Hip Hop South Festival takes over multiple Chapel Hill venues Friday, Saturday
The Hip Hop South Festival will take over three venues in Chapel Hill this weekend.
Organizers say the festival, which runs Friday and Saturday, April 22-23, celebrates the impact of hip hop across the South.
The event is composed of shows at Cat's Cradle on Friday night and Memorial Hall on Saturday night along with 10 p.m. events both nights at ArtSpace.
In addition to the performance, which will feature national and local hip hop artists, there will be beat and dance battles, academic gatherings, visual art and more.
According to the Town of Chapel Hill, the festival was co-curated by Harvard Nasir Jones Hip Hop fellows Dasan Ahanu, a public speaker, poet, spoken word artist, educator, songwriter and emcee from Raleigh, and Dr. Regina Bradley, an author and professor of hip hop culture and race who produced her own YouTube series, OutKasted Conversations.
Performances at Cat's Cradle Friday night include Rapsody, Shirlette Ammons and MirsEmpire. Saturday's show at Memorial Hall features Big Boi, Sa-Roc and Radio Rehab. Both shows are at 6 p.m.
You can buy tickets for individual events or two-day passes online.
