The River Kings Tour: Concert with Alfred Banks and Marco Pave
The Center will present a concert by musicians Alfred Banks and Marco Pavé at 7pm on Friday, September 2, at Shelter on Van Buren. The performance is part of their River Kings Tour. At 2pm that day in Lamar Hall 326, there will be a conversation with the musicians about hip-hop politics. Kiese Laymon will serve as moderator for the conversation.
Alfred Banks
With a fresh pair of sneakers on & a scarf tied around his mic, Alfred Banks adds a touch of individualism to Hip-hop. From his reputation for his energetic live shows to his never ending hustle, Alfred seems to have found the formula for success. Alfred has also earned the opportunity to open up The Red or Blue Pill Tour w/ XXL Freshman Mickey Factz covering 15 cities. Complex Magazine caught wind of these accomplishments and featured Alfred on their list of “10 Up-coming Emcees from New Orleans”. National Hip hop blog DJBooth.net followed suit & featured Alfred on their list of “Top 5 Indie Rapper Spotlight from Louisiana”. Most recently Alfred’s song “Homecoming” was the soundtrack to Volkswagen’s Polo Beats by Dre ad campaign which also featured him in the commercial alongside longtime producer CZA.
Marco Pavé
Marco Pavé is Project Pat meets KRS-One, spitting an urban country consciousness with a confidence that could only emerge from coming of age as a Muslim millennial in North Memphis. As a rapper and songwriter, Marco Pavé appeals to a diversity of rap enthusiasts, from purists to radio lovers to hipsters, with a soulful style of hip-hop storytelling and community engagement that appeals to racially and geographically diverse millennial audiences. As a sought-after public speaker in community and university contexts, he lectures on hip-hop and conducts workshops on hip-hop and social justice. Marco Pavé has opened for Mobb Deep, Waka Focka Flame, and Young Dolph, worked with Grammy award winning producers, and his most recent EP not only hit #2 on the CMJ charts, but the led single from the project, “Black Tux” was also featured on Beats 1 Radio with Ebro Darden, and the video premiered on mtvU. Marco also has delivered two TEDx talks (Memphis, Nashville) and performed at festivals, colleges, and clubs all to great responses.