Tonight: Come Celebrate Hip Hop and the Blues!

Join us tonight from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. for a rousing evening of performances from acclaimed rappers Raw Poetic and Damu and D.C.’s “Queen of the Blues,” Carly Harvey, at the Ernst Center Theater on Annandale’s Campus.

Raw Poetic (Jason Moore) was born in Philadelphia and settled in the D.C. metro area. He has partnered with his close friend, Damu the Fudgemunk (Earl Davis), an American hip-hop producer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ and rapper. Recently and notably, the two recorded and released a celebrated, improvised album titled Ocean Bridges with celebrated jazz musician Archie Shepp.

Based out of Washington, D.C., WAMMIE award-winning blues musician Carly Harvey is a two-time D.C. Blues Society Battle of the Bands Winner and was proclaimed D.C.’s Queen of the Blues by WPFW Radio. Her band, Kiss & Ride, has represented Washington, D.C. in the International Blues Challenge. In 2021, Carly was nominated seven times and won the WAMMIE award for Best Blues Artist/Band.

​This event is presented by the Office of DEI and the Annandale Campus, through a grant from the Micron Foundation. For more information, or if you need accommodations to attend, please contact the Office of DEI. This event is open to all NOVA faculty, staff and students, as well as the general public, but registration is recommended to receive any last-minute updates.

Submitted by:
Ed Aymar, DEI-Communications Coord., EAymar@nvcc.edu