Random Abiladeze

Random won the 2008 Battle of The Bay Poetry Slam at Stanford University, he was voted Youth Speaks Male Poet of the Month for October 2007, he has won several rap competitions on radio stations 102.5 (KSFM) and 103.5 (KBMB), and he is a two-time champion of the Got Spit! Poetry Slam, hosted by the Sacramento chapter of Hip Hop Congress.

Random has shared the stage with many great poets and performers, including Nas, Tech N9Ne, Mistah F.A.B., Pigeon John, Little Brother, Planet Asia, Taalam Acey, Butterscotch, Luckyiam and Amir Sulaiman.

Random’s 2008 album, Brutally Honest, was recently well-reviewed in The California Aggie and The Sacramento News and Review, which opined that “Brutally Honest is a sonically complete album with a message that’s serious, playful and totally aware of its surroundings. Random Abiladeze has just taken Sacramento hip-hop to the next plateau.”

Random Abiladeze performed on May 21st, 2008  and on April 15th, 2009.