I’m wondering if describing a music video as “hot” draws clicks from Tiny Mix Tapes readers? I bet it does. Regardless:
Thank you, Heems, really — you’ve given us much, from Das Racist and your own mixtapes, to breaking Le1f and Lakutis, to featuring Eric Andre and Hannibal Burress in one of your music videos and just being there as one of hip-hop’s most nuanced voices.
Now we’ve got another thing: a music video for “Damn Girl” off Eat Pray Thug, Heems’ “debut” album from earlier this year, which doubles as a capstone to the Eat Pray Thug “project” that included the album, an art show, and I guess “a custom grey cowl-neck shirt.” Heems wears the latter (designed by himself and Jason Calderon) for the video, in which he performs “Damn Girl” while busting suave moves in the gallery space. The Eat Pray Thug exhibition took place at NYC’s Aicon Gallery and featured work by Heems, Abdullah M. I. Syed, Chiraag Bhakta a.k.a. Pardon My Hindi, and Aakash Nihalani.
Now for the video, which includes lots of Heems’s dreamy, teary eyes. It’s right below this paragraph. In addition, he’s on tour throughout the US and Canada this summer with occasional guests Spank Rock, Pictureplane, and Bruiser Brigade-affiliate ZelooperZ. Check those dates right below the video.
06.12.15 - McCarren Park, Brooklyn NY - Northside Festival
06.14.15 - Portsmouth, NH - 3S Artspace
06.15.15 - Boston, MA - Red Room/Berklee College
06.16.15 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
06.17.15 - Montreal, Canada - Bar Le Ritz PDB
06.18.15 - Toronto, Canada, NXNE
07.11.15 - Lansing, MI - Common Ground Festival
07.12.15 - Ottawa, ON Canada - Ottawa Blues Fest,
07.14.15 - Minneapolis MN - 7th Street Entry +
07.16.15 - Boulder CO - Fox +
07.17.15 - Denver, CO - Larimer +
07.18.15 - Salt Lake City, UT - Music Garage + $
07.20.15 Seattle, WA - Sunset $
07.21.15 - Vancouver, BC Canada - Fortune Sound Club $
07.22.15 - Portland, OR - Star Theater $
07.25.15 - Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room*
07.27.15 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex *
07.28.15 - Phoenix, AZ - Pub Rock *
07.29.15 - Albquerque NM - Launchpad *
07.31.15 - Dallas, TX - Gas Monkey +
08.01.15 - Austin, TX - Red 7, 30-21H +
08.02.15 - Houston, TX - Fitzgeralds, +
08.03.15 - New Orleans, TX - Hi Ho Lounge
08.05.15 - Atlanta, GA - Purgatory $
08.06.15 - Nashville, TN - Exit In $
08.07.15 - Carrborro, NC - Cats Cradle Back Room $
08.08.15 - Washington, DC - Rock And Roll Hotel $
09.11.15 - Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL - Riot Fest
$ featuring Spank Rock
* featuring Pictureplane
+ featuring Zeloopers
• Heems: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Heems/120154634742911
• Megaforce: http://megaforcerecords.com
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