BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:133@jointherevolution.net DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190920T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190920T233000 DTSTAMP:20190916T195445Z URL:https://www.jointherevolution.net/concerts/big-k-r-i-t/ SUMMARY:BIG K.R.I.T. DESCRIPTION:\n\nBig K.R.I.T. is a rapper’s rapper—clever with lyrics\, nimble with rhyme flows\, and generous with food for thought. But the Meri dian\, Mississippi artist\, whose stage name is an acronym for King Rememb ered In Time\, isn’t just here to wow you with his words\; K.R.I.T. want s to be a voice for the people.\n\n“A lot of times I made music\, I hit ’em with the similes\, the metaphors and it's great\, but how do I creat e the type of music that can really help somebody\, that people can relate to?” says K.R.I.T.\, a savior of yesteryear’s countrified hip-hop. “Don't get it twisted—my lyrical prowess is still very important to me \, but I’m really understanding my place\, what God wants for me.”\n\n The former Def Jam recording artist is embarking on a new chapter in a car eer that’s been long beloved for bars and an unapologetically Southern s ound.  Now releasing music independently\, K.R.I.T. has shed major-label presumptions and is set on delivering an accessible third full-length stud io album that showcases a matured MC doing what he does best. “I'm talki ng more about love\, being excited about life\, understanding depression\, vices and how we\nmedicate ourselves for what's going on\,” says K.R.I. T. “And then I got the aspect of finally finding yourself and being happ y.”\n\nThat journey began long ago\, when the Third Coast representer bo rn Justin Scott split time between home—painted with the soul tunes of W illie Hutch\, Bobby Womack and Curtis Mayfield—and church\, where he per formed in the choir as a child. By 14\, music crept to the forefront. K.R. I.T. took up poetry\, soon flipping those rhymes into songs just like his rap heroes OutKast\, UGK and Three 6 Mafia. He’d also started producing his own tracks on Playstation’s\n\n\n\n\nmusic creation program MTV Musi c Generator\, using a makeshift at-home setup to record. “It was a two-d eck karaoke machine where I could play something out loud and then record through the other tape\,” remembers K.R.I.T.\, who elevated to more soph isticated software and 16s as he got serious about his craft. A former hig h school baseball player\, he moved to Atlanta after graduating to focus o n music full-time. “I had to really grind—jumping on the\nGreyhound ea rly morning and late nights to catch a showcase\, holler at this DJ\, netw ork or promote my music.”\n\nK.R.I.T. began making noise via local mixta pes and by peddling CDs out of his trunk\, also selling beats to other art ists to keep his lights on. Yet it took five years of hustle and flow befo re he was discovered by Cinematic Music Group founder Jonny Shipes in 2009 . The following year\, he signed with Def Jam Records and dropped his prou d breakout mixtape\nK.R.I.T. Wuz Here\, which features his statement-makin g single “Country Shit.”\n\nIts heartier successor Return Of 4eva foll owed in 2011. “K.R.I.T. Wuz Here was raw—experimenting with every soun d that I grew up listening to and showing people I’m from Mississippi an d I could really rap\,” he says\, looking back on the self-produced free bies. “On Return Of 4eva I had to tell you who I am\, not trying to out rap the beat but just telling my story\, giving quality content.”\n\nThe producer/rapper’s stock continued to rise as he dropped his anticipated 2012 studio debut album Live From The Underground\, celebrating his Dirty South heritage alongside legends like Bun B\, 8Ball &\; MJG\, Big Boi\ , and blues icon B.B. King. “My grandmother put me onto B.B. King\,” h e says. “Working with him is definitely one of the biggest things to hap pen in my life.” He followed that release by hitting the features circui t\, most notably stealing the show on A$AP Rocky’s 2013 high-stakes poss e cut “1 Train.”\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.jointherevolution.net/wp-content/upl oads/2019/06/Big-Krit-Revolution-11x17.jpg CATEGORIES:All Ages,Concerts LOCATION:Revolution Live\, 100 SW 3rd Ave.\, Fort Lauderdale\, FL\, 33312\, United States GEO:26.121358;-80.1461974 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=100 SW 3rd Ave.\, Fort Laud erdale\, FL\, 33312\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Revolution Live:geo:26.121358,-80.1461974 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR