{"id":3987,"date":"2026-06-17T13:04:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theoldhairdressers.com\/?post_type=events-&#038;p=3987"},"modified":"2026-08-13T16:32:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:32:59","slug":"nappy-nina-x-swarvy","status":"publish","type":"events-","link":"http:\/\/www.theoldhairdressers.com\/?events=nappy-nina-x-swarvy","title":{"rendered":"NAPPY NINA x SWARVY, support from lad\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"min-h-screen bg-[#131313]\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto w-full sm:w-11\/12 text-white\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto mb-20 w-11\/12\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"pt-8 min-h-[300px]\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"space-y-12\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"w-full sm:w-3\/4 mx-auto prose prose-invert prose-xl\">\n<div class=\"text-white text-lg sm:text-xl leading-relaxed\">\n<p>Nappy Nina doesn&#8217;t fit neatly into boxes\u2014and that&#8217;s exactly the point. With precision and a conversational flow that sounds like talking to your most perceptive friend, she&#8217;s built a career dismantling expectations of what rap can be and who gets to define it.<\/p>\n<p>Raised in Oakland\u2014daughter of jazz radio host Greg Bridges, granddaughter of jazz legend Oliver Johnson\u2014Nina&#8217;s musical lineage runs deep. Shaped by the Bay Area&#8217;s poetry and hip-hop scenes, she left home and moved to Brooklyn in 2012 with $500 and a goal: to become one of the few Oakland rappers to break internationally. She co-founded indie label Lucid Haus and quickly became a vital voice in Brooklyn&#8217;s avant-garde Black music community. Her 2019 debut album <em>The Tree Act<\/em> earned praise from Okayplayer, Bandcamp, and Pitchfork, establishing her as a lyricist with range and bite.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Nina has released a prolific run of work: <em>30 Bag<\/em>, <em>Double Down<\/em>, <em>Dumb Doubt<\/em>, <em>Mourning Due<\/em>, and most recently <em>Nothing Is My Favorite Thing<\/em> with producer Swarvy, which she toured across Europe this year. Her collaborations read like a who&#8217;s who of forward-thinking music: Ambrose Akinmusire, Quelle Chris, Yaeji, Pink Siifu, Son Lux, Moor Mother, Anna Wise, and Lucid Haus labelmate Stas Thee Boss (formerly of THEESatisfaction).<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=1674912329\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nappynina.bandcamp.com\/track\/hear-know\">Hear Know by Nappy Nina<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What sets Nina apart is her refusal to soften the edges. She raps about financial insecurity, grief, queerness, gentrification, and the knotty parts of being alive with a writer&#8217;s eye for detail and a poet&#8217;s instinct for emotion. Her music lives at the intersection of jazz, poetry, and experimental hip-hop\u2014intimate, politically aware, and uncompromising. Whether over boom-bap, electronic beats, or jazz-inflected production, her voice remains unmistakable: vulnerable, incisive, deeply human.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"text-xl uppercase mb-6 text-center\"><\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-2 gap-6\">\n<div class=\"relative w-full\">\n<div class=\"aspect-video\"><iframe class=\"w-full h-full border border-white-13\" title=\"Nappy Nina - Live Performance\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eAhCTHeL98o\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/lademusic4.bandcamp.com\/album\/yerba-mate\">lad\u00e9 <\/a>is a Scottish Nigerian producer and DJ whose work blends internet culture, their own cultural heritage and experimental sampling across genres. From ambient music to footwork to experimental hiphop, lad\u00e9 incorporates different sonic and visual influences in their work. 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