{"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":"2026-06-17T13:04:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:04:38","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"},"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>\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 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_GH35tKPQTY\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex justify-between py-6 px-4 sm:px-8 mx-auto text-xs uppercase mt-24\">\n<div class=\"fixed bottom-2 right-0 flex w-full items-center justify-between px-4\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-2\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"inline-flex self-start items-center bg-[#1b1b1b] text-white border border-white-13 rounded py-2 px-4 uppercase text-sm h-10 gap-4 shadow max-w-[200px] overflow-hidden whitespace-nowrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nappy Nina doesn&#8217;t fit neatly into boxes\u2014and that&#8217;s exactly the point. 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