Too $hort in Detroit

Too $hort is an American rapper born in Los Angeles in 1966 and raised in Oakland, where he began recording and selling tapes in the 1980s. His direct, explicit style became a foundation of his catalog, which includes the albums Born to Mack and Life Is...Too Short and the songs “Freaky Tales,” “The Ghetto” and “Blow the Whistle.” In 2020, he performed with E-40 in a joint Verzuz program centered on their respective catalogs. The following year, they joined Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg for the live debut of Mount Westmore at the Triller Fight Club event at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

The Soul Rebels are an American brass ensemble formed in New Orleans in 1991 by percussionists Lumar LeBlanc and Derrick Moss. The group plays jazz, funk and hip-hop through the instrumentation of a brass band, and is known for albums including Unlock Your Mind and Poetry in Motion. The latter features recorded collaborations with Nas, Big Freedia and Robert Glasper. The Soul Rebels established a long-running Thursday-night residency at Le Bon Temps Roulé, making the neighborhood bar their central home stage. Beyond that residency, they have performed at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival and Glastonbury Festival. In New York, their Soul Rebels & Friends residency at Brooklyn Bowl featured a changing cast of guest performers.