Joshua “(J) Rowdy” Rowsey is an underground recording artist, actor, improviser, and writer featured on NPR,
DJ Booth, and Indy Week. Rowdy is a founding member of the hip hop collective No9to5 Music. He initiated the UNC-Chapel Hill Cypher, which unofficially broke a Guinness World Record for longest group freestyle and was nominated for an Indy Week award. He has shared the stage with Rakim, Busta Rhymes, Murs, Snow Tha Product, Asher Roth, and other national recording artists.
The NightShift is a live hip hop group that formed in Chapel Hill in early 2015. The two permanent members, Atticus Reynolds and Kevin Beardsley, collaborate with other local instrumentalists as the backing band to No9to5 Music as well as (J) Rowdy & the NightShift. Their music is available on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Spotify.
This event is free and open to the public. Our friends from Local Yogurt will be here for the show, so bring your ice cream money and stay for a while!