ABOUT GANGSTAGRASS
Gangstagrass is here to help us party together with an irresistible blend of America's rural and urban music traditions. Forget everything you thought you knew about our cultural divisions: when Gangstagrass starts playing, those preconceptions are relegated to the dustbin of history. Banjo and fiddle seamlessly meet verbal acrobatics from skilled MCs. High lonesome harmonies flow over block-rockin’ beats.
Initially known for the Emmy-nominated theme song to the hit FX Network show “Justified”, the band has become a formidable force in live performance, touring extensively in the US, Canada, and Europe. Their 2020 album "No Time For Enemies" reached #1 on the Billboard Bluegrass charts, the first time ever that MCs occupied that top spot.
More recently, between an appearance on national television that made everyone's highlights list, and a glowing New York Times op-ed titled “This Is The Music America Needs,” the band is geared up to get us dancing on common ground for their national and international tours and their upcoming full length album.
All press inquiries to: gangstagrasstour@gmail.com
“Gangstagrass fuses string instruments with hip-hop artists, resulting in arguably the best argument yet for a rap and country music marriage” Rolling Stone
“This is the recipe America has been looking for” - Howie Mandell
“Gangstagrass may blend bars and banjos, but their music also feels a little rock n’ roll, a little rebellious” Vice
“Rench and his friends have done nothing short of creating a new form of music. Gangstagrass takes two types of music that are opposites and mixes them together brilliantly in a way that is natural and enjoyable.” Elmore Leonard
“Gangstagrass meld authentic bluegrass with rap and hip-hop. It's a concept that may look jarring on paper but the band does it so effectively that it's a much easier idea to sell once music fans see or hear them.” Forbes
“Gangstagrass is Good 'Ole Southern Hick Hop” - Noisey
“Gangstagrass’ blending of bluegrass and hip-hop textures may sound revolutionary in times as polarized as these, but it’s also downright necessary.” No Depression
“This is the music America Needs” New York Times
“If only all country-rap songs were so well executed” - Rolling Stone
“Throwing some bluegrass grooves and insane banjo licks in some hip-hop flavor and flipping that into their own unique concoctions.” HipHopDX
“Bluegrass and hip hop are rarely spoken of in the same context. And the fusion of the two forms puts the band Gangstagrass beyond those borders in the strictest sense. Indeed, this intrepid ensemble has managed to make a bold statement by plying banjos and fiddles with rap and beats.” Bluegrass Today