Rye Rye returns to Baltimore after solo, M.I.A. tours
It's likely that when Rye Rye performed in Miami earlier this month no one in the crowd knew who she was.
It's been a while, after all, since she disappeared to have a kid.
It's even possible that, with her spandex onesie and lopsided blonde wig, the crowd took her for a hometown girl.
So halfway through the set, she took the time to remind the crowd who she was: ""I go by the name Rye Rye," she said." R-y-e R-y-e."
The rapper's been touring since the beginning of the year - first with M.I.A. and later on her own - to do more of that: re-introducing herself to audiences who might have forgotten her as she prepares to release her first, long-delayed album "Go! Pop! Bang!" in February.
Yes, I was in South Florida earlier this month at the blotto art fair known as Art Basel and saw the rapper do a high-energy show that likely previewed her show at Bourbon Street Saturday.
For the haters, there must be more local fans of her than just me: the gig is sold out.
My full preview of the Bourbon Street show, along with details of her set in Miami, is here.
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
Comments
You get the Trib to pay you to follow this hack around? Amazing Maza, you are simply amazing.
If she sucks so much why is her show sold out, htrz?!
The Jonases, Miley, F even the king of hacks Black Eyed Peas sell out 1st mariner arena, that has far more seats than Bourbon street and just as bad 'music'.
Posted by: Anonymous | December 17, 2010 11:59 AM
bwahaha silly anonymous. i paid for that plane ticket myself, and went to the show during my vacation, on a weekend.
Posted by: Maza | December 17, 2010 12:05 PM
bwahaha, silly maza, you could have totally gotten them to pay for your to visit your family duirng the holdays!
Posted by: Anonymous | December 17, 2010 12:13 PM
No one cares about Rye Rye...stop writing about her.
Posted by: Who cares about RyeRye | December 17, 2010 1:37 PM
No one cares about Rye Rye...stop writing about her.
Posted by: Who cares about RyeRye | December 17, 2010 1:38 PM
The Sun pay for something LOL surely you jest
Posted by: Tif | December 17, 2010 1:55 PM
Maza, quit responding to anonymous commentors already.
Posted by: dc | December 17, 2010 2:24 PM
dc, quit supporting maza's bad taste
Posted by: Anonymous | December 17, 2010 2:26 PM
and by the way, just because you put "dc" in the name field, doesnt mean thats who you are. You are stil Anonymous.
dc = Anonymous
You want to be known? link to your facebook or your own blog. Until then you are just like the rest of us no names.
Posted by: Non e Moouse | December 17, 2010 2:38 PM
If you have to spell your name for your crowd to know who you are, those aren't fans.
What up everybody we are Pearl Jam - P-e-a-r-l space J-a-m, Get it like _______!?!?!
Posted by: Anonymous | December 17, 2010 2:42 PM
Heck all I did was point out that Bourbon st only hold 1000 or so people and my comment got deleted.
Posted by: Richard | December 17, 2010 3:43 PM
You know a lot of people have crapped on these Rye Rye posts, and I personally have never cared for them but yesterday I actually took the time to go on iTunes and sample her catalog musical ballads and all I have to say is WOW.
It's really beyond words - I challenge all of you to go and do the same.
Posted by: Foo | December 19, 2010 11:19 AM
@Foo- I'm assuming that's sarcasm. I actually think she's pretty good, at least very different from what we hear on the radio, and it's nice to see people from Baltimore "make it."
Posted by: KGM801 | December 20, 2010 2:15 PM