A good crowd came out to Studio 54 on a Wednesday night, Sept. 25 to remember beloved friend and concert promoter James DJ Booda Nishima and hear Madchild of the Swollen Members.
Most of the local rap and hip hop crowd showed up to represent their love and perform. One duo performed a song they wrote for Booda.
Wildcard, who performed just before Madchild, noted he had never met Booda but hoped when he passed as many people would come out to represent him as well as they did for Booda.
He performed a variety of songs about everything from haters to bad relationships.
Madchild didn’t take the stage until almost 1 a.m. and observed the room wasn’t as full as it usually is for his shows.
He tore through a set, stalking the stage as he rapped a variety of solo and Swollen Members songs.
“Dickhead,” from his last album ‘Dope Sick’ was a stand out which had the audience shouting along.
There were also a lot of songs from his latest Cd ‘Lawnmower Man.’
He demanded a moment of silence for Booda midway through his set and most of the rambunctious crowd listened, even hushing their more oblivious friends.