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R-SON the Voice of Reason | MC Extraordinaire and co-lead of Gangstagrass
Randal is an old dude with Philly attitude, rhyme skills and true school flavor adds 2 degrees in Criminal Justice & 40 years of comic book nerdery? He puts a mic in his hands, links up with some of the dopest cats around and becomes R-SON the Voice of Reason! An MC's MC, delivering extraordinary wordplay & freestyle fire, alone, with Mental Advisory and the World's Greatest bluegrass hip hop band, Gangstagrass.
Gangstagrass has repeatedly been in the Top 10 Billboard Bluegrass charts and toured internationally, blowing minds on main stages from SXSW to Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, with a live act taking full advantage of the improvisational aspects of both hip-hop and bluegrass. With MCs R-SON and Dolio the Sleuth trading verses, Dan Whitener on banjo, Brian Farrow on fiddle, Rench on guitar and beats, and frequent three-part harmonies, the Gangstagrass stage show has garnered a reputation among fans for its dynamism and spontaneity. Through touring across the United States and abroad, Gangstagrass uses live performances to organically develop new material to further explode the boundaries between genres generally thought to be incompatible.
Gangstagrass has repeatedly been in the Top 10 Billboard Bluegrass charts and toured internationally, blowing minds on main stages from SXSW to Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, with a live act taking full advantage of the improvisational aspects of both hip-hop and bluegrass. With MCs R-SON and Dolio the Sleuth trading verses, Dan Whitener on banjo, Brian Farrow on fiddle, Rench on guitar and beats, and frequent three-part harmonies, the Gangstagrass stage show has garnered a reputation among fans for its dynamism and spontaneity. Through touring across the United States and abroad, Gangstagrass uses live performances to organically develop new material to further explode the boundaries between genres generally thought to be incompatible.