“Cali rapper Nocando’s Hellfyre Club is an assemblage of West Coast art rap luminaries connected to Project Blowed, a long-running hip hop workshop that served as a proving ground for90s and aughts L.A. aesthetes from Freestyle Fellowship and Abstract Rude to Pigeon John. Nocando’s Hellfyre squad includes long time Project Blowed affiliate Busdriver, Midwest emigre Open Mike Eagle, and newcomer milo alongside a cadre of MCs and producers from in and around Blowed and L.A.’s beat scene. They’ve connected for Dorner vs. Tookie, the latest in a series of collaborative mixtapes showcasing a groupwide penchant for tongue-in-cheek self-flagellation and confessional storytelling that quite often metes out both at once” – pitchfork.com

BLACK UHURU + Indubious + KUCR DJs – Distant Drum* WED FEB 5TH Ucr Barn!! *7:30PM -10:30PM

Black Uhuru are a Jamaican reggae group formed in 1972, who maintained their high quality as a successful second-generation reggae band despite numerous personnel changes in their 40-plus-year history. Their album Anthem won the first ever Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 1985.

Come see Black Uhuru at UCR’s Barn Concert Series.

Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at the Fine Arts Ticket Office at UCR or ticketmaster.com 

Open to the public. All ages. KUCR kicks off the night with Distant Drum spinnin’ the night away!

Adults: $15.00
UCR students, faculty & staff PRE-SALE: $5.00
At the Door: $15.00