Sage the Gemini, SOB X RBE, Derek Pope
Recommended
This event is in the past
Thu., Jan. 19, 8 p.m. 2017
Hawthorne Theatre
Hawthorne District (Portland)
$17 - $20
I first heard Sage the Gemini’s song “Gas Pedal” at a high school dance in 2012, and again three years later at a beginner’s hip-hop dance class on my college campus. In both scenarios, Sage the Gemini’s hyphy Top 40 hit was the perfect soundtrack for desperately trying to transcend social discomfort through dropping it low. Context is key for the 24-year-old California rapper/producer, who may not be on the cutting edge of club hits, but knows how to make earworms worthy of ass shaking. This was proven by his performance of “Gas Pedal” on Late Show with David Letterman in 2014; in a later interview, Sage offered this droll explanation for the Letterman audience’s tepid reaction: “When you look out to the crowd, no offense, but it was just a whole bunch of white people.” EMMA BURKE