RVA MUSIC FEST: Artik Phreeze

by | Aug 22, 2011 | MUSIC

This rapper and occasional producer hails from the Petersburg area and brings his hardcore boom-bap style to the local rap game. He’s done three volumes of his Precipitation mixtape series, which are available for free from his label, Smooth Dirty Productions, and has collaborated with talented local hip-hop crew Suburban District. Expect to hear a lot more in the near future from this talented young MC. During the RVA Music Fest, he’ll be performing at the Camel Showcase on Saturday September 10.

myspace.com/artik1
rvamusicfest.com
RMF facebook page


This rapper and occasional producer hails from the Petersburg area and brings his hardcore boom-bap style to the local rap game. He’s done three volumes of his Precipitation mixtape series, which are available for free from his label, Smooth Dirty Productions, and has collaborated with talented local hip-hop crew Suburban District. Expect to hear a lot more in the near future from this talented young MC. During the RVA Music Fest, he’ll be performing at the Camel Showcase on Saturday September 10.

myspace.com/artik1
rvamusicfest.com
RMF facebook page

Marilyn Drew Necci

Marilyn Drew Necci

Former GayRVA editor-in-chief, RVA Magazine editor for print and web. Anxiety expert, proud trans woman, happily married.




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