Fat Tony

Somewhere between DJ Screw and Bad Brains, De La Soul and Scritti Politti sits Houston’s native son, Fat Tony. For the last decade, Anthony Lawson Jude Ifeanyichukwu Obiawunaotu has been everywhere: from star-making turns on the first A$AP Rocky mixtape to hosting shows on Viceland and Super Deluxe, to co-founding a DIY culture magazine to playing every worthwhile rap party in America and burning the stage down every single time. A singular and experimentally-minded rap artist adept at both traditional regional styles and indie pop, hardcore thrash, and melodic candy-painted bangers. He is punk in the platonic sense of the word: experimental and subversive, but also funny, whimsical, and virtuosic.

Over the course of more than a half-dozen LPs, and countless other short-form gems and collaborations with everyone from Das Racist to Bun B, Fat Tony has reimagined and blurred the boundaries of hip-hop. There’s a spirit of creative restlessness and intelligence that runs through his deep discography. He is a national treasure, ask around and you'll realize that everyone in their right mind likes Fat Tony. He is the Whataburger of rappers: if you know you know.

This fall, Fat Tony releases Exotica on Carpark Records. It heralds his most visionary work yet, an ode to the art of storytelling through music. A rich and compact iteration of rap short fiction that firmly establishes him as his own one-man genre, the preeminent post-modern griot shooting game.

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(2022 & 2023 seasons)
Houston
TX
300
2023
Columbus
OH
300
2022
Madison Theater (Live)
Madison Theater (Live)
Covington
KY
315
2022
Zanzabar
Zanzabar
Louisville
KY
375
2022
Wave
Wave
Wichita
KS
500
2022
Bottleneck
The Bottleneck
Lawrence
KS
350
2022
Gas Lamp
Gas Lamp
Des Moines
IA
200
2022
Your Mom's House
Your Mom's House
Denver
CO
300
2022
Cobra Lounge
Cobra Lounge
Chicago
IL
300
2022
Hotel Congress (Club)
Hotel Congress (Club)
Tucson
AZ
325
2022
Eli's Mile High Club
Eli's Mile High Club
Oakland
CA
300
2022
Resident
Resident
Los Angeles
CA
210
2022
Crybaby
Crybaby
Oakland
CA
400
2022
Last Exit Live
Last Exit Live
Phoenix
AZ
200
2022
Hotel Congress (Club)
Hotel Congress (Club)
Tucson
AZ
325
2022
Empire (Control Room)
Empire (Control Room)
Austin
TX
350
2022