12.5 Friday (Hip-Hop) Nectar & Solid Sound present: IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE with True II Form (Ra Scion x Gifted Youngstaz) Premium Smoke (Khingz x Mic Flont) and DJ Indica Jones 8pm, 21+ Nectar Lounge 412 N 36th St www.nectarlounge.com Immortal Technique is a Peruvian born, Harlem raised activist and rapper best known for his complex lyricism, unfeigned humanitarianism, and highly intellectual nature. While incarcerated in his youth, he picked up the pen to unknowingly pioneer a new generation of artists and listeners alike; during his parole in the late nineties, he took battle rap by storm and dominated the world of Underground Hip Hop by being one of the first rappers in a freshly post-9/11 world to amplify the dark history of the United States in an era where most of Hip Hop’s own were waving around the countries flag in support of the war. Instead, he turned it upside down and used his message to take Hip Hop back to its politically charged roots, and as always, highly criticized those in power in his first album, Revolutionary Vol. 1, which went on to become one of the most pirated independent projects to date.