Four rap acts join forces for Tulsa Take Over event

Queen's king
By MATT ELLIOTT World Scene Writer
2/23/2007

Four rap acts join forces for Tulsa Take Over event

This weekend boasts a night's worth of rap bombast at the Hive, featuring a couple of DJs and performances by four local rappers.

Cash, Queen's Son, Penny Lac and Road Runna will perform and attendees will be treated to free mixtape giveaways at the 18 and over show, which kicks off Friday and will continue to play throughout the night, until 4 a.m.

Philadelphia-based DJ Dyme will spin discs along with DJ Bianca.

Road Runna, whose real name, (according to his Myspace page) is Daryl Johnson, uses his raps to focus on the street life and his experiences in prison, his Web site states.

Queen's Son, Quentin Eaton, spends his days as an assistant basketball coach at Central High School, he said, but meanwhile he's trying to break out his rap career. He took his rap name from his mother, who is named Queen, he said.

"(I'm) just trying to make this money and support my family and bring it back, put Tulsa on the map," said Eaton, who as a kid played drums with Wayman Tisdale.

Tulsa rap is "too gangsta," he said, while he prefers more socially conscious rappers such as Nas or Common and Talib Kweli.

Eaton uses personal experiences to show the gangbangers the errors of their ways, he said.

"I can do popular music but I consider myself to be more of a conscious-type rapper," he said. "I just like to make hot music."

He's got a single out called "I'm Fresh," a club-rap song with a big beat urging the ladies to get out on the dance floor.

He plans on releasing an EP soon before he heads to Atlanta to try to make it big. He wants to meet up with a cousin who is on the cusp of stardom in the city and bring some money back to help his family, he said.

"We're just basically focusing on trying to take over the game, slowly but surely. I think it's going to come pretty soon."

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TULSA TAKE OVER

Featuring:
Queen's Son, Penny Lac, Cash and Road Runna

When:
10 p.m., Friday, with DJs Bianca and Dyme

Where:
Hive, 216 N. Elgin Ave.

Admission:
$10