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Thu. December 4th 2014 The Upstairs Cabaret $25-$30

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Sir MIX-A-LOT: Sir Mix-A-Lot

Surge & Upstairs Cabaret present the legend... Sir Mix-a-Lot http://sirmixal...
Event can be attended in person In-Person Event
Thu. December 4th 2014 + Add to Calendar The Upstairs Cabaret (No Minors)
10:00pm $25-30

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Sir Mix-A-Lot

Presented by:

Surge Ahead
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Hard-copy tickets

Physical tickets at: Lyles Place, Ditch Records & Cds

Event Description

Surge & Upstairs Cabaret present the legend...

Sir Mix-a-Lot
http://sirmixalot.com/
http://youtu.be/kY84MRnxVzo

Tickets go on sale Friday, October 21st at 10am via the following locations: Lyle's Place / Ditch Records & CDs or online at: http://bit.ly/1r9PMbw

Bio:
Sir Mix-A-Lot parlayed a gonzo tribute to women with large buttocks into hip-hop immortality. But even before he struck crossover gold, Sir Mix-A-Lot was one of rap’s great D.I.Y. success stories. Coming from a city — Seattle — with barely any hip-hop scene to speak of, Mix-A-Lot co-founded his own record label, promoted his music himself, produced all his own tracks, and essentially pulled himself up by the proverbial American bootstraps. Even before “Baby Got Back,” Mix-A-Lot was a platinum-selling album artist with a strong following in the hip-hop community, known for bouncy, danceable, bass-heavy tracks indebted to old-school electro. However, it took signing with Rick Rubin’s Def American label — coupled with an exaggerated, parodic pimp image — to carry him into the mainstream. Perceived as a one-hit novelty, he found it difficult to follow his breakout success, but kept on recording, and even toured as part of a rap-rock supergroup called Subset, a collaboration with the Presidents of the United States of America.Sir Mix-A-Lot was born Anthony Ray in Seattle on August 12, 1963. An eclectic music fan but a rabid hip-hop devotee, he was already actively rapping in the early ’80s, and co-founded the Nastymix record label in 1983 with his DJ, Nasty Nes, who also hosted Seattle’s first hip-hop radio show. His first single was 1987′s “Posse on Broadway,” which referred to a street in Seattle, not New York; it became a local hit, and paved the way for his first LP, 1988′s Swass, which also featured the popular novelty “Square Dance Rap,” and a Run-D.M.C.-style cover of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man,” with backing by Seattle thrashers Metal Church.

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The Upstairs Cabaret
#15 Bastion Square
Bar / Nightclub
Capacity280

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