Open Mike Eagle // Video Dave

Honeypot Concerts Presents

Open Mike Eagle with Serengeti and Video Dave

Wednesday January 11th

Open Mike Eagle

Los Angeles-based emcee, comedian, and podcaster Open Mike Eagle coined the term "art rap" to describe his whip-smart, literate style of hip-hop, which draws inspiration from Freestyle Fellowship and De La Soul as well as They Might Be Giants and Pavement. A longtime affiliate of the influential Project Blowed collective, he co-founded the trio Thirsty Fish and larger battle crew Swim Teamduring the 2000s before making his solo debut with 2010's Unapologetic Art Rap, a humorous set of reflections on everyday life that lived up to its title. He maintained a prolific pace throughout the decade and beyond, receiving acclaim for autobiographical releases like Dark Comedy (2014) and Brick Body Kids Still Daydream(2017) while additionally becoming a respected figure in the comedy world, co-hosting several podcasts as well as the Comedy Central series The New Negroes. With 2020's Anime, Trauma and Divorce, he continued to use his music as an outlet to process personal issues. A much rawer, mixtape-style release titled Component System with the Auto Reverse appeared in 2022

Serengeti

Drawing from emo, indie rock, avant electronica, and more, Chicago-based indie rapper Serengeti earned a reputation as being an immensely prolific writer, evidence by his barrage of long-players, all imbued with his oddball personality and abstract rhymes.

Video Dave

Video Dave is from Chicago and attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale where he began making music and studied production.  He has lived in Miami, New York, and LA, being an artist in all those places. He now travels and works with a few other artists and friends who he met at SIUC