First-time spitters, veteran MCs and local singers are coming together to put a rhyme night in the limelight.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Southeast Rap Inferno is bringing together about a dozen performers from Juneau and Hoonah for a night focused on rap and hip-hop that will be different from the rock and folk shows that are more common in the capital city.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“So many people are coming out of the woodwork,” said Lance Mitchell of Alaska Local Music Radio<\/a>, who is organizing the show and will also perform. “I think that Juneau is going to be a music hub in the next few years in various music disciplines. I think it’s just a matter of time. There’s going to be an explosion here, people are going to be coming here. There’s just so much talent.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t While that might be in Juneau’s future, rappers said it’s not exactly Juneau’s present, and they’re pretty happy to get a chance to perform the music they love.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t “I’m from New Orleans, and I moved up here about 13 years ago,” said veteran perform LaTroy Burras, 40, in an interview with the Capital City Weekly. “I think down there I had two or three shows a week. Up here it’s, ‘Oh, I think I can put something together every eight months.’”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t “Any time you can get together and display your craft, it’s a beautiful thing,” he added.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t