{"id":50210,"date":"2025-11-12T22:18:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/50210\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T22:18:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:18:16","slug":"what-to-expect-when-little-simz-hits-the-stage-in-oakland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/50210\/","title":{"rendered":"What to expect when Little Simz hits the stage in Oakland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DATEBOOK PICK<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Little Simz may just be the future of rap music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The British musician, whose real name is Simbiatu &#8220;Simbi&#8221; Abisola Abiola Ajikawo, effortlessly weaves elements of Afrobeats, hip-hop and neo soul into her\u00a0soundscapes, redefining what it means to be a rapper. Praised for her unique sense of style, both musically and aesthetically, the artist has been widely recognized for her raw storytelling capabilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She rose to prominence as an independent artist in the 2010s, and her critically acclaimed 2019 project &#8220;Grey Area&#8221; was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize, the annual music award given to the best album released in the United Kingdom or Ireland. In 2022, her &#8220;Sometimes I Might Be Introvert&#8221; clinched the prize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Now, on the heels of her sixth studio album, &#8220;Lotus,&#8221; the experimental rapper is back on the road, scheduled to perform at Oakland&#8217;s Fox Theater on Monday, Nov. 17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More Information<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Little Simz: 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17. Tickets start at $56. Fox Theater, 1807 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. 510-302-2250.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefoxoakland.com\/events\/little-simz-251117\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:www.thefoxoakland.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">www.thefoxoakland.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally published at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/entertainment\/article\/little-simz-fox-theater-oakland-21139118.php?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=yahoo_syndication\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:What to expect when Little Simz hits the stage in Oakland;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">What to expect when Little Simz hits the stage in Oakland<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DATEBOOK PICK Little Simz may just be the future of rap music. The British musician, whose real name&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[32413,6554,32412,143,145,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-50210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-abisola-abiola-ajikawo","9":"tag-fox-theater","10":"tag-little-simz","11":"tag-oakland","12":"tag-oakland-headlines","13":"tag-oakland-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}