{"id":23049,"date":"2019-02-13T13:44:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T19:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/?p=23049"},"modified":"2019-02-13T13:44:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T19:44:52","slug":"hyro-the-hero-playing-rocklahoma-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/hyro-the-hero-playing-rocklahoma-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyro The Hero Playing Rocklahoma 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHYRO THE HERO
\nListen HERE<\/a>
\nIn any cultural movement there are leaders and there are followers. But most
\nimportantly, there are those uniquely innovative provocateurs that take the
\nfamiliar, turn it upside down, and burn it with new creative fire.
\nLike a b-boy mad scientist smashing the windows of the mainstream with a
\nMolotov cocktail of passion and inspiration, Hyro The Hero takes the fusion of rap
\nand rock and resurrects it. His combustible concoction is one part The Clash, one
\npart Bad Brains, and several doses of reverence for hip-hop relevance. It\u2019s the
\nmost punk rock rap and the most hip-hop punk.
\nThe mash-up of rock and rap was pioneered by groups like Run DMC and the
\nBeastie Boys, then fashioned into groundbreaking socio-political firebombs by
\nRage Against The Machine, before it was co-opted, watered down, and worn out
\nby a slew of no-talent copycats with nothing to say.
\nHyro was embraced early on by Deftones, Wu-Tang Clan, and the Vans Warped
\nTour alike, earning accolades in tastemaker publications like Kerrang! and airplay
\non BBC Radio 1, becoming the first artist to ever play three stages at Download
\nFestival UK in the same year, and inspiring a new generation of heavy music
\nenthusiasts and hip-hop heads in equal measure.
\nOn brand new tracks like \u201cBullet,\u201d \u201cWe Ain\u2019t Afraid,\u201d \u201cNever Back Down,\u201d and
\n\u201cDevil in Disguise,\u201d from the long-awaited full-length follow-up to his 2011 debut
\nalbum, Hyro puts forth his true lyrical credibility and hip-hop urgency on top of
\naggressive, uplifting, and powerfully driven punk n\u2019 roll.
\nHyro hails from the same Southern stomping grounds as legends, instantly
\nidentifiable rhyme slingers, and modern trailblazers like Paul Wall, Lacrae and
\nstreetwise icon Scarface. He earned his stripes on the streets of Houston,
\ndropping his first mixtape on Christmas Eve 2007 before heading to California on
\na quest to realize his artistic ambitions to the fullest extent.
\nHis Gangsta Rock, Rock & Roll Gangsta, and Belo Horizonte mixtapes paved the
\nway for what would be a barnstorming debut album that shook the world through
\nsocial media transmissions, evocative live performances, and a mountain of praise
\nfrom outlets like Rock Sound, AltPress, Metal Hammer, and Kerrang!, who<\/p>\n

nominated him as Best International Newcomer. Birth, School, Work, Death was
\nproduced by n\u00fc-metal co-creator Ross Robinson (Slipknot, Korn, Glassjaw), with
\ninstrumental contributions from members of frequent Robinson collaborators At
\nThe Drive-In and The Blood Brothers.
\nKerrang! hailed Hyro as a \u201cHouston-born hip-hop prodigy\u201d who \u201cmixes intelligent
\nrhymes with a blistering rock soundtrack.\u201d Revolver hyped the sophistication of
\nHyro\u2019s hip-hop side while likening some of the album\u2019s moments to the best of
\nEminem, Rage Against The Machine, and Deftones.
\nHyro supported the album with relentless tours and shows with Deftones,
\nHollywood Undead, All That Remains, 3OH!3, Wu-Tang Clan, Soundwave Festival
\n(Australia), Summer Sonic Festival (Japan), Download (UK), and the Vans Warped
\nTour.
\nThe years since his first album and his brand new follow-up, his first since signing
\nwith Sony Music, were filled with experimentation, renewed focus, and multiple
\ncollaborations with rock guitarists, producers, and friends, fine-tuning and
\nstreamlining his strongest assets for a new album worthy of the hype of Birth,
\nSchool, Work, Death and poised to upset the applecart once again. Hyro has no
\nlove for the lifeless safety of much of modern rap and rock. He\u2019s insistent that the
\nworld\u2019s music fans simply deserve better.
\nHis lyrical missives target the vacuous materialism of the rap world\u2019s biggest
\npretenders with precision wordplay and heady flows, cutting through the tired
\nnarcissism of many hit makers with a celebration of the brash confidence that
\nmakes hip-hop so vibrant. Hyro conjures the blood, sweat, and tears of classic
\npunk together with the ambition of arena rock.
\nThose who underestimate the power of Hyro The Hero do so at their peril.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HYRO THE HERO Listen HERE In any cultural movement there are leaders and there are followers. But most importantly, there are those uniquely innovative provocateurs that take the familiar, turn it upside down, and burn it with new creative fire. Like a b-boy mad scientist smashing the windows of the mainstream with a Molotov cocktail […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rock"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23051,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23049\/revisions\/23051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}