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This weekend, his Tampa Beat Weekend returns to The Bricks in Ybor City for one-day-only where Jersey-born, Tampa-based emcee D.I.O. (“Cold Hearted”) is on the bill alongside homegrown rappers Lil’ Fancy and Reily Ilo.
Because this is Beatsnchill, there’s a producer battle and after soundtracked by Say! from Orlando.
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