Minneapolis-bred artist PROF is mid-tour and simply made a cease with Yelawolf and new Slumerican signee Cowboy Killer on Friday (July 12) at Denver’s Mission Ballroom, the place he placed on what he believes was considered one of his “prime 5 exhibits of all time.” Mere hours earlier than, he dropped one other new single known as “Ache Salesmen” that includes rapper/producer Ren.
“I’m simply grinding like I’m instructed,” PROF sings. “I’m simply attempting to promote my soul/It goes on and on it goes/It goes on and on it goes/We been preventing, operating for a while now/Ought to we kill any person? It’s time to seek out out.” From there, he seems to confront his personal psychological well being.
“Yeah, I’ve been a nicely behaved artist,” he continues. “I’ve been promoting my soul/I’ve been prostituting my losses/Been rocking that roll/I’ve been cranking that soldier boy/Boy, I’m hitting that highway/It’s been laborious to seek out completely happy/I’m clinging, I’m hitting that observe/I been all out of desires, you may’t say I didn’t strive/Pains assured, do you need to harm by my aspect?”
PROF’s versatility as an artist continues to astound each day-one and new followers. His singing prowess mixed along with his stage presence and innate rhyming abilities make him bona fide triple risk. In a current interview with AllHipHop, he opened up about his break up from his former label, Rhymesayers Leisure, and the way he was nearly the sufferer of cancel tradition as a consequence of a string of outdated tweets deemed “offensive.”
“My neighborhood had burned down,” he stated in Might. “We have been going by loads. My home was proper subsequent to the precinct that bought pulled into all that George Floyd s### in 2020. I lived proper there, so my yard crammed with ash. I needed to depart my home in the midst of the night time as a result of we thought it was going to start out on hearth. So all these protests I’m concerned with individuals in all places and there was a Blackhawk helicopter above my home for 4 months straight and it ain’t no regular helicopter—it shakes every little thing.
“In the meantime, I’m doing work, enthusiastic about what it’s to be a white man, born and raised in Minneapolis. What are my Black associates doing? How are they, have I made any errors in my life? I’m analyzing my race, accountability for who I’m as a white man and the place I used to be born and I’m simply going by loads of s###, not sleeping. After which growth, simply weeks later, I’m getting canceled. I had such a tough time getting press, however after I was getting canceled, that s### was throughout.”
Now on the opposite aspect, PROF’s profession is prospering. His legion of followers nonetheless present up in droves to assist him and Powderhorn Suites, his first album on his Stophouse Music Group label post-controversy, landed on the Billboard chart. Take heed to “Ache Salesmen” above and discover his tour itinerary beneath.
July 14
The Astro
La Vista, NE
July 16
UP District Competition Area
Fargo, ND
July 18
Val Air Ballroom
Des Moines, IA
July 19
4 Winds Competition
Sioux Falls, SD
July 20
The Fillmore
Minneapolis, MN
Sept 27
The Elm
Bozeman, MT
Sept 29
Showbox SoDo
Seattle, WA
Sept 30
Knitting Manufacturing unit
Spokane, WA
Oct 1
Roseland Theater
Portland, OR
Oct 2
McDonald Theatre
Eugene, OR
Oct 4
Virginia Avenue Brewhouse
Reno, NV
Oct 5
Knitting Manufacturing unit
Boise, ID
Oct 7
Ace of Spades
Sacramento, CA
Oct 8
The UC Theatre
Berkley, CA
Oct 9
The Observatory
Santa Ana, CA
Oct 11
Music Field
San Diego, CA
Oct 12
Marquee Theatre
Tempe, AZ
Oct 13
El Rey Theater
Albuquerque, NM
Oct 15
Studio on the Manufacturing unit
Dallas, TX
Oct 16
Emo’s
Austin, TX
Oct 19
The Sylvee
Madison, WI
Oct 20
Delmar Corridor
St. Louis, MO
