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Tha Jist

Rank #24 Boston, MA Pop / Hip-Hop / R&B

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Members: Tha Jist, Dark Blue

Label: Feel Good Global

Manager: Feel Good Global

Bio: Kenya born; Uganda, Canada, and United States raised, Tha Jist pulls influences from around the world and is bringing it to the Boston music scene.

With friend, common collaborator, and producer, Dark Blue, along with hundreds of hours logged in the studio, Tha Jist pours himself into his music.... See Full Bio

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: RT @DarkBlueFGG: Production session W/ @thajist @Martypance and @_devonjames #recroom #fgg http://t.co/UEEVltLRp8

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“Economics and hip-hop often go hand in hand ("Mo Money Mo Problems," "C.R.E.A.M.," etc.), so why not have an actual economics student take on the rap game? Enter Boston-based MC Tha Jist. Known to his friends as Muyinza Kasirye, Tha Jist was an econ student at Northeastern University with plans to go to law school when he entered a recording studio on a lark with some high school friends. While there he rekindled a relationship with producer/engineer Gabriel Sarango, also known as Arkitech, and the two have been recording tracks together ever since. Tha Jist spits earnest, post-Kanye lyrics with nerdy references to 24 and Ripley's Believe It Or Not tucked between clever sexual come-ons and swagger-filled proclamations. Tha Jist weaves in and out of Arkitech's glossy, club-ready beats with a palpable sense of urgency, as if the songs might collapse at any second. ”

— Dan Jackson, College Music Journal

“There is a picture of Muyinza Kasirye in the family dining room with a poem by Mamie Gene Cole attached to it. His father, Alex Kasirye Musoke, then pastor of the Leamington United Church in Ontario, framed that picture above a poem and hung it in his office”

— Darren Sands, The Boston Globe

“Tha Jist, All Out, Big Sean and Mike Posner WOW the Brandeis Crowd! This past Tuesday night, with midterms in full swing and absolutely grotesque weather (thank you Massachusetts) over 400 Brandeis Students threw away their school-related worries and came out to Levin Ballroom for one of the most interesting set of performances we've seen in a long time. Tha Jist: Now this guy knows how to work a room. As the first performer of the night, it was up to Tha Jist to get us pumped! The young, talented rapper got on stage and started the night off right with his audience cheering after each original song! After the show I had the chance to briefly talk to him and ask how he likes it here at Brandeis: he was thrilled (also incredibly nice and easygoing). Check out his Facebook page here, become a fan and look him up on You Tube. Can't wait to see him at the top!! ”

— Abigail Katznelson, Her Campus

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Jun 15

Bartlett Yard
Boston, MA, US | 12:00pm
Bartlett Yard
Boston, MA, US
Sat Jun 15 12:00pm
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