{"id":377073,"date":"2026-08-21T01:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377073\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T01:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:16:14","slug":"tampa-beat-weekend-includes-a-set-from-lil-fancy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377073\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Beat Weekend includes a set from Lil&#8217; Fancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There aren\u2019t many more curators tuned into the local scene better than Hmtwn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This weekend, his Tampa Beat Weekend returns to <a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/location\/the-bricks-12508694\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/location\/the-bricks-12508694\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Bricks in Ybor City<\/a> for one-day-only where Jersey-born, Tampa-based emcee D.I.O. (\u201cCold Hearted\u201d) is on the bill alongside homegrown rappers Lil\u2019 Fancy and Reily Ilo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because this is Beatsnchill, there\u2019s a producer battle and after soundtracked by Say! from Orlando.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Db3igJVC-bz\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/tampa-beat-weekend-beat-battle-tickets-1997794260412\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">There\u2019s no cover to see D.I.O., Lil\u2019 Fancy, Reily Ilo, and Cory Preston at The Bricks in Ybor City on Saturday, Aug. 22.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787255891_45_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Youtube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa-newslettersignup-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/august-20-26-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 20 \u2013 26, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There aren\u2019t many more curators tuned into the local scene better than Hmtwn. 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