’s My Word.\u003c/em> (While \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/aC-6QSiQz7E?t=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debating\u003c/a> whether Sacramento is culturally part of the Bay Area, Qing Qi quipped that “Sacramento people are weird,” to which her co-host DNas replied, “They’re 2005 Oakland,” implying that Sacramento is behind the times.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mozzy’s manager, DavO, told KQED through a publicist that Mozzy was trying to make a point. “He just wanted to show people how things can quickly turn around for you,” he wrote in an email, adding that Mozzy had planned to post Qing Qi’s bond, “just to show you that the same people who you put down, that you do not know from a can of paint, can be the same ones that you may need later in life. He deleted [his post] because he didn’t want to humiliate her.” (Qing Qi’s rap crew, Pu Tang Clan, posted her bond before Mozzy had the opportunity.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, regardless of Mozzy’s intentions, his Instagram post provided a springboard for thousands of followers to mock Qing Qi’s misfortune and appearance. Other prominent Bay Area artists, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13825052/kamaiyah-surprises-hayward-high-school-with-black-panther-tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kamaiyah\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13838218/on-the-ranch-with-nef-the-pharaoh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nef the Pharaoh\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13811392/behind-the-beats-p-lo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">P-Lo\u003c/a>, appeared to laugh along in the comments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such response was markedly different than the hero worship lavished on Los Angeles rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-03greedo-20180617-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">03 Greedo\u003c/a>, for example, when he was sentenced to 20 years for trafficking meth this summer. Other than the other female rappers in Qing Qi’s Pu Tang Clan, few people stuck their necks out to \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BqV54MOAY5l/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">defend her\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reached by phone, Qing Qi’s Thizzler co-host DNas addressed the double standard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If anything happens to anybody else, we ain’t makin’ these jokes,” he said, adding that he himself hasn’t gotten nearly as much backlash for his Sacramento comments as Qing Qi. “I’m supporting Qi.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13846004\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13846004\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/MG_5390-qing-qi-800x1266.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1266\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/MG_5390-qing-qi-800x1266.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/MG_5390-qing-qi-160x253.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/MG_5390-qing-qi-768x1215.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/MG_5390-qing-qi-758x1200.jpeg 758w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/MG_5390-qing-qi.jpeg 809w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Qing Qi.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a phone interview a week after her arrest, Qi acknowledged that, as an outspoken woman who is far from the narrow, socially acceptable mold of what a female rapper should be, her charges were received differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For some reason, people are really upset by me. There are so many people, rappers, who have mugshots for bipping,” Qing Qi told me, using a slang term for breaking car windows. “But when I do something, they put it everywhere and everybody has to talk about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, Qing Qi does rub some people the wrong way. She’s a single mom who raps about her sexuality, she’s full-figured and wears lingerie with her belly out, she often wears an afro, and she’s brashly outspoken about gender inequality in her music. Her 2018 mixtape \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/qingqi/sets/if-the-niggah-aint-shit-play-this-for-his-bitch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ITNASPTFHB\u003c/a>\u003c/em> calls out male entitlement with hilarious punchlines that undoubtedly bruise some men’s egos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, if you’re a man with any amount of insecurity, she’s easy to hate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think I’m very scary. If what I’m trying to do, and the music I’m trying to push and the image I’m trying to push is successful, I think it would bother a lot of people because it would change things drastically,” Qing Qi told me. “Because then you wouldn’t have to be skinny to show your stomach in a music video, or wear a lot of makeup, or get a long-ass weave to go to an interview.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Qing Qi’s court case is ongoing, and at press time, her public defender Tamara Zaromskis wasn’t sure when the case would go to trial—only that her plea, entered Thursday, would not be a guilty plea. But Qing Qi is optimistic. Upon her release, she put out a diss track called “\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/qingqi/tangy-qing-qi-pu-tang-clan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tangy\u003c/a>” to the beat of Kelis’ “Bossy”: “I got way too much shit goin’ on to be concerned with you weird internet thugs,” she raps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As she summed it up in our interview: “It seems like controversy is my biggest ally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/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>\u003cem>Correction: This article originally attributed the quote from Mozzy’s manager DavO to his publicist Aishah White, who passed along the information.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Qing Qi's troubles with the law would elevate any male rapper's career. Instead, she now faces mockery and scorn.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705026940,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":1154},"headData":{"title":"After a High-Speed Police Chase, A Female Rapper Endures Rap's Double Standard | KQED","description":"Qing Qi's troubles with the law would elevate any male rapper's career. Instead, she now faces mockery and scorn.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"After a High-Speed Police Chase, A Female Rapper Endures Rap's Double Standard","datePublished":"2018-11-30T01:37:53.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T02:35:40.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13845940/after-a-high-speed-police-chase-a-female-rapper-endures-raps-double-standard","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In \u003cem>The Autobiography of Gucci Mane\u003c/em>, the Atlanta rap star details his numerous stints in DeKalb County Jail and how they bolstered his street cred. When the Bay Area’s Mac Dre was locked up for conspiracy to commit robbery in 1992, he recorded an album over the jail phone that became legendary. This past year, Brooklyn rapper 6ix9ine’s various legal troubles—including a guilty plea for a child sex crime, and an arrest for firearms—propelled him into the Billboard Hot 100 and brought collaborations with Kanye West and Nicki Minaj.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the reaction was noticeably different when Oakland rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13832451/qing-qi-rapper-and-thizzler-host-calls-out-scrubs-takes-no-prisoners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Qing Qi\u003c/a> (Nikia Durgin) was booked in Nevada County Jail last week for an alleged burglary and high-speed getaway chase from police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to police, Qing Qi sped off at 120 miles per hour with her headlights off after officers stopped her on suspicion of burglarizing a CVS in Grass Valley. She nearly got away, but crashed in nearby Auburn, and was caught attempting to hail an Uber back to Oakland. \u003cem>The Union\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.theunion.com/news/local-news/burglary-suspects-accused-of-fleeing-officers-wrecking-in-auburn-out-on-bond/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported\u003c/a> that officers found several thousand dollars of hair-care products and makeup in her car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Qing Qi now faces two felony counts of second-degree burglary, one felony count of evading a peace officer and one misdemeanor count of obstructing a peace officer. Pending sentencing, she could spend up to nine years in jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of which would ordinarily mean, by the rap rulebook, a surge in a rapper’s career. Except when Qing Qi’s mugshot appeared on the homepage of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/san-francisco-women-arrested-for-burglary-after-high-speed-pursuit/1604372781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KRON4\u003c/a> on Nov. 17 and spread through Bay Area social media, the local rap community didn’t celebrate her outlaw status. Nor was there the type of sympathy that’s usually expressed for male rappers who get caught and put behind bars. Instead, the majority of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BqT8dODDE-J/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">comments\u003c/a> took jabs at Qing Qi’s hair and weight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13845979\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13845979\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/IMG_4648.jpg\" alt=\"A screen shot of a screen shot of Mozzy's Instagram post with Qing Qi's mugshot. \" width=\"750\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/IMG_4648.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/IMG_4648-160x285.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/IMG_4648-675x1200.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screen shot of a screen shot of Mozzy’s Instagram post with Qing Qi’s mugshot. \u003ccite>(@allhailtheqing/Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Reactions escalated when Sacramento rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13842545/mozzy-on-gangland-landlord-kendrick-and-how-a-persistent-grind-pays-off\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mozzy\u003c/a>, who has over 828,000 Instagram followers (and, ironically, is Qing Qi’s labelmate on San Francisco imprint \u003ca href=\"https://www.empi.re/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Empire\u003c/a>), posted her and her alleged accomplice’s mugshots with the caption “Lil petty thievery n thingz” and numerous laugh-cry emojis. (The post has since been deleted.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following Mozzy’s lead, his followers responded with taunts, many commenting that she deserved arrest after dissing Sacramento during her time as co-host of Thizzler’s YouTube talk show, \u003cem>That’s My Word.\u003c/em> (While \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/aC-6QSiQz7E?t=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debating\u003c/a> whether Sacramento is culturally part of the Bay Area, Qing Qi quipped that “Sacramento people are weird,” to which her co-host DNas replied, “They’re 2005 Oakland,” implying that Sacramento is behind the times.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mozzy’s manager, DavO, told KQED through a publicist that Mozzy was trying to make a point. “He just wanted to show people how things can quickly turn around for you,” he wrote in an email, adding that Mozzy had planned to post Qing Qi’s bond, “just to show you that the same people who you put down, that you do not know from a can of paint, can be the same ones that you may need later in life. He deleted [his post] because he didn’t want to humiliate her.” (Qing Qi’s rap crew, Pu Tang Clan, posted her bond before Mozzy had the opportunity.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, regardless of Mozzy’s intentions, his Instagram post provided a springboard for thousands of followers to mock Qing Qi’s misfortune and appearance. Other prominent Bay Area artists, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13825052/kamaiyah-surprises-hayward-high-school-with-black-panther-tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kamaiyah\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13838218/on-the-ranch-with-nef-the-pharaoh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nef the Pharaoh\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13811392/behind-the-beats-p-lo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">P-Lo\u003c/a>, appeared to laugh along in the comments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such response was markedly different than the hero worship lavished on Los Angeles rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-03greedo-20180617-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">03 Greedo\u003c/a>, for example, when he was sentenced to 20 years for trafficking meth this summer. Other than the other female rappers in Qing Qi’s Pu Tang Clan, few people stuck their necks out to \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BqV54MOAY5l/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">defend her\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reached by phone, Qing Qi’s Thizzler co-host DNas addressed the double standard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If anything happens to anybody else, we ain’t makin’ these jokes,” he said, adding that he himself hasn’t gotten nearly as much backlash for his Sacramento comments as Qing Qi. “I’m supporting Qi.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13846004\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13846004\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/MG_5390-qing-qi-800x1266.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1266\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/MG_5390-qing-qi-800x1266.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/MG_5390-qing-qi-160x253.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/MG_5390-qing-qi-768x1215.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/MG_5390-qing-qi-758x1200.jpeg 758w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/MG_5390-qing-qi.jpeg 809w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Qing Qi.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a phone interview a week after her arrest, Qi acknowledged that, as an outspoken woman who is far from the narrow, socially acceptable mold of what a female rapper should be, her charges were received differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For some reason, people are really upset by me. There are so many people, rappers, who have mugshots for bipping,” Qing Qi told me, using a slang term for breaking car windows. “But when I do something, they put it everywhere and everybody has to talk about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, Qing Qi does rub some people the wrong way. She’s a single mom who raps about her sexuality, she’s full-figured and wears lingerie with her belly out, she often wears an afro, and she’s brashly outspoken about gender inequality in her music. Her 2018 mixtape \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/qingqi/sets/if-the-niggah-aint-shit-play-this-for-his-bitch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ITNASPTFHB\u003c/a>\u003c/em> calls out male entitlement with hilarious punchlines that undoubtedly bruise some men’s egos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, if you’re a man with any amount of insecurity, she’s easy to hate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think I’m very scary. If what I’m trying to do, and the music I’m trying to push and the image I’m trying to push is successful, I think it would bother a lot of people because it would change things drastically,” Qing Qi told me. “Because then you wouldn’t have to be skinny to show your stomach in a music video, or wear a lot of makeup, or get a long-ass weave to go to an interview.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Qing Qi’s court case is ongoing, and at press time, her public defender Tamara Zaromskis wasn’t sure when the case would go to trial—only that her plea, entered Thursday, would not be a guilty plea. But Qing Qi is optimistic. Upon her release, she put out a diss track called “\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/qingqi/tangy-qing-qi-pu-tang-clan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tangy\u003c/a>” to the beat of Kelis’ “Bossy”: “I got way too much shit goin’ on to be concerned with you weird internet thugs,” she raps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As she summed it up in our interview: “It seems like controversy is my biggest ally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/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>\u003cem>Correction: This article originally attributed the quote from Mozzy’s manager DavO to his publicist Aishah White, who passed along the information.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13845940/after-a-high-speed-police-chase-a-female-rapper-endures-raps-double-standard","authors":["11387"],"categories":["arts_2303","arts_69"],"tags":["arts_5397","arts_2767","arts_1118","arts_831","arts_1558","arts_3798","arts_3420","arts_596","arts_1803","arts_974"],"featImg":"arts_13846003","label":"arts"},"arts_13838218":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13838218","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13838218","score":null,"sort":[1533672584000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"on-the-ranch-with-nef-the-pharaoh","title":"On the Ranch with Nef the Pharaoh","publishDate":1533672584,"format":"image","headTitle":"On the Ranch with Nef the Pharaoh | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">“S\u003c/span>cared of lizards or mice, y’all?” Nef the Pharaoh asks as he ushers me and a photographer into the barn of his Vacaville ranch to show off his ATV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I try to have my friends come up here,” he says as he pulls off the dusty cover to get on the four-wheeler. “We do paint balling. We have a couple ATVs going, a few dirt bikes in the garage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Vallejo-raised rapper has been coming to this two-and-a-half-acre ranch since he was a little boy. His grandfather James got the property on a lease-to-own land contract after coming back from the Vietnam war as a combat-injured veteran. Once his rap money started coming in, Nef paid off the rest with his dad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now it’s ours and we own it,” he says with pride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838170\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13838170 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Nef the Pharaoh at his ranch in Vacaville on August 1, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nef the Pharaoh visits his Vacaville ranch often to escape city life and ride ATVs with his friends. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nef, who just drove in from his nearby condo in a silver Mercedes, has on a white tank top and simple gray sweats with one pant leg rolled up; he got a new tattoo earlier in the day and needs to let it breathe. The 90-degree heat makes the freshly inked words “Dream More” bleed on his shin, right next to a tattooed portrait of his mentor, E-40, a fellow ambassador of the 707 who’s championed Nef since before his single about being a teenage hustler, “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/qwEZGsf_MXA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Tymin’\u003c/a>,” went viral in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I got this far and never signed with a major label, ever,” Nef says, praising E-40 for setting an example of how to thrive as an indie artist in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When E-40 signed Nef to his label, Sick Wid It Records, it was an invaluable endorsement from the foremost gatekeeper of Bay Area rap. Now, with his first official album (and fourth major project), \u003cem>The Big Chang Theory\u003c/em>, dropping on Aug. 10, Nef has outgrown the role of protégé, becoming a star of the Bay Area music scene in his own right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with indie upstarts like SOB x RBE, ALLBLACK and Mozzy, Nef the Pharaoh has come to define the current era of hard-edged, streetwise Northern California rap. Tracks like “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJVxiyiVflg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bling Blaow\u003c/a>” and “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwH5C4DSgSg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Saydaat\u003c/a>” have become regional hits over the past two years. And collaborations with some of the West Coast’s biggest stars, including Ty Dolla $ign, YG and G-Eazy, have positioned Nef as a conduit between the notoriously insular Bay Area scene and the national stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never wanna get satisfied because once you get satisfied, you get lazy. Everyday, I know I accomplished a goal but I still want to go at it like I’m a freshman,” he says of his place in the local rap pantheon, taking a sip of an ice-cold Snapple. “I still want to achieve, or prove, or earn my spot. I don’t wanna kick my feet up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A gracious host, Nef continues the tour of the ranch. A herd of baby goats skips away as he approaches, seemingly unaccustomed to the presence of an urbanite visitor with a diamond-encrusted gold chain (incidentally, in the shape of Plank from the cartoon \u003cem>Ed, Edd n Eddy\u003c/em>, about a trio of friends obsessed with concocting money-making schemes).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838171\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13838171 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Nef the Pharaoh at his ranch in Vacaville on August 1, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nef the Pharaoh has outgrown the role of E-40’s protégé and become a Bay Area rap star in his own right. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>We walk along the dirt path, through shady groves of fig and olive trees, to a team of horses, some of whom Nef and his grandfather adopted from ranchers displaced by last year’s destructive Sonoma County wildfires. When he points out his favorite, a brown-and-white mare, his face lights up with the gentle kindness of a genuine animal lover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nef, who was raised in South Vallejo (in E-40’s Magazine Street neighborhood) and Sacramento, often visits the ranch to get away from the stresses of city life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I come here and get a peace of mind,” he says as we sit down on a porch swing in the shade. “All you hear is the highways, and you see the stars.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">D\u003c/span>espite Nef’s considerable success, those urban stresses are ever-present in \u003cem>The Big Chang Theory\u003c/em>, whose opener “Victim,” featuring OMB Peezy, indicts police brutality against the black community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve witnessed police brutality in my younger years, and I’ve witnessed police brutality this year—me being Nef the Pharaoh,” he says, adding that success doesn’t insulate him from the realities of racism in America. “I just want the world to know that even though I’m here and I’m able to maintain this lifestyle, the flashy objects, I’m woke. I still know what’s going on. And they still hate me just like you. I’m still a product of my environment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838176\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13838176 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Nef the Pharaoh at his ranch in Vacaville on August 1, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">On his new album, ‘The Big Chang Theory,’ Nef the Pharaoh candidly addresses police brutality against the black community. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The conversation turns to Stephon Clark, the unarmed 22-year-old murdered by Sacramento police in his grandmother’s backyard in May, leaving behind his girlfriend and two young kids. “I actually smoked with him a few times in my adolescence,” Nef says—and then, conscious of the ways the media often demonizes victims of violent crimes when they’re black, clarifies, “Even though I’m saying I smoked marijuana with the dude, he wasn’t a bad person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On “Victim,” Nef calls out racism in the criminal justice system without mincing words: “That’s why I hate the police / And I raise my son to / Baby, we got melanin / That’s why they wanna hunt you,” he rhymes over an airy beat that manages to sound wistful despite its subterranean bass and distinctive Bay Area bounce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the track, Nef makes poetry out of that pain and fear, but he’s also pragmatic. He brings up the fact that officers rarely face legal consequences for killing unarmed citizens, and explains the need for greater accountability. “Some cops have a whole background history of being racist; they have a whole background issue of mental illnesses,” Nef says. “One thing might trigger their mental illness and next thing you know, he’s beating this man senseless or he just shot this man for no reason. They should really be evaluated deeper than they are; they should go through more training than they are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amid the many highly publicized police shootings in recent years, Clark’s killing hit particularly close to home to Nef as a young father, he explains. “Even though me and my son’s mom aren’t together, we always talk about how fathers or young parents get taken away from their kids and how much that would hurt,” says Nef, who is 23.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838175\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13838175 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Nef the Pharaoh at his ranch in Vacaville on August 1, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“I come here and get a peace of mind. All you hear is the highways, and you see the stars.” \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nef’s \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/gmeline/status/934689530338197505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">four-year-old son\u003c/a>, whom he co-parents with his ex, is a huge part of his life. Baby Nef was a newborn when “Big Tymin’” started to blow up on YouTube. Navigating newfound fame, financial success and fatherhood made Nef grow up quickly, and he looks back on that turbulent period as a major life lesson. “That was a dope time in my life,” Nef says. “But me being young and on the road fucked up my relationship with his mom. I was a young adolescent; I just let the road get in the way of what was more important, relationship-wise. We’re still not together, but it is what it is. I just gotta be a man and take care of my family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The demands of fatherhood called for more income, and more income meant more touring and being away from home. After a pensive pause, he raises his voice passionately to talk about the often-overlooked mental health consequences of being a traveling musician. “Man! Depression, anxiety,” he exclaims. “A lot of shit that rappers don’t talk about, or a lot of rappers try to cover it with this big Xanax epidemic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He mentions Lil Peep, who died of an opioid overdose in 2017. “I just see my peers—this anxiety and depression that we go through, being young and on this road by ourselves—feeling like we have no one to talk to can eat you alive,” Nef says, adding that he once had a Xanax prescription for anxiety and stopped taking the drug because it made him feel like a “robot” and a “zombie.” “I saw that early on and I vowed to myself that I wasn’t going to be one of those rappers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">B\u003c/span>eyond its downcast opening track, Nef’s attitude throughout \u003cem>The Big Chang Theory\u003c/em> is celebratory yet defiant—of racist institutions, the law, poverty, stereotypes. The project’s bonafide club banger is the rapidfire “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/b8aONPFZ2xs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">86\u003c/a>” featuring ALLBLACK and Cuban Doll (who’s shaping up to be a next-generation Trina with her mix of pretty and gangster). On it, the trio spits venom about getting booted out of a club to an adrenaline-inducing, double-time beat with a gritty, Bay-meets-Detroit funk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838174\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13838174 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Nef the Pharaoh at his ranch in Vacaville on August 1, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Balancing fun, toughness and honest reflection, ‘The Big Chang Theory’ is a compelling snapshot of Nef the Pharaoh’s life. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Throughout the album, Nef does plenty of punchline-oriented flexing, but \u003cem>The Big Chang Theory\u003c/em> also goes deep into his real-life struggles—being a young dad, escaping poverty by virtue of his talents, navigating the pitfalls of fame. With Hercules’ DTB and Sacramento’s Juneonnabeat as producers, the project positions Nef as an heir to Northern California’s mobb music sound—which his mentor, E-40, helped pioneer in the ’80s and ’90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That balance of fun, toughness and honest reflection throughout \u003cem>The Big Chang Theory\u003c/em> gives Nef a chameleon-like quality, appealing to suburban kids and those from the hood alike. He sounds just as natural on a love song with silky-voiced Dej Loaf (“What We Have”) as he does on his recent mixtape with 03 Greedo, the L.A. rapper who recently went to prison on a 20-year sentence for trafficking meth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as much as Nef chases success, broad appeal comes with a price, and he remains wary of fame. “Knock Down a Fan” is a warning to hangers-on with bad intentions—a testament to the lessons he’s learned on tour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now I know how to be prepared for the road more: keep my dick in my pants,” Nef says. “Even though I’m single, it’s not safe, gambling with life. I could have another baby. I could catch an STD. Everybody’s gonna come up to you with a smile, but they’re not going to show you the jealousy and envy. The demons that’s holding the sides of them cheeks up—those are invisible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838178\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13838178 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Nef the Pharaoh at his ranch in Vacaville on August 1, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wariness of fame and life on the road is a major theme in Nef the Pharaoh’s latest music. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nef the Pharaoh has always been precocious. He knew he wanted to be a rapper after winning a talent contest at four years old, and later dropped out of high school in Sacramento to pursue his dream. (He comes from a musical family: his uncle was a member of the pioneering Chicano rap group Funky Aztecs). On one of his early features, on Corn’s “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/XWDDenNx0Y0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old School Hyphy\u003c/a>,” he brags about out-earning his teachers via the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, he’s focused on building wealth that will weather the ups and downs of the notoriously fickle music industry. Like E-40, who preaches the value of persistence and diversifying one’s income, Nef is slowly building his business empire and a better future for his son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I get something, it’s going to be land, a vehicle—something that’s going to last me long-term that I can invest in,” he says, mentioning his brand of pre-rolled joints, called Pharaohs, that he sells at cannabis clubs across the Bay Area. He’s also working on his own weed strain, called Chang’s Hii Chew (named after the Japanese candy), and is starting a French bulldog-breeding business on the ranch with his dad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nef is also writing a cartoon that he hopes to pitch to Adult Swim. And his own label, KILFMB (Keep it Lit for My Brothers, a motto for living life to the fullest in honor of those who’ve passed), is also on the rise: his first signee, OMB Peezy, has been gaining national attention for his Sacramento-by-way-of-Alabama swag in recent years. The two of them will hit the road with E-40 later this month for the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/E40/status/1019181904828874753\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gift of Gab tour\u003c/a>, which Nef plans to follow up with a tour of his own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nef says goodbye to his grandfather, who’s inside watching the news at high volume with no air conditioning. It’s time to escape the unforgiving Vacaville heat, he says, and go back to the condo to finish binge-watching the new season of \u003cem>Orange is the New Black\u003c/em>. He’s savoring his days off before hitting the road again for several weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After this album drops, it’s foot on the gas,” he says, determined, and hops in his Mercedes to cruise down the desolate country highway.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Among hay bales and baby goats, the Bay Area rap star discusses leaving Vallejo, police brutality and his new album, 'The Big Chang Theory.'","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705027408,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":35,"wordCount":2429},"headData":{"title":"On the Ranch with Nef the Pharaoh | KQED","description":"Among hay bales and baby goats, the Bay Area rap star discusses leaving Vallejo, police brutality and his new album, 'The Big Chang Theory.'","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"On the Ranch with Nef the Pharaoh","datePublished":"2018-08-07T20:09:44.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T02:43:28.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"path":"/arts/13838218/on-the-ranch-with-nef-the-pharaoh","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">“S\u003c/span>cared of lizards or mice, y’all?” Nef the Pharaoh asks as he ushers me and a photographer into the barn of his Vacaville ranch to show off his ATV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I try to have my friends come up here,” he says as he pulls off the dusty cover to get on the four-wheeler. “We do paint balling. We have a couple ATVs going, a few dirt bikes in the garage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Vallejo-raised rapper has been coming to this two-and-a-half-acre ranch since he was a little boy. His grandfather James got the property on a lease-to-own land contract after coming back from the Vietnam war as a combat-injured veteran. Once his rap money started coming in, Nef paid off the rest with his dad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now it’s ours and we own it,” he says with pride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838170\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13838170 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Nef the Pharaoh at his ranch in Vacaville on August 1, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6675-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nef the Pharaoh visits his Vacaville ranch often to escape city life and ride ATVs with his friends. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nef, who just drove in from his nearby condo in a silver Mercedes, has on a white tank top and simple gray sweats with one pant leg rolled up; he got a new tattoo earlier in the day and needs to let it breathe. The 90-degree heat makes the freshly inked words “Dream More” bleed on his shin, right next to a tattooed portrait of his mentor, E-40, a fellow ambassador of the 707 who’s championed Nef since before his single about being a teenage hustler, “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/qwEZGsf_MXA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Tymin’\u003c/a>,” went viral in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I got this far and never signed with a major label, ever,” Nef says, praising E-40 for setting an example of how to thrive as an indie artist in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When E-40 signed Nef to his label, Sick Wid It Records, it was an invaluable endorsement from the foremost gatekeeper of Bay Area rap. Now, with his first official album (and fourth major project), \u003cem>The Big Chang Theory\u003c/em>, dropping on Aug. 10, Nef has outgrown the role of protégé, becoming a star of the Bay Area music scene in his own right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with indie upstarts like SOB x RBE, ALLBLACK and Mozzy, Nef the Pharaoh has come to define the current era of hard-edged, streetwise Northern California rap. Tracks like “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJVxiyiVflg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bling Blaow\u003c/a>” and “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwH5C4DSgSg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Saydaat\u003c/a>” have become regional hits over the past two years. And collaborations with some of the West Coast’s biggest stars, including Ty Dolla $ign, YG and G-Eazy, have positioned Nef as a conduit between the notoriously insular Bay Area scene and the national stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never wanna get satisfied because once you get satisfied, you get lazy. Everyday, I know I accomplished a goal but I still want to go at it like I’m a freshman,” he says of his place in the local rap pantheon, taking a sip of an ice-cold Snapple. “I still want to achieve, or prove, or earn my spot. I don’t wanna kick my feet up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A gracious host, Nef continues the tour of the ranch. A herd of baby goats skips away as he approaches, seemingly unaccustomed to the presence of an urbanite visitor with a diamond-encrusted gold chain (incidentally, in the shape of Plank from the cartoon \u003cem>Ed, Edd n Eddy\u003c/em>, about a trio of friends obsessed with concocting money-making schemes).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838171\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13838171 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Nef the Pharaoh at his ranch in Vacaville on August 1, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6681-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nef the Pharaoh has outgrown the role of E-40’s protégé and become a Bay Area rap star in his own right. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>We walk along the dirt path, through shady groves of fig and olive trees, to a team of horses, some of whom Nef and his grandfather adopted from ranchers displaced by last year’s destructive Sonoma County wildfires. When he points out his favorite, a brown-and-white mare, his face lights up with the gentle kindness of a genuine animal lover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nef, who was raised in South Vallejo (in E-40’s Magazine Street neighborhood) and Sacramento, often visits the ranch to get away from the stresses of city life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I come here and get a peace of mind,” he says as we sit down on a porch swing in the shade. “All you hear is the highways, and you see the stars.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">D\u003c/span>espite Nef’s considerable success, those urban stresses are ever-present in \u003cem>The Big Chang Theory\u003c/em>, whose opener “Victim,” featuring OMB Peezy, indicts police brutality against the black community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve witnessed police brutality in my younger years, and I’ve witnessed police brutality this year—me being Nef the Pharaoh,” he says, adding that success doesn’t insulate him from the realities of racism in America. “I just want the world to know that even though I’m here and I’m able to maintain this lifestyle, the flashy objects, I’m woke. I still know what’s going on. And they still hate me just like you. I’m still a product of my environment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838176\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13838176 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Nef the Pharaoh at his ranch in Vacaville on August 1, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6703-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">On his new album, ‘The Big Chang Theory,’ Nef the Pharaoh candidly addresses police brutality against the black community. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The conversation turns to Stephon Clark, the unarmed 22-year-old murdered by Sacramento police in his grandmother’s backyard in May, leaving behind his girlfriend and two young kids. “I actually smoked with him a few times in my adolescence,” Nef says—and then, conscious of the ways the media often demonizes victims of violent crimes when they’re black, clarifies, “Even though I’m saying I smoked marijuana with the dude, he wasn’t a bad person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On “Victim,” Nef calls out racism in the criminal justice system without mincing words: “That’s why I hate the police / And I raise my son to / Baby, we got melanin / That’s why they wanna hunt you,” he rhymes over an airy beat that manages to sound wistful despite its subterranean bass and distinctive Bay Area bounce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the track, Nef makes poetry out of that pain and fear, but he’s also pragmatic. He brings up the fact that officers rarely face legal consequences for killing unarmed citizens, and explains the need for greater accountability. “Some cops have a whole background history of being racist; they have a whole background issue of mental illnesses,” Nef says. “One thing might trigger their mental illness and next thing you know, he’s beating this man senseless or he just shot this man for no reason. They should really be evaluated deeper than they are; they should go through more training than they are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amid the many highly publicized police shootings in recent years, Clark’s killing hit particularly close to home to Nef as a young father, he explains. “Even though me and my son’s mom aren’t together, we always talk about how fathers or young parents get taken away from their kids and how much that would hurt,” says Nef, who is 23.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838175\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13838175 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Nef the Pharaoh at his ranch in Vacaville on August 1, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6700-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“I come here and get a peace of mind. All you hear is the highways, and you see the stars.” \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nef’s \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/gmeline/status/934689530338197505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">four-year-old son\u003c/a>, whom he co-parents with his ex, is a huge part of his life. Baby Nef was a newborn when “Big Tymin’” started to blow up on YouTube. Navigating newfound fame, financial success and fatherhood made Nef grow up quickly, and he looks back on that turbulent period as a major life lesson. “That was a dope time in my life,” Nef says. “But me being young and on the road fucked up my relationship with his mom. I was a young adolescent; I just let the road get in the way of what was more important, relationship-wise. We’re still not together, but it is what it is. I just gotta be a man and take care of my family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The demands of fatherhood called for more income, and more income meant more touring and being away from home. After a pensive pause, he raises his voice passionately to talk about the often-overlooked mental health consequences of being a traveling musician. “Man! Depression, anxiety,” he exclaims. “A lot of shit that rappers don’t talk about, or a lot of rappers try to cover it with this big Xanax epidemic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He mentions Lil Peep, who died of an opioid overdose in 2017. “I just see my peers—this anxiety and depression that we go through, being young and on this road by ourselves—feeling like we have no one to talk to can eat you alive,” Nef says, adding that he once had a Xanax prescription for anxiety and stopped taking the drug because it made him feel like a “robot” and a “zombie.” “I saw that early on and I vowed to myself that I wasn’t going to be one of those rappers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">B\u003c/span>eyond its downcast opening track, Nef’s attitude throughout \u003cem>The Big Chang Theory\u003c/em> is celebratory yet defiant—of racist institutions, the law, poverty, stereotypes. The project’s bonafide club banger is the rapidfire “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/b8aONPFZ2xs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">86\u003c/a>” featuring ALLBLACK and Cuban Doll (who’s shaping up to be a next-generation Trina with her mix of pretty and gangster). On it, the trio spits venom about getting booted out of a club to an adrenaline-inducing, double-time beat with a gritty, Bay-meets-Detroit funk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838174\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13838174 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Nef the Pharaoh at his ranch in Vacaville on August 1, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6692-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Balancing fun, toughness and honest reflection, ‘The Big Chang Theory’ is a compelling snapshot of Nef the Pharaoh’s life. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Throughout the album, Nef does plenty of punchline-oriented flexing, but \u003cem>The Big Chang Theory\u003c/em> also goes deep into his real-life struggles—being a young dad, escaping poverty by virtue of his talents, navigating the pitfalls of fame. With Hercules’ DTB and Sacramento’s Juneonnabeat as producers, the project positions Nef as an heir to Northern California’s mobb music sound—which his mentor, E-40, helped pioneer in the ’80s and ’90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That balance of fun, toughness and honest reflection throughout \u003cem>The Big Chang Theory\u003c/em> gives Nef a chameleon-like quality, appealing to suburban kids and those from the hood alike. He sounds just as natural on a love song with silky-voiced Dej Loaf (“What We Have”) as he does on his recent mixtape with 03 Greedo, the L.A. rapper who recently went to prison on a 20-year sentence for trafficking meth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as much as Nef chases success, broad appeal comes with a price, and he remains wary of fame. “Knock Down a Fan” is a warning to hangers-on with bad intentions—a testament to the lessons he’s learned on tour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now I know how to be prepared for the road more: keep my dick in my pants,” Nef says. “Even though I’m single, it’s not safe, gambling with life. I could have another baby. I could catch an STD. Everybody’s gonna come up to you with a smile, but they’re not going to show you the jealousy and envy. The demons that’s holding the sides of them cheeks up—those are invisible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838178\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13838178 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Nef the Pharaoh at his ranch in Vacaville on August 1, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_6717-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wariness of fame and life on the road is a major theme in Nef the Pharaoh’s latest music. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nef the Pharaoh has always been precocious. He knew he wanted to be a rapper after winning a talent contest at four years old, and later dropped out of high school in Sacramento to pursue his dream. (He comes from a musical family: his uncle was a member of the pioneering Chicano rap group Funky Aztecs). On one of his early features, on Corn’s “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/XWDDenNx0Y0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old School Hyphy\u003c/a>,” he brags about out-earning his teachers via the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, he’s focused on building wealth that will weather the ups and downs of the notoriously fickle music industry. Like E-40, who preaches the value of persistence and diversifying one’s income, Nef is slowly building his business empire and a better future for his son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I get something, it’s going to be land, a vehicle—something that’s going to last me long-term that I can invest in,” he says, mentioning his brand of pre-rolled joints, called Pharaohs, that he sells at cannabis clubs across the Bay Area. He’s also working on his own weed strain, called Chang’s Hii Chew (named after the Japanese candy), and is starting a French bulldog-breeding business on the ranch with his dad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nef is also writing a cartoon that he hopes to pitch to Adult Swim. And his own label, KILFMB (Keep it Lit for My Brothers, a motto for living life to the fullest in honor of those who’ve passed), is also on the rise: his first signee, OMB Peezy, has been gaining national attention for his Sacramento-by-way-of-Alabama swag in recent years. The two of them will hit the road with E-40 later this month for the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/E40/status/1019181904828874753\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gift of Gab tour\u003c/a>, which Nef plans to follow up with a tour of his own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nef says goodbye to his grandfather, who’s inside watching the news at high volume with no air conditioning. It’s time to escape the unforgiving Vacaville heat, he says, and go back to the condo to finish binge-watching the new season of \u003cem>Orange is the New Black\u003c/em>. He’s savoring his days off before hitting the road again for several weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After this album drops, it’s foot on the gas,” he says, determined, and hops in his Mercedes to cruise down the desolate country highway.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13838218/on-the-ranch-with-nef-the-pharaoh","authors":["11387"],"categories":["arts_69","arts_235"],"tags":["arts_5397","arts_1118","arts_831","arts_5849","arts_3420","arts_596","arts_974","arts_3800"],"featImg":"arts_13838234","label":"arts"},"arts_13817362":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13817362","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13817362","score":null,"sort":[1513872024000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"the-10-best-bay-area-albums-of-2017-nef-the-pharaoh-the-chang-project","title":"The 10 Best Bay Area Albums of 2017: Nef the Pharaoh, 'The Chang Project'","publishDate":1513872024,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The 10 Best Bay Area Albums of 2017: Nef the Pharaoh, ‘The Chang Project’ | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":3461,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>Long before the Migos flow saturated the FM dial, a Vallejo rapper named Mac Dre was perfecting the absurdist call-and-response. Now, more than a decade after Dre’s untimely passing, the Bay Area has another promising hip-hop hero: Nef The Pharaoh, a young E-40 protégé hailing from the Valley-Jo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nef’s 2017 mixtape, \u003cem>The Chang Project\u003c/em>, is unmistakably a Bay Area affair. But Nef demonstrates his broader ambitions from the jump, merging 707 swag with prevailing trends in chart-topping hip-hop. The lead track, “Chang You Are My Life,” features production that borrows from the Dirty South: trilling, rapid-fire hi-hats, screwed-down vocal manipulations, and a spacey, EDM-inflected sheen. However, the song’s bass line makes it clear that Neffie remains loyal to his hometown. It’s raspy, raw, and undeniably buoyant, recalling some of the grittiest passages from the Luniz’s seminal \u003cem>Operation Stackola\u003c/em> and the bacchanal energy of Mac Dre’s “Feelin’ Myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/FJVxiyiVflg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If “Chang You Are My Life” fuses ’90s Bay grooves and modern trap flourishes, the tape’s second track, “Out There,” grafts tropical bass tones onto a golden-era East Coast classic, merging a clonking marimba melody with the shimmying, tribal beat from Busta Rhymes’ innovative 1997 track “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although \u003cem>The Chang Project\u003c/em> makes gestures of respect to those who have come before, it also looks with determination toward the future. Nef’s biggest name collaborator, Ty Dolla $ign, is applied appropriately on the Architekz-produced “Back Out,” the mixtape’s unabashed lovemaking anthem. Here, Ty croons over another reverberant tropical bass beat, spitting the kind of autotuned lines (“the booty got a mind of its own”) that only he could hope to sing with a straight face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/318578914″ params=”color=#ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Nef the Pharaoh is best known for party songs, \u003cem>The Chang Project\u003c/em> proves that he has range. Throughout the tape, Nef repeatedly reminds the listener of the bleak realities of his hometown, though he’s never more direct than he is on “LOE Gino’s Interlude.” Featuring Berkeley MC LOE Gino, the contemplative song gives a shout-out to Maya Angelou and laments violence, generational trauma, and the paralyzing fear of police brutality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, there’s little doubt Neffie knows how to turn up. Case in point: “Bling Blaow,” \u003cem>The Chang Project’s\u003c/em> strongest track by far. With a bombastically simple chorus (“Look at my neck / Bling! Blaow!”) and a fiery guest verse from SOB x RBE’s Slimmy B, the song exemplifies Nef’s ability to seamlessly integrate a multitude of styles, from Mac Dre’s sardonic uptalk to flashy triplet flows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It may just be the perfect bridge between the North Bay and North Atlanta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/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>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>We’ll be posting our top ten local albums of 2017 everyday through Dec. 22. 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It’s raspy, raw, and undeniably buoyant, recalling some of the grittiest passages from the Luniz’s seminal \u003cem>Operation Stackola\u003c/em> and the bacchanal energy of Mac Dre’s “Feelin’ Myself.”\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/FJVxiyiVflg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/FJVxiyiVflg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>If “Chang You Are My Life” fuses ’90s Bay grooves and modern trap flourishes, the tape’s second track, “Out There,” grafts tropical bass tones onto a golden-era East Coast classic, merging a clonking marimba melody with the shimmying, tribal beat from Busta Rhymes’ innovative 1997 track “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although \u003cem>The Chang Project\u003c/em> makes gestures of respect to those who have come before, it also looks with determination toward the future. Nef’s biggest name collaborator, Ty Dolla $ign, is applied appropriately on the Architekz-produced “Back Out,” the mixtape’s unabashed lovemaking anthem. 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