Pigeon John

Pigeon John is an underground MC with a genre-fusing style and positive lyrics.He is sometimes labeled a Christian rapper because of his hopeful messages andreferences to God, but with easily relatable subject matter and musical influencesdrawing from across the spectrum of rock and pop music, he aims to reach aswide an audience as possible. Active since the early 1990s, he made an impact onthe hip-hop world as a member of the L.A. Symphony collective, as well asacclaimed solo efforts like 2003's Pigeon John Is Dating Your Sister. Subsequentalbums like 2010's Dragon Slayer incorporated more live instrumentation and sungvocal hooks, and he received mainstream exposure as several of his songs werefeatured in advertisements, including the 2011 single "The Bomb" and 2019's"They Don't Make Em Like Me." He continued delivering uplifting vibes with 2020'sGotta Good Feelin', drawing influence from Motown, reggae, alternative rock, anddance music. 

with special guest AWOL One

Tony "AWOL One" Martin, from a humble and mysterious studio in Southern California, has created a legacy of critically acclaimed music, art and screen printing for over thirty years, growing up on a heavy dose of cartoons, old sci-fi, and monster movies.

Musically he has collaborated and toured worldwide with renowned musicians, as well as licensing music for commercials and movies. He has been featured in many major publications, and has received an L.A. Weekly Music Award for best Hip Hop Artist (The Shape Shifters). AWOL One has released numerous records globally, and also created a monster themed kid's book and soundtrack. He is best known for his collaborations with Fake Four Inc producer Factor Chandelier and Grammy Award-winning audio engineer and record producer Daddy Kev.

Artistically he has designed and screen printed for all types of creative projects, mostly in the music industry. He has worked with both corporate and independent companies to assist visually in many marketing campaigns (Tour posters, band merchandise and product design). Along with his other group The Cloaks, he released a sold out IPA beer collaboration with Hip Hop Craft/ Beer Tape. Tony has also contributed voice acting and music for video games. AWOL is well known and trusted throughout the art community because of his respect for the culture and is the originator of the boombox head!
 
AWOL One has maintained a strong and loyal fan base for remaining original, dark and melodic with an unusual sense of humor.

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DJ HALO

Beginning in 1997 with a simple "DJ in a box" set up for $300, DJ HALO has been performing his brand of DJ/turntablism throughout the US and the world since quitting his day job in 2007 to go on a DIY 42 date 45 day tour. Performing in all 48 continental states HALO has DJ'd for hip-hop acts: Kool Keith, Marc Live, The Metermaids, Ceschi Ramos, BRZOWSKI, Cage, Sadistik, Awol One and others. Multiple solo DJ tours in the US and Europe, a 6x SXSW, 5x DMC regionals, 2x Treefort Festival official performer who has held multi-year residencies in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Oakland, SF, and Durham, NC he knows how to turn up. 

HALO spent Oct-Dec 2023 djing for rap legend Kool Keith (Dr. Octagon, Black Elvis, Ultramagnetic MCs) on the Black Elvis 2 US Tour. In 2024 stayed busy, DJ-ing a 2 week Colombian tour in February, 3-day DJ Summit in Ibiza and 5 date 'Man In FL' tour w/MC Homeless in April, 6 date 'New England Burning' tour w/MC Homeless and Shikori Vinyl Lounge in May, the 10 date Rust Belt Hammer Tour w Coolzey and MC Homeless Aug/Sept, along with DJ bookings across the US. 

Involved in broadcasting most of his life, HALO has held regular shows on WPKN 89.5FM, WVOF 88.5, a live internet show on RWD.FM (RIP), a podcast on Rapreviews.com and monthly residency on Back2Back.fm. HALO currently has weekly shows on Hale.London in the UK, WXDU 88.7FM, and a monthly residency on Ibiza Club News radio in Ibiza Spain.

HALO has been creating his own music over the last 12+ years, mostly remixes to play at gigs, but also original productions. These productions have resulted in two EP projects, Witchitah w BRZOWSKI and The Hijack w brokeMC available on all DSPs.

When HALO is not DJing or making music he is running his record label, Four Finger Distro. In 2024 FFD released an official Record Store Day title featuring Kool Keith, MC Homeless, Open Mike Eagle, and Gel Roc that sold upwards of 1400 copies to date 100% independently. 

Outside of the business of music HALO is an avid vinyl collector, amassing a collection of over 12K LPs to date, yoga practitioner, long distance runner, circuit training gym rat, graphic artist, science fiction reader, and student of philosophy. 

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MC Homeless

MC Homeless is a rapper and punk artist who has been releasing independent music, touring the US and the world for the last two decades. Homeless grew up attending punk and hardcore shows in Youngstown, Ohio. After listening to rap all his childhood, he decided to pick up the microphone in 11th grade. Homeless would hone his skills at Kent State University, sharing the stage with acts such as The Coup, MC Chris, Ceschi Ramos, Astronautalis, and many more. The handmade Pink Unicorns EP was released around this time which earned him a review in Cleveland Scene magazine.

Homeless toured across the Midwest and Northeast, eventually linking up with DIY Bandits who would release his first full length album Trapped Under An Ohio Sky. DIY Bandits previously only released folk punk such as Johnny Hobo aka Pat The Bunny and Ghost Mice but Trapped was a sleeper hit for Homeless and ended up getting a rave review in Alternative Press magazine. This led to relentless touring and a split 12 inch with Indonesia's Homicide. All while also fronting a hardcore band and working in the film world. His documentary "Destroy Cleveland" about the Cleveland hardcore scene received global acclaim with features in The Guardian, Vice, and Noisy when originally released in 2015.

After many tours of America, Europe, and beyond, Homeless disappeared from hip hop for six years. He suddenly reemerged in 2017 and released Sex & Death on Fake Four Inc which is also home to Ceschi, Moodie Black, Sadistik, among others. His sound had matured and changed from a more traditional underground hip hop style into a dark industrial hip hop sound. Homeless is now working on multiple projects which combine his love for industrial, hip hop, and punk rock.

Homeless has had releases on standout independent labels such as Fake Four Inc., Milled Pavement, worked and toured with artists from Project Blowed, Geto Boys, and is known for combining the intensity of punk rock and underground hip hop into something unique. Homeless has been collaborating with Kool Keith since 2019 and was national opener with DJ HALO for the Black Elvis National tour Fall 2023. 

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