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Devin The Dude Seriously Tripping Tour w/ special guests Coughee Brothaz

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Known more for blunts and beer than bullets and bling, Devin the Dude has kept a smile on hip hop’s face while most of his peers have opted for a menacing scowl. Possessing the rare ability to inject humor, sex and substance in each of his rhymes, Devin has carved his own unique niche in rap music, becoming everybody’s favorite guilty pleasure in the process. Devin has worked with blockbuster artists like Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, Andre 3000, Dr. Dre and Raphael Saadiq.

Born in St. Petersburg, Florida and raised in Houston, Texas, Devin was music’s next-door neighbor growing up. Living in a house in front of a radio station, Devin found that one man’s trash was another man’s treasure when he’d discover and collect old records the station threw in the trash. Before long, he and his brother started pulling out their mom’s record player and throwing parties in their front lawn. When he finally stumbled across hip hop, Devin found his first calling as a pop-locker performing for friends, family and even his elders at the neighborhood nursing home.

But, it was literally one trashed record in particular that would have a life-altering effect on the young Devin, the obscure 1965 song “Rap Dirty” by outcast songwriter Blowfly. Just like any other child exposed to grown folk talk, Devin took to the record, memorized it and would go on to adopt the musings into his own rap style when he started hopping on the mic in the mid-80′s. He got fans instantly.

“I was doing security and working at the grocery store,” Devin remembers. “I would go on break, read magazines and write my raps. When I let someone at work hear my first rap, he brought a friend the next day. By the end of the week, there was a circle of 15 people standing there listening to me spit the same rap.”

Now, closing a 15-year chapter on his life with Rap-A-Lot, Devin will be releasing his fifth studio album through his own Coughee Brothaz imprint via Razor & Tie Entertainment. Now grown with four children, Devin isn’t the same carefree Dude who was just “tryin’ to live life to tha x-treme”. More mature, Devin is aiming to produce some of his most balanced work yet. Reuniting with his Odd Squad brethren Rob Qwest, as well as collaborating with DJ Domo and many long time acquaintances and new friends will ensure that his newest effort will be one to remember.

An avid reader and even better BBQ-er, Devin, who still breakdances a little, deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as LL Cool J and Scarface in terms of musical longevity and integrity. With this album, don’t just expect Devin to continue doing “what the f**k he wants to do,” but to do it the best way he knows how.

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