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Manny Phesto

Manny Phesto
Birth nameManuel Levins Holden
BornMinneapolis, MN, U.S.
OriginMinneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
GenresHip Hop, Alternative Hip Hop, Underground Hip Hop
Occupation(s)Rapper, Songwriter, Performer
Years active2010 – present
Websitewww.MannyPhesto.com www.HiGHMiNDSTour.com

Manuel Levins Holden better known by his stage name Manny Phesto, is an American hip hop musician based in Minneapolis, MN.[1][2][3][4] [5][6][7][8][9][10][11]Pitchfork listed his music amongst the "Best MN Hip-Hop Releases of 2014".[12] City Pages named his debut album Southside Looking In one of "The Best Minnesota Rap Albums of 2014".[13] 89.3FM The Current awarded it their "Album of the Year" title[14]

Career[edit]

In 2010 Manny Phesto and a few friends began performing locally at demonstrations, benefit concerts,[15] and small shows at parties and venues such as Acadia Café,[16] and The Madusa.[17] 2011 saw Manny curating his own events at local Italian restaurant Italiani's[18] and playing other hip hop shows around town.[19]

In September of 2012, Manny Phesto co-founded a day long hip hop festival in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis[20] at which he released his Social Capital EP collaboration with Julian Fairbanks.[21] The festival, Hip Hop Harambee ran two consecutive years 2012, 2013 and featured local and national recording artists, dancers and DJs including: Big K.R.I.T., Talib Kweli, Devin The Dude, Shabazz Palaces, Gritty Committee (Greg Grease & Freez), Mike the Martyr, Axel Foley, Metasota and others.[22]

April of 2014 Manny released his Mike the Martyr produced Southside Looking In project online, followed by a release party in June.[23]

In May of 2015 Manny Phesto was featured on the bill of the 8th annual Soundset Music Festival[24] which was named the "Best Hip Hop Festival Around" by MTV" [25]. Manny was featured on Sway Calloway's Sway in the Morning show on Eminems's Shade 45 channel aired on Sirius FM.[26] In June, Manny Phesto toured four islands of Hawaii on The Intra Island Music Tour[27] He performed at the 26th annual Saturday in the Park[28] on July 4th in Sioux City, Iowa. Manny was named one of NoMute.MX's 11 recommendations for Festival Ajusco in Mexico City November 14th-15th[29] and is booked to perform at Summer Set Music and Camping Festivalin Sumorset, Wisconsin.[30] Manny Phesto is the co-founder of the HiGH MiNDS Tour which is touring the Midwestern United States with fellow Minnesota artists Baby Shel and The Rotation throughout July and August.[31]

Manny's upbringing in a working class family of artists and activists including Richard Levins, Rosario Morales, and Aurora Levins Morales has influenced recurring themes in his music.[32] He has worked with the Poor peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign as a Community organizer and was an official endorser of it's directors 2012 bid for Vice President on the Green Party ticket [33][34]

Discography[edit]

EPs

(2012) Social Capital EP [35]

Albums

(2014) Southside Looking In [36]

(2015) TBA

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tran, Kyle "New Local Music" MN Daily Planet
  2. ^ Fly, Tony "On The Fly" aired 4/18/2015 FOX TV
  3. ^ Thompson, Eric "Top 10 Must See Music Videos This Week" retrieved (8/4/15) City Pages
  4. ^ Tsac, Clara "Soundset 2015 at Canterbury Park" (5/25/15) |TC Daily Planet
  5. ^ Reviler (12/17/2015)Reviler.org
  6. ^ Star Tribune Minneapolis Star Tribune
  7. ^ Martinez, Penelope "#MannyforMinnesota" retrieved (8/4/15) Focus Magazine
  8. ^ Kimbeni, Roger, "Manny Phesto interview at Soundset" retrieved (8/4/2015) Mechanical Dummy & CJUM
  9. ^ Elhert, Derek "Manny Phesto for Minnesota: MC’s Launch into Politics" (10/4/2014) Breaks X Lakes
  10. ^ Rodriguez, Giovanni "Manny Phesto Interview" (7/31/14) All Pure Music
  11. ^ Lazerbeak, "Tuesdays with Lazerbeak" (10/4/2014) Doomtree.net
  12. ^ Pitchfork
  13. ^ City Pages
  14. ^ The Current "Critic's Picks Episode" (12/14/15) The Current
  15. ^ Fong Lee
  16. ^ Acadia
  17. ^ Vita.MN
  18. ^ Italiani's Flier
  19. ^ Permed Out Showcase
  20. ^ The Current
  21. ^ City Pages
  22. ^ City Pages
  23. ^ Honey MPLS
  24. ^ Complex
  25. ^ MTV
  26. ^ Sirius FM
  27. ^ Honolulu Magazine
  28. ^ | Sioux City Journal
  29. ^ NoMute.MX
  30. ^ Jambase
  31. ^ Wisconsin Public Radio
  32. ^ MN Daily
  33. ^ Stein, Jill. "Hip Hop and the Green Party: Jared Ball and Rosa Clemente were right". Jillstein.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  34. ^ Lippman, Daniel (July 11, 2012). "Green Party's Jill Stein Names VP Pick". Washington Wire (Wall Street Journal election blog). Retrieved July 11, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  35. ^ [1] City Pages]
  36. ^ [2] Bandcamp]

External links[edit]

Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Musicians from Minneapolis, Minnesota Category:Living people Category:American people of Puerto Rican descent Category:Rappers from Minneapolis, Minnesota Category:Hip hop activists Category:Rappers from Minnesota Category:American male rappers Category:Midwest hip hop musicians Category:Alternative hip hop musicians

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