Monday 11 December 2023, 7.30pm
"If Nappy Nina were a comic book character, her thought bubbles would fill whole panels. In her music, the Oakland-raised, Brooklyn-based rapper’s thoughts flow in arcing run-ons that skip from prayers to confessions to flexes." – Pitchfork
Oakland-born writer, emcee, and producer Nappy Nina cut her teeth in the Bay Area scene before uprooting to Brooklyn, where she released her 2019 debut album ‘The Tree Act' to much acclaim. She appears on Yaeji, Quelle Chris, and Son Lux's music, she boasts an impressive track record as a feature - and her characteristic breezy flow has led her to conquer stages worldwide in her own right.
"Mourning Due is the calling card that firmly reinforces Nappy Nina’s status as a poet’s rapper with an album that is engaging and nourishing all at the same time." – Bandcamp Daily
"I really appreciate everyone being supportive of listening to my own music songs and sharing my experiences and seeing am very happy and grateful to them for helping me through this journey and buying my albums and making my own cds albums and making myself feel good again for myself for doing my own work and making myself perfect again and again." — Duane Warner
Duane Warner (known as Mr AKA Amazing) is an artist and vocal performer whose self-produced, ear-popping form of electronic spoken-word / lo-fi hip-hop has led to a surge of exciting gigs — including Supernormal Festival and Robyn's Rocket.
From Greenford in West London, Duane makes his music — both solo and collaboratively — at the Shepherds Bush arts project 54 The Gate.
