The Big ‘O’ Homecoming Show & Dance is part of the third annual King of Soul Festival taking place September 6 and 7, 2024. Friday night includes An Evening of Respect featuring St. Paul and the Broken Bones at the Macon City Auditorium. The weekend of festivities continues Saturday at the Capitol Theatre. For more information about the King of Soul Festival, visit https://www.otisreddingfoundation.org/kos. This event supports the Otis Redding Center for the Arts.
Tickets are on sale now through SeeTickets.us or in person at The Rookery during business hours. Tickets are $20.
DJ N.A.B.S became a household name in Atlanta as one of the first DJ/radio personalities with his own branded radio show, In the Lab with DJ Nabs, which began in 1996 on Atlanta’s first all hip-hop radio station, Hot 97.5. In the same year, N.A.B.S turned his broadcast into a live show production, starting the first hip-hop night in midtown Atlanta, with legendary acts such as The Sugarhill Gang, Run DMC, Biz Markie, Kurtis Blow, Jay-Z, and Questlove performing on stage. The In the Lab with DJ Nabs brand became a trifecta in 1998, with the release of his first studio album of the same name on Columbia Records.
N.A.B.S was honored by The GRAMMY Music Museum in an exhibition, acknowledging his immense contribution to Atlanta’s music in association with So So Def Recordings. The certified hip-hop historian was a curator for the exhibition and sourced nearly 200 artifacts that were displayed.
The evolution of N.A.B.S as an artist, DJ, producer, and entrepreneur was revealed again in 2020, when he launched the multi-media company Em City™ World; consisting of subsidiaries Em City™ Recordings, Em TV Productions, and Em City™ Radio. Through Em City, N.A.B.S has produced and released music, an animated series, podcasts, and a twenty-four-hour online radio broadcast.
