Shrapknel with sleepingdogs, ialive and Grief Club

Friday, November 21, 2025 | Doors: 8PM | Show: 8:30PM

Shrapknel fresh off the heels of the triple steel beam collection touch down in Philly for a family affair. sleepingdogs, ialive and Grief Club in tow.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

ShrapKnel, which is made up of Pennsylvania-born, Brooklyn-based PremRock and Brooklyn-born, Philly-based Curly Castro, is a subgroup of the Wrecking Crew, a Philadelphia collective started in 2010 by rapper-producer Zilla Rocca. That connection sizzles in every ShrapKnel song; they seem telepathically connected, able to anticipate and augment each other’s ideas. Vocally, they couldn’t sound more different: Prem has a smoky, whiskey-soaked voice that gives his literary and philosophical beat poetry a world-weary heft. Castro, meanwhile, snarls through every verse, weaving sports references, rap homages, and Black radical tradition into precise rhythmic volleys that recall dancehall and reggae. There’s a distinct push and pull, an interplay of fluid and staccato, a heady meeting of fire and ice.

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