Party: *TONIGHT* SIR MIX-A-LOT - December 4th, Upstairs Cabaret

Party: *TONIGHT* SIR MIX-A-LOT - December 4th, Upstairs Cabaret

Surge & Upstairs Cabaret present the legend...

Sir Mix-a-Lot w/ DJ Speedyshoes
http://sirmixalot.com/
http://youtu.be/kY84MRnxVzo

Tickets go on sale Friday, October 21st at 10am via the following locations: Lyle's Place / Ditch Records & CDs or online at: http://bit.ly/1r9PMbw

Bio:
Sir Mix-A-Lot parlayed a gonzo tribute to women with large buttocks into hip-hop immortality. But even before he struck crossover gold, Sir Mix-A-Lot was one of rap’s great D.I.Y. success stories. Coming from a city — Seattle — with barely any hip-hop scene to speak of, Mix-A-Lot co-founded his own record label, promoted his music himself, produced all his own tracks, and essentially pulled himself up by the proverbial American bootstraps. Even before “Baby Got Back,” Mix-A-Lot was a platinum-selling album artist with a strong following in the hip-hop community, known for bouncy, danceable, bass-heavy tracks indebted to old-school electro. However, it took signing with Rick Rubin’s Def American label — coupled with an exaggerated, parodic pimp image — to carry him into the mainstream. Perceived as a one-hit novelty, he found it difficult to follow his breakout success, but kept on recording, and even toured as part of a rap-rock supergroup called Subset, a collaboration with the Presidents of the United States of America.Sir Mix-A-Lot was born Anthony Ray in Seattle on August 12, 1963. An eclectic music fan but a rabid hip-hop devotee, he was already actively rapping in the early ’80s, and co-founded the Nastymix record label in 1983 with his DJ, Nasty Nes, who also hosted Seattle’s first hip-hop radio show. His first single was 1987′s “Posse on Broadway,” which referred to a street in Seattle, not New York; it became a local hit, and paved the way for his first LP, 1988′s Swass, which also featured the popular novelty “Square Dance Rap,” and a Run-D.M.C.-style cover of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man,” with backing by Seattle thrashers Metal Church.

Invited: Katie Harris, Brayden Klein, Eva Patenaude, Michael Franzmann, Jessica Houghton, Serena Maria, Shannon Nicole Samson, Courtney Laine Halvorson, Jamie Grimes, Promethius Zooterson, Terry Butcher, Adam Harnden, Christiane Watson, Jason Erikson, Josh Noble, Freddy Mazereeuw, Guy Woolliams, Lia Thomson, Scott Metcalfe, Amanda Farrell-Low, Rachel Fetherstonhaugh, Kevin Michael, Terra Sea Connolly, Dana Prangley, Mel Cech, Julia Ann Fremeau, Kersti Waher, Corrisa DeFrane, Gabriole Sinclaire, Tristan Swift, Ashleigh Ayers, All Dee, Hades Pk, Allison Wood, Haley Ingram, Colin Nontell, Gabriella Pirrone, Foz Foster, Joseph ThatSound McLean, Amy Michelle Hebert, Sara Morberg, Alexis Lil-Lex Ryder, Michael McLelan, Brett Holfeld, Jacqueline Marie, Erica InThe Forrest, Alison Jean, Bryan Andrews, Lily Bernstein, Robyn Douglas, Liz Hannah, Tara Louise, Alex Hughes, Ryan Stebbings, Cara Hteath, Mike Downey, Kathleen Lucas, Tori S., Natasha McCormick, Ariel Mishkin, Cynthia Frias, Leah Plasterer, Justine SoGalla, Drew Griffin Bevan, Mykee MacNeil, Rob Mitchell, Lili Butterfield, Taylor Kopelow Smith, Madeline Barber, Leslie Werhun, Kyla Kirby, Abby Noel, Angelina Garcia, Colby Carruthers, Connor Hurn, Zeff Cook, Conlan Jones, Louis Warren, Caylan Carruthers, Jason Child, Meagan Hogg, Albert Da, Kane Punnett, James Mollison, Gary Mark Butler, Kathleen Murdock, Aiasha Bencherif, Miguel Bustamante, Nolan Ward, Emma-Leigh Newman, Chanelle Biggan, Marc Bourdon, Rose Carlie Martin, Andrew Crowe, Sophia Kim, Cecia Poders, David Carr, Brandon JM, Deriek Simon, Justine Sanders show more »