Taking off his jacket, Lil Dicky then reveals an All Black shirt – understandably and rather predictably the crowd goes nuts. Which in many ways is refreshing, there are no pretences here, he is who he is.Ī little banter about how it’s his first time in NZ (cue huge cheers from crowd again) is quickly followed up with a trip back in time to his 2013 Mixtape So Hard his ‘day one’ fans getting the opportunity to prove their worth as they rap all the words to ‘How Can I Become a Bawlaa’. Dressed in a simple tracksuit jacket and brown pants, he looks exactly as you would expect a Jewish white rapper from just outside of Philly to look.
#LIL DICKY PROFESSIONAL RAPPER TOUR PROFESSIONAL#
Kicking it off with the title track off his album Professional Rapper – which has to be noted is quite brilliant in a character driven, parody kinda way – and Lil Dicky has the crowd eating out of his hand. Sure it starts out like most other hip-hop shows, screaming fans, a scattering of lights and Lil Dicky on stage with his hype man GaTa by his side. His live show does little to answer this question. And yet the question remains – is Lil Dicky a serious rapper? Is he a comedian who raps? Or a rapper who at times just happens to be comedic? A mixtape soon followed and then the aforementioned debut album – containing material from a number of hip-hop heavyweights such as Snoop Dogg and Rich Homie Quan. Making the transition from a white collar lifestyle to that of a touring rapper came easily to Lil Dicky thanks to the wonders of social media and a music video by the name of ‘Ex–Boyfriend’ which went viral with over a million views in 24 hours. Not bad for a thirty year old former advertising executive who graduated University with a 3.03 GPA. This is proved tonight by a venue heaving with fans, Lil Dicky’s show proving so popular on announcement that it had to be upgraded to the larger Logan Campbell Centre to accommodate the demand. One thing that neither party can argue though – the guy is hella popular right now.
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No, the conundrum with Lil Dicky is trying to work out if this guy is so beyond brilliant as to be working on a completely higher plane or if he truly is just a giant douchebag.Ĭritics and reviewers alike tend to sit firmly in two camps those that tout his 2015 debut album Professional Rapper as an absolute ‘game-changer’ and those who would rather have pins inserted in their ear drums then have to listen to it again.
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It’s not even the fact that he’s a Jewish White Rapper. It’s not the fact that he is a white rapper there have certainly been others before him, some successful, some … not so successful. Photography by Matt Henry Mendonca.ĭavid Burd, or as the majority of his fans would know him – Lil Dicky – is a conundrum. Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland, New Zealand.