Brooklyn-rapperen Nappy Nina skaber skarp og øm hiphop med tråde til både poesi, jazz og atmosfæriske beats. Flowet er præcist, roligt, blidt sludrende og intimt - som at tale med en god ven. På det roste debutalbum “Mourning Due” giver hun sig i kast med emner som sorg, familierelationer og Black queer-erfaringer, hvilket har etableret hende som et af samtidens mest spændende bud på alternativ hiphop, der ikke lader sig putte i kasser. CHIEF åbner aftenen.

Nappy Nina har skabt sin egen platform inden for samtidsaktuel hiphop. Hendes både præcise og charmerende sludrende flow er præget af overskud og sproglig legesyge. På det roste debutalbum “Mourning Due” behandler hun emner som sorg, familierelationer og Black queer-erfaringer. Med produktion af folk som Bandela, Sonnymoons, dane.zone, Jwords og Jon Bap udviser Nappy Nina nysgerrighed for et miks af genrer og undergenrer - lige fra post-boom bap, basmusik og tech-house til moderne jazz, orkesterpop og eksperimenterede soul. Den bredde understreges af de forskelligartede figurer, Napy Nina har samarbejdet med: Lige fra hiphop-veteranerne Quelle Chris og Stas Thee Boss til avantgarde-musikeren Moor Mother.

Hun er opvokset i den nordcaliforniske by Oakland, hvor hun blev påvirket af 1990’ernes sydende Westcoast-scene og dannede forbindelser med både forfattere, digtere og folk fra områdets poetry slam-miljø. Efter en omrokering til Brooklyn udgav hun debut-ep’en "Naptime" i 2015, hvorefter hun videreførte sin families jazztradition på en turne med Oakland-trompetisten Ambrose Akinmusire. Siden har hun udgivet musik med producere som JWords og Bandela, blandt mange andre. Hun udgiver på pladeselskabet Lucid Haus, som hun er medstifter af.

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CHIEF inviterer publikum ind i en verden af sjælefuld aktivisme og 90'er-inspireret hiphop. Vær klar til en koncert med stærke budskaber og pulserende rytmer.


In English:
Brooklyn rapper Nappy Nina creates sharp and tender contemporary rap in a field between poetry, jazz, and atmospheric beats. The flow is precise, calm, and gently conversational - like a good friend. On the acclaimed debut album "Mourning Due," she delves into subjects such as grief, family relationships, and Black queer experiences, establishing herself as one of the most exciting contemporary figures in alternative hip-hop that refuses to be confined by categories. Local rapper SOSA is added to the lineup.

Brooklyn based rapper Nappy Nina has carved out a distinctive niche within contemporary
hiphop. Her storytelling skills and conversational but precise flow have seen the MC collaborate widely over the course of a young career, with figures ranging from hiphop veterans such as Quelle Chris and Stas Thee Boss, to DIY and avant garde musicians such as Moor Mother.

Growing up inn Oakland, she soaked up the confident sounds of the thriving West Coast hiphop scene of the 1990s, and made associations with writers and poets in the Bay Area and in the slam poetry community. After moving to New York in 2012, she quickly made a host of connections with the hiphop scene in Brooklyn, including a close relationship with Nelson Mandela, who she met on the street. She released a debut EP Naptime in 2015, and extended a lineage of jazz in her family (a broadcaster father-in-law, a musician grandfather) when she toured with Oakland trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire in 2019, a year that also saw the release of her debut album The Tree Act. In the years that followed, she has released music with producers JWords (Double Down) and Bandela (Really Good), among others.

Her talent for observational detail and evoking inner states with her wordplay have seen heraddress issues including family relationships, mental health and the Black queer experience in her music. Her new album Mourning Due addresses the experience of grief, and is released by the Lucid Haus label, of which she is co-founder.

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CHIEF invites the audience into a world of soulful activism and 90's-inspired hiphop. Be ready for a concert filled with powerful messages and pulsating rhythms.