Red Bull SoundClash Kicks off With Your Favorite Artists Going Head to Head in Four Cities Across America

Need a concert fix before the end of the year? Pop Culturalist is excited to share a new concert series with four events across America in December to close out the year!

Red Bull SoundClash returns to the U.S. for the first time in ten years. The four shows are in Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, and Nashville. Last night the clash kicked off in Atlanta with a sound battle between SHELLEY FKA DRAM and West Side Boogie.

For those wondering how Red Bull SoundClash works, it features two artists competing across two opposite stages, with the audience deciding the winner.

Each show will feature four rounds of artists going head to head in different musical styles performing songs and in genres they’ve never done before. The show also features special guests who remain a surprise for all the attendees.

Each event is hosted by a musical guest of their own from Paull Wall to Big Freedia, Noelle Scaggs from Fitz and The Tantrums and more.

Initially inspired by the competing sound systems of Kingston Jamaica in the 1950s. SoundClash started in The Netherlands in 2006. Since then the format has performed across the world in over 33 different countries with nearly 100 clashes held. Artists like Erykah Badu, Snoop Dogg and Ludacris have been past clashers, but this year eight different artists are taking the stage across America.

This year’s lineup is:

Atlanta November 30: SHELLEY FKA DRAM and Westside Boogie
Houston December 2: Tank and The Bangas and The Suffers
Nashville December 9: Bren Joy and Jake Wesley Rogers
Chicago December 15: Rico Nasty and Danny Brown

The artists’ genres range from hip-hop to soul to R&B and pop, giving everyone a chance to find an artist to love. Bands and artists musically duke it out with the recipient of the biggest crowd reaction (captured on a decibel meter) to be crowned.

More information about SoundClash can be found: HERE.

Find full event descriptions below:

Atlanta // November 30: A Love Renaissance Special: SHELLEY FKA DRAM vs Westside Boogie

Red Bull SoundClash teams up with Atlanta-based independent record label, management and multi-media company, Love Renaissance (LVRN), for one special night at The Eastern. In celebration of the Love Renaissance collective, R&B singer-songwriter SHELLEY FKA DRAM and Compton-born Westside Boogie will face off in a live, head-to-head clash for the ages.

Houston // December 2: The Suffers vs Tank and The Bangas

Red Bull SoundClash joins forces with The Suffers vs Tank and the Bangas to celebrate the art, culture and musical genres of both headliners while showcasing their abilities in a ‘Queens of Gulf Coast Soul’ themed four-round face-off, featuring co-hosts Paul Wall and Big Freedia, special guests, and other familiar faces from the Texas and Louisiana music scenes.

Nashville // December 9: Bren Joy vs Jake Wesley Rogers
Red Bull SoundClash comes to a Nashville audience on Thursday, December 9 with a heavyweight lineup that will feature Bren Joy vs. Jake Wesley Rogers clashing in a live experience unlike any other.

In a special evening that celebrates each artist’s unique and exciting take on R&B and pop, this friendly clash will bring the heat with both artists delivering the best of their signature stylings across two stages all inside Nashville’s Marathon Music Works where ultimately, the audience will decide the winner.

Chicago // December 15: Rico Nasty vs Danny Brown

The 2021 Red Bull SoundClash US series run culminates with two distinct and unparalleled hip- hop talents, both of which will descend on Radius for what might just be a show for the record books. D.C.’s lauded hyper-pop rapper Rico Nasty will clash with Detroit’s acclaimed “Hood Hipster” Danny Brown. These two artists are sure to create an indescribable energy.