I Just Read About That…

[ATTENDED: December 3, 2025] Niontay

After seeing Tyler the Creator earlier this year, I thought my daughter might also enjoy seeing Earl Sweatshirt, his former partner in Odd Future.

After Cletus Strap, Niontay was up.  He came out in a huge puffer jacket and had excellent locs.  He is also a mumble rapper (he even has a song called mumbleman).  He too had a lot of people videoing him while walking around him on stage.

Pitchfork loved Niontay back in 2024:

His flow is all over the map: He can lay a stone-faced delivery over a hearty chipmunk-soul loop fit to soundtrack a downtown New York streetwear shop, or raise his pitch to Florida-fast-music levels–a relentless marathon of cold punchlines and flexes.

And that seemed right.  He had a lot more variety than Cletus, although overall the tone was similar.

At some point possibly during Cletus’ set, Earl Sweatshirt came up on stage too.  He stood behind the table with the DJ and may have done some DJ work too–it was hard to tell.  So by the middle of Niontay’s set there were nearly a dozen people on stage, mostly just hanging around while the person rapping took center stage.

After a couple of songs, he took off the puffer coat.

I enjoyed his set more than Cletus Strap  He had a but more energy and a bit more diversity in his music.  It could also have been that his mic was louder than Cletus’ because the words were somewhat easier to understand.

And it was as his set was wrapping up that I was so glad I had asked for the ADA seated section.  Because this was going to be some three hours of music that I didn’t love and I was glad I wasn’t standing the whole time.

As Niontay left, a very different energy bounced to the stage.  His name was ZeLooperz.