Five years after the live entertainment industry was shut down for safety reasons by the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry still has yet to recover. In many ways, it’s getting worse; For proof, look no further than the April announcement of Little Brother ‘s 12-stop Curtain Call Tour , which the North Carolina rap mainstays are calling their final tour.

Incidentally, this isn’t the group’s first “final” tour: They previously disbanded in 2010 due to internal tensions within the trio, traveling the country “one last time” before splitting up the original lineup consisting of 9th Wonder, Phonte Coleman, and Rapper Big Pooh. Ironically, it was my experience seeing the crew on that tour, at their stop at the now-defunct Key Club on Hollywood Blvd., that informs much of my motivation for t

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