All 'Gassed' out at The RIOT Concert

............Featuring ?uestLove of the Roots

Was looking forward to this concert for weeks....

Now one of the Roots unplugged albums' is a soundtrack to my life. I simply adore the hiphop group who have influenced my life in many ways. In addition to one of my local girl having dated the man himself years ago, I was eager to see him perform as a DJ solo.


Invited by Nike SA, I really didnt mind paying to see the legend in action but welcomed the invite. The night started off slowly with some of my favourite performers, 340ml and Tumi rocking the crowd that was there. DJ Papercut played a killer set that had me jumping up and down like a teenager. The venue was filling up.

Kenzero took to the stage much to my delight after discovering People Party in the last few months when he took my top DJ in SA position. Love him.

Two tracks into his set, I start seeing people coughing and walking away. I only understood what was going on when the fumes hit me. It felt like tear gas. Suddenly the entire club is empty with people running in every direction trying to get out. At this time I am coughing uncontrollaby in the upstairs VIP area. I also leave the venue to get fresh air and hopefully make the most of the rest of the evening.

Twenty minutes later, ?uestlove is brought on stage to attract the people back in. He pulled everybody back in within minutes. Many people were still feeling sick.

I was one of them. My lungs were in agony in addition to my stomach cramping. After 15 minutes, I left the venue much to my disgust in the person to did it.

Having done events myself over the years, I understand the competition in the 'game' but this was just not necassary. Reminds me of the Smirnoff press conference in New York with Nas and Pharell Williams, about why international artists are so weary to come out to the continent. And there you have some idiot proving them right.

Anyway sabotage attempt or not, most of the people came back in, the promoter made his money and all went on as planned after the interruption. So to the silly party popper who did to it, GET A LIFE...

Long Live Kabomo and Kenzero...Long Live HIP HOP...Lets be one!