Late last week I got word Action Bronson from Queens, NY was rocking a show right here in the river city. Thinking it would be cool to invite the man out to our HQ, I scribbled a message on a crumpled piece of paper, attached it to a carrier pigeon and launched my winged friend into the sunny Queensland sky in search of Bronsolini. The poor little dude must’ve lost his way in a cloud of smoke, as he hadn’t returned by yesterday morning and it was shaping up to be a pretty normal day making that work-ting happen.
After grabbing some delicious-but-questionable lunch, we were settling back into our afternoon when a note arrived back; “I’m with Bronson, we’re on our way.” Before long, a van rolled up and Bronson himself was blessing the door to our studio alongside Meyhem Lauren and his homies from SMART crew. After a quick tour of our warehouse and studio, the boys picked their colours, we grabbed kinda-cold beers from the fridge and bailed out for a fast-n-fun rap squirt to occur.
Perhaps predictably, this story ends with us rolling deep to the show, where we caught dope sets back-to-back from Meyhem and Bronson. They tore the roof off that place – the crowd was collateral damage and appreciating the shit outta it.
Big ups to the crew for stopping by. Nod to my buddy James Straker for sorting our tickets, and special thanks to Victor and Marc De Jesus for helping the homing pigeon find his way back.
Catch ‘Action Bronson Does Australia’ in Sydney 13 March, and Melbourne 15 March.
-Dymskov
Photography by Luke Shirlaw.
More info:
Action Bronson website
Meyhem Lauren website