The hip hop rapper Ekoh was on tour and dwell on the Emerson Theatre in Indianapolis on August 12, 2021. We at Lyrically Rap acquired the prospect to be a part of the crew, and that is our behind-the-scenes story of the live performance and day main as much as it. When you’ve got not seen Ekoh dwell but, and love good music and excessive power present, then it’s worthwhile to go. He’ll be ending his tour out West, he’s in Texas now for the following few days. Ensure that to go see him and firm!

The Ekoh Live performance

We had reached out to Ekoh’s administration as quickly as we purchased tickets, asking for media passes and the prospect to interview Ekoh. Jammie and Ian responded and stored in touch with us till the day of the present. We didn’t know what to anticipate, as this was our first expertise taking pictures images in a live performance setting. And it could be our first in individual interview. We’re nonetheless followers, who had “Virtually Well-known” like desires of being backstage and hanging with the band. To us, it was coming true.

The morning of the present Ian, Ekoh’s tour supervisor offers me a name. We talked about how excited we had been and shared a few of our plans, like filming a documentary type video.

“I had one thing I needed to deliver up, and Ekoh and I believe you’d be actually stoked,” Ian mentioned throughout the name, “as we speak is P. MO’s birthday, and we had been hoping you guys might decide up the birthday cake because you’re within the space. It’ll be troublesome for us to get with the tour schedule. You do this, and your full crew with us tonight.”

After all, I agreed. Stoked on the alternative to be thought of ‘crew’ for the night time. I hit up Marshall with the information and it was on.

The journey from the place we dwell to the place the live performance is at is about an hour and a half. We stuff a giant ass cooler into Marshall’s backseat and head north. We cease close to the airport and decide up probably the most sprinkled lined cake we might discover, by request from Ian and Ekoh. We put the cake within the cooler on high of a bag of ice and that’s the place it sat, at the back of the automobile, till nearer to Ekoh’s set.

We get to the Emerson’s Theater round 3:30 pm, beating the tour van there. We had scoped a dive bar across the nook, so we swung in and had a couple of drinks. The place was referred to as J. Clyde’s Pub, an ideal place to go to and chill. The environment and wall decorations are what I search for when discovering a dive bar, however this isn’t that story.

The butterflies a bit of eliminated, we had again across the nook and discover Ian outdoors with the tour busses. You might inform the dude was busy, however he took the time to indicate us across the whole venue, meet everybody there, and get us VIP passes. He principally offers us free roam, which included the Inexperienced Room, the place the artists chilled earlier than the present. Behind-the-scenes.

I used to be a bit of nervous, and after I’m nervous I generally phrase vomit. There might have been a pair foot in mouth moments round Ekoh, however I rebounded as greatest as I might, and obtained some actually good photos and interviews with Mike Squires, P.Mo and Ekoh. Marshall is engaged on modifying the film collectively, so look ahead for that footage!

Mike Squires & P.Mo

Mike Squires & P.Mo opened up instantly earlier than Ekoh. We had by no means actually heard their music earlier than however we listened on the journey up and beloved the sound. They had been even higher dwell. They described themselves like Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. P.Mo is the singer/rapper and Mike is the producer/supervisor/hell it appears he does a bit of little bit of every thing within the trade. He even information quite a lot of the music movies for Chris Webby.

Personally, I like these two guys lots. They’ve been making music collectively since they had been 13 and their bond was obvious. P.Mo was a bit of drained on the occasion. They’d stayed up till 6am the night time earlier than celabrating P.Mo’s birthday. We gave him a bit of joshin due to it. We acquired to interview the pair first, and we had a very good, deep dialog. In all probability probably the greatest interview I’ve ever executed. I actually hope I get to work with P.Mo on knowledge analyst stuff.

Footage from Ekoh’s Efficiency

Ekoh didn’t rap over his lyrics. He got here with warmth and placed on a hell of a present, on high quality with a number of the higher rock exhibits I’ve seen. He linked with the group and led them by means of a sick ass present. His speaking components had been humorous, and his raps had been on level. Bar on high of bar. I don’t understand how they bear in mind an hour and half of lyrics, however artists like Ekoh can do it, and that’s why he’s leaping to the following tier within the rap recreation. Right here’s some photos I acquired of him on stage.

The Indy Native Hip Hop Scene

With the ability to come and present our model on the Ekoh present was a serious networking expertise for us. We linked with so many people within the music trade, native expertise and main behind the scenes dudes. I hoped to listen to extra of the native music however was scheduled to do interviews by means of these blocks.

I heard some grumblings amongst a number of the native guys that we didn’t hear them, I get it, there was simply too many issues happening directly. The man who owns the venue, opened the present, and I did get to listen to a few of his act. It was dope. We had been additionally shared a hyperlink to a neighborhood Indy hidden gem named Yvng Vito. Try his music on Spotify. Then Monster, the OG operating safety additionally introduced the warmth. Throughout it was a loopy dope expertise.

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Please benefit from the photographs I shot from the present and stand by as we edit the video collectively for our Documentary piece. In case you’d like us to shoot photographs and movie at your subsequent present, hit us up. Or if you happen to’d prefer to schedule a photograph session, I’m down. I’m fairly simple to work with and we might discover some dope places.

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