{"id":342440,"date":"2026-07-16T18:18:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/342440\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T18:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:18:23","slug":"babatunde-brings-genre-clash-hiphopera-show-to-judsons-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/342440\/","title":{"rendered":"Babatunde brings genre-clash HipHopera show to Judson’s Live"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Babatunde\"Babatunde Akinboboye Credit: Courtesy<\/p>\n

Hip-hop and opera are two musical genres you may think can\u2019t be combined \u2014 but that\u2019s where Babatunde Akinboboye, Nigerian-American baritone and musical chemist, comes in. Babatunde\u2019s journey with HipHopera started in 2018 after a video of him performing a mashup of Kendrick Lamar\u2019s \u201cHumble\u201d and Rossini\u2019s \u201cLargo al factotum\u201d went viral, landing him on ABC7 Los Angeles and Time magazine.<\/p>\n

Since then, Babatunde has continued to perform his HipHopera show as well as starring in operas on stages all around the country. Babatunde\u2019s upcoming tour will be a showcase of his unique storytelling through the surprising synthesis of popular musics of the past and present.\u00a0<\/p>\n

5 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., Sunday, July 19, Judson\u2019s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave., drphillipscenter.org<\/a>, $52-$79.<\/p>\n

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