Rye Rye - Peckerhead's, SXSW, Austin TX - March 20, 2010

[from Baltimore, MD] I wanted to see her badly because she’s 1) a female rapper, 2) from Baltimore, home to Spank Rock and The Wire (I know), and 3) features M.I.A. in several songs – the last reason was the only one that convinced Rockboy to join me – so her DJ was too repetitive and simple to compare her to M.I.A. but she was fast and cute – hard dance rap as you’d expect from Baltimore – best part was the two matching MALE dancers flanking her all elbows out and knees up, seemed more inspired by traditional African dancing (super sped up) than hip-hop dancing – really liked the dancing- the 2nd floor bar was filled to capacity but with everybody crowded into 1/2 of the bar to see the 2^nd stage - when the floor started bending and shaking, Rockboy and I made plans to save ourselves by jumping on the bar when the floor collapsed (Photo courtesy of https://www.gettyimages.ca/photos/rye-rye?page=5&sort=mostpopular&phrase=rye%20rye)