TANG SAUCE and DJ Stealth (Hartford)
Music and Diversity III, Saturday, March 25, The Shea Theater Arts Center, 8pm
Tang Sauce was recently mentioned as a torch bearer for the direction that hip hop is going by Abiodun of the legendary Last Poets.
Tang was born and raised in Hartford, CT and the Greater Hartford area. He has been involved in the Hartford arts scene for years involved in productions like The Wiz, A Raisin In The Sun, and Night Fall. He has hosted the Trinity International Hip Hop Festival, has his ownpandora.com station, and has been featured on the cover of Connecticut newspaper CTNOW. Tang brings an old school Hip-Hop flow with a new school perspective, with which he spreads peace, love, and positivity.
DJ Stealth is the DJ moniker of Asaad Jakson, who also performs as rapper MC Lion. DJ Stealth has been in the game for several years as a DJ. He began learning the craft while in high school training in a radio broadcast program in the schools station, WQTQ 89.9 Qute FM. He is most known for rocking at legendary house parties to spinning at open mics, fashion shows, weddings, community events, dance battles and college parties all over CT and beyond. Known locally in CT for the freshest mixes at the imfamous Wednesday open mic night in Downtown Hartford at the former Tapas restaurant, also for numerous dance battles and multiple appearances at Hartford's Mighty 4 festival and Hartford Hip Hop festival. He approaches the art of DJing the same way one would approach a conventional musical instrument. Stealth has also made appearances in Brooklyn NY, Washington D.C. and Jersey City NJ.
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