Saturday May 24 * 12-4pm * Free * RSVP
Kiazii x Mirlo Music Movement is a 4 hour conference discussing music solidarity, social change and the solidarity economy. This event is going to feature live performances from 3 rising stars in the DC music scene:
Evry1LuvsJodie is a rapper, lyricist and hip hop artist based in the DMV area. As far back as middle school, Jodie has been writing poetry and bars as a reflection of his perspective growing up on the southside of Washington D.C. This past November Jodie released his 3rd studio album "It Be Like That Sometimes." IBLTS is a body of work reflecting Jodie's growth as an artist in the 3 years since his sophmore album "Luvr." Jodie is a hungry wordsmith with a sharp pen and introspective concepts similar to TDE's Ab-Soul and Chicago's Saba.
SBM CEO is a hip hop artist from Washington DC. In his own words, “I lost my close friend and fellow rapper 7 years ago & his work ethic was one of the best I ever seen. Ever since then I honor his legacy by carrying that drive in my music. After his passing I tried to be a manager to my fellow peers that rapped & I thought to myself maybe I can do this myself . Me being a manager is were CEO came from . I’m from Northwest DC & I rap for the struggle & hustle.
Struggles
Be Our
Motivation
Conquer
Every
Opportunity”
Oh Violet is an underground DC rock band comprised of Zii Violet, Zoë Violet, Rocky Violet and DarnL Violet. The band is slowly becoming one of DC's leading rock bands in the underground DIY Punk scene. After the loss of their close friend and creative director, O.V decided to channel their feeling into an EP. For the duration of 10 months the band stayed to themselves and self recorded their EP "T." In the perspective of band leader and bass player, Zii, "The recording process felt more like a catharsis than anything else. There were points where we'd laugh, we'd cry, we'd not talk at all. But the one constant feeling in the room was the unspoken understanding that whatever we were producing was bigger than ourselves. At a certain point you do this to carry the legacy of the people you lost in the process and I guess we just wanted to honor that. Our friend believed in us on a level that we couldn't comprehend until recently and I think she'd appreciate what we came up with." With a genre fluid and eclectic approach to music creation, Oh Violet has been likened to Deftones, Nirvana, Loathe and more.