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Tour Wavy 2016 featuring: Ras Kass & Planet Asia

w/special guests!
Friday, August 5 2016
8:00 PM MDT
1249 East 3300 South
Salt Lake City UT, 84106
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About Ras Kass: On January 19, 2016, Ras Kass released, his most recent project, “Lyrical HipHop is Dead” Inspired by Montreal native Kaytranada’s 2014 “Instrumental Hip Hop Is Dead”, an intriguing selection of hard-hitting unreleased production. “Lyrical” takes some of those same tracks and reworks them into new original songs & remixes. A fresh take on a masterful work mixed/arranged by Felony Muzik and mastered by Redsecta. In the summer of 2016, Ras Kass later released a 41 Track project titled “Refresher Course 101” which was released via didtal download on the popular Hip Hop Blog, 2Dopeboyz. Ras Kass is currently gearing up to release his highly anticipated 20 Year Anniversary Album “Soul On Ice 2” which will be available soon.

About Planet Asia: In 2003, Avatar Records signed Planet Asia to an exclusive world-wide recording contract and in 2004 released Planet Asia's debut album, The Grand Opening, to positive feedback. It earned him another Independent Album of the Year award from The Source. Avatar also released 12" vinyl records including "Summertime In The City" b/w "G's & Soldiers" featuring Kurupt produced by J. Wells, "Its All Big" b/w "Right or Wrong", and "Real Niggaz" featuring Ghostface. His record "G's & Soldiers" featuring Kurupt was prominently featured in John Travolta's 2005 film "Be Cool" released by MGM. After leaving Avatar, Planet Asia started his own record label, Gold Chain Music, with Walt Liquor. His next album, The Medicine, was released on October 3, 2006 on ABB Records and produced by Evidence of Dilated Peoples in its entirety, along with co-production credits from The Alchemist, Nucleus & Bravo. On June 26, 2007, he released "The Jewelry Box Sessions: The Album" on Gold Chain Music. The album featured the single "Havin' Things and in 2010, he collaborated with Malaysian artist, Mizz Nina, on a song called Hope.

In 2011, Planet Asia was a judge on the Ultimate MC TV show alongside Royce da 5'9", Sean Price, Organik, and Pharoahe Monch. Since that time, Planet Asia has released a host of Solo Albums, EP’s, Colaborated Albums and Mixtapes. In 2016, Planet Asia & DJ Concept have recently released the newest album, “Seventy Nine” which is currently available for download via iTunes.com and all other digital retailers. Vinyl versions of the album are also available for purchase.