So normally when post day arrives I go through the ‘ol trusty event/ link/ details bang in a video/photo and whiz bang you’re done. But with this being Keith Thornton (aka Kool Keith) there’s not a great deal of ‘normal’… and that’s the way he likes it!

Back in 2005 and armed with a duty free bag full of porn mags he performed to a mass of heaving sweaty men and a fair chunk of gyrating women at Heat Nightclub (now known simply as Villa). With a hiatus of over seven years from our fair state and at least five releases just under the alias Kool Keith there’s a lot we have yet to witness.

From fronting the Ultra Magnetic MCs and the Bellevue Hospital through to Dr. Octagon, Kool Keith is an American emcee with a British URL the mans an open box of walking contradictions who posses the innate ability to deliver a stream of conscious yet complex vocal raps that ensures he is recognised as a king of the hip-hop underground With the current hip-hop landscape described as bland on occasions, thankfully Kool Keith is as adverse to this as the true hip-hop follower.

Back in Perth for a mid week performance Kool Keith will be sure to pick through the back catalogue, hopefully featuring tracks from the recent Dr. Dooom 2 and The Return of Dr. Octagon throughout to the nineties classics Sex Style, Black Elvis/Lost in Space…

Who knows what he’ll bring or what he’ll wear (and have stashed away in his duty-free)… but one things for sure it won’t be boring!

DETAILS:

WHAT: Kool Keith

WHERE: Shape Bar

WHEN: 9pm -3am, Wednesday 11th August

SUPPORT DJs: SELEKT, AD ROC & KIT POP

TICKETS: online from SHAPE

…Why not check out Kool Keith’s Dick Towel

THE BOOTY: OR CAN I GO TO THE GIG FOR FREE??

Thanks to Knowledge Music Cut & Paste has a double pass to giveaway to his show at Shape next Wednesday… All you need to do to enter is give Kool Keith a new alter ego… Comment below and the best name will win!

*Note: We already know the full list of current alter egos – so don’t think that you’ll be getting away with Dr. Sperm, The Fourth Horseman, Larry Lopez or Fly Ricky the Wine Taster!

(Winner will be notified by 5pm Mon. August 9)

Tags: Ad Roc, Bellevue Hospital, Black Elvis/Lost in Space, Dr. Dooom 2, Dr. Octagon, Dr. Sperm, Fly Ricky the Wine Taster, Kit Pop, knowledge music, Kool Keith, Larry Lopez, Select, Sex Style, Shape bar, The Fourth Horseman, The Return of Dr. Octagon, Ultra Magnetic MCs

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