Following his drunken defense of known culture vulture Yes Julz, I wasn't sure what the crowd for Canadian R&B singer Daniel Caesar would be like, and to be honest I didn't really care. I was too focused on being excited about seeing the opener, 19-year-old Jamaican reggae singer Koffee, whose debut EP Rapture I've been obsessed with as of late.

As I entered the Roseland Theater on Tuesday, the first of two sold-out Daniel Caesar shows this week, I immediately noticed that this Daniel Caesar/Koffee crowd was quite diverse—a quality not typical of Portland concerts, and a very pleasant surprise. Koffee started right at 8 pm. Her 30-minute set had a very unplugged vibe: just drums, some acoustic guitar, and a hypewoman. She was dressed very casually, which only adds to her down-to-earth, humble attitude.

While I was initially looking forward to hearing her songs with a fleshed out live band, Koffee still killed it; I'm grateful I got to hear the impressive young singer perform in such a raw state. As she finished singing the end of her single "Toast," the crowd went nuts, and Koffee looked overwhelmed and moved by all the support, and then booked it off stage. I knew two things for certain: 1) Koffee is a prodigy and 2) I needed an oversized long-sleeve T-shirt with her name on it.

To be honest, I considered leaving the show after Koffee's set because there was a 40-minute gap in between sets and I wanted to re-up on weed. Sigh. But once Caesar brought out his electric guitar, I was sold on staying. His set was way more impressive than I was prepared for, and his euphoric fans could barely contain themselves.

In addition to severely enjoying his live renditions of songs like "Violet," and his Grammy-winning H.E.R. collaboration "Best Part" (perhaps the climax of the evening), Daniel Caesar's show was visually stimulating as well. There were lighting effects that added drama, and some large video projections. During the song "Get You," a video of Uchis (the song's featured artist) was cast.

The night reaffirmed something I already knew: Daniel Caesar has a really great voice, and he sounds really good live—that is, when the crowd isn't singing his songs for him. At the first instance of fans scream-singing is when I realized that Daniel Caesar was never in any real danger of getting "cancelled" by the culture. (For one thing, you really can't cancel people in real life. People don't just burst into flames and cease to exist the moment woke Twitter deems a person is "trash.") With a voice like that AND guitar skills? It's gonna take more than just a couple poorly worded, bad opinions to derail Daniel Caesar's career.