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The Student Programming Board announced Atlanta-based rapper and singer Brooklyn Candida Rodriguez, popularly known as Bktherula as the headliner for Homecoming 2024.
The annual concert is free for all UH students. Students can claim up to two free tickets. The concert will be held at Cullen Performance Hall on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 8:00 p.m. The gates will open at 7 p.m.
Bktherula was raised in a musical household in Atlanta. She recorded her first song when she was nine and began uploading music to SoundCloud at 13.
Both her parents were involved in the music industry, with her mother being a singer and her father, a rapper in the 1990s group Planet X.
Bktherula gained fame through Instagram and even began live performances by age 15. Her track, “Tweakin’ Together” went viral on TikTok and generated millions of streams.
After her debut mixtape Love Santana and follow-up Nirvana, she signed with Warner Records since July 2020 and holds 1.9 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
In 2023, she landed the No. 2 spot on Rolling Stone’s list of “50 Innovators Shaping Rap’s Next 50 Years,” and in 2024, she was named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 for her impact on music and laded the
Bktherula has also collaborated with famed artists like Ty Dolla $ign, JID and NBA YoungBoy.
On Oct. 30, she released her latest studio album N5ON.
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