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COME SUPPORT ME ON A BIG STAGE AT THE HOWARD 🎭 THEATER WED OCTOBER 17 at 7PM. TICKETS ONLY $22 https://www.rawartists.org/tickets/purchase/2448/353096 NO TICKETS SOLD AT THE DOOR. Photographer: @dtodd #rawartistdc #dcfashionshow #fashionshow #howardtheater #howardtheaterdc #dcfashion #dcfashiondesigner #fashiondesigner #dcevents #dmvevents #therebirthofstyle https://www.instagram.com/p/BofZQVNBA5x/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3dooe7nlaike

Artist: @blakpearl_kee Song: F.S.B. Dir X @cinemareagle aka @Reagleyfg #MusicVideoComingSoon #blakpearlkee #kee #fsb #ustreet #ustreetmusichall #howardtheater #igtrailer #cinemareagle #2018 #Hoodmillionaires #dcartist #dmvartist

It is still colder than it should be, but at least the sun is shining bright. This mural is not painted on the building, but is made of wooden cut outs. It really as some depth to the images. #dcmurals #DCArts #HowardTheater (at Right Proper Brewing Co. Shaw Brew Pub)

I've mentioned @Detour's self-guided audio walking tours before, but today I did my first one in my hometown entitled "U-Street: Go-go, the Heartbeat of DC." This tour was a great way for me to bring a “traveler’s mindset” to my hometown, and to go deeper into the history of an area I walk around all the time. And it also revealed a surprising connection that was so interesting to me, I feel compelled to share. When I stopped through Montgomery, AL in March, I visited the Hank Williams Museum because I am a big fan of the country singer’s music. While at the museum, I learned that Williams loved fashion and has had a big influence on the clothing worn by country stars to this day. Williams had grown up poor (his parents were sharecroppers), and when he gained wealth and fame, he loved wearing custom suits -- often embellished with musical notes and fringe (Nudie Cohn is one of his most famous tailors) -- and he was the first country star to do so. So, it made me guffaw out loud to learn that Hank's style had a big influence on the Godfather of Go-Go, Chuck Brown. Brown famously wore a cowboy hat and boots (pictured on the right in the entryway of the Howard Theater) -- which for some reason I never thought much of, but was definitely out place in DC, especially for an African-American man who had lived in DC from the time he was 6. Brown’s parents, like Williams’, were sharecroppers but they traded it in for city life. But, the story goes that as a teenager, Brown worked as a shoe shine boy, and one of his spots was outside the country-western joint "The Pickin' Place" on New York Ave NW. Apparently, he shined a lot of famous country singers' shoes. And upon shining Williams', he got the idea that he too should wear a cowboy hat and boots. And Chuck Brown did that until he died in 2012, 59 years after Williams passed. #havelovewilltravel #optimisticanthro #alabama #montgomery #hankwilliams #hankwilliamsmuseum #washingtondc #dc #gogo #country #chuckbrown #cowboyhat #detour #howardtheater (at Washington, District of Columbia)

The Butcher @getbenny #griseldarecords #bennythebutcher #westsidegunn #conwaythemachine #hiphophead #hiphop #howardtheater