Some artists reinvent themselves. Many artists remain true to form. There’s a gilded echelon in the pantheon, however, for those artists who double down on one granular specialism, finding endless ways to make it new; next level.
Hip-hop legend Pusha T is one of those. As his name makes amply clear, the Virginia Beach artist raps – mostly – about drugs. A former dealer in his youth, whose erstwhile manager Anthony “Geezy” Gonzalez was sentenced to 32 years (he was released after serving eight and half) for running a $20m drug ring, Pusha T knows of what he speaks. Within a few lines of the first track of his electrifying set, the 46-year-old is staking his claim: “I’m cocaine’s Dr Seuss!” he seethes, slyly.
