Thursday, March 24, 2011
Skewby - "Sunny": SXSW 2011 Showcasing Artist
www.somethingaboutskewby.comThis young artist started 2010 off with a bang,
opening for the Lil Wayne Farewell Tour.
This should be no surprise however after the rave reviews of his recently released
mixtape, "Proving You Wrong Since 1988. Blogs such as Ill Roots and The Smoking
Section tagged Skewby as an artist that revives "real hip hop". His music is compared
to the likes of a Kanye or Lupe, but he can definitely hold his own with his clever lyrics
and catchy beats. One only has to peep the mixtape to get a feel of his versatility. Only
21, he's been making his mark slowly since the age of 14 by producing for artists such
as Short Dawg and Pimp C to name a few. Although production, engineering and writing
is a passion, his real love is performing. More recently he performed at MTV's
Spring Break 2009 and hooked up with DJ Crumbz to headline the Red Bull Southern
College Tour. Future endeavors include a much anticipated release of his recent
collaboration with Gorilla Zoe that should be out later this year.
Skewby reigns from Memphis, Tennessee although his music tends to break the mold
and veer away from the traditional Southern Gangsta Rap that is expected out of the
Bluff City. But its obvious Memphis has caught on to his movement, and embraced
this young artist by naming him one of the top 20 performing artist in the city, of which
Skewby was tagged as #1 in the rap category.(Memphis Chamber Magazine, 2009).
This multi-talented phenom is understandably on a lot of people's radar. 2010 appears
to be the beginning of great things to come. Info :www.somethingaboutskewby.com
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