Last Night: Riff Raff at Fitzgerald's

By Nathan Smith Fri., Mar. 22 2013 at 9:00 AM

All of a sudden, Riff Raff became a real boy, demonstrating real-life concerns about his fans and a general awareness of the reality the rest of us live in. The crowd absolutely loved him for taking charge, and when the song kicked back in, they went off twice as hard.

By the time he closed his 45-minute set with "Cuz My Gear," his viral-video hit collaboration with Chief Keef that includes bizarre lyrics like, "Camp counselor, living in the lap of luxe/Double cheese deluxe in the penguin tux," he'd won over even the dudes with their arms folded.

When the mike went silent, his fans quickly scattered, ready to head home after a long night to upload their footage to YouTube. If seemed awfully appropriate -- after all, Riff Raff may have come from Houston once, but the weird, wild world of streaming HD video is where he belongs. Though his destiny may have taken him far beyond this plane of feasibility, he's welcome to come back and visit anytime.

Personal Bias: How did he get on From Gs to Gents without being either? Was it the MTV neck tat?

The Crowd: Non-blacks.

Overheard In the Crowd: "I just came for the spectacle of seeing Riff Raff." And what did you think? "It's the worst!"

Random Notebook Dump: At the end of the show, there was a fire truck and an ambulance waiting for us out front. Not sure what that was about, but I didn't see any flames or blood.

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Fitzgerald's

2706 White Oak, Houston, TX

Category: Music

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Who knew RiFF RaFF crowds would act like old Wu-Tang ones? That was definitely a moment. One I'm still confused as to what actually happened. I think I woke up with rice somewhere in a bad place.

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"The audience was made up almost exclusively of twentysomething white kids covered in a mish-mash of hip-hop and hipster gear..."

I know you've been to enough rap shows to know that in 2013, this IS your typical rap crowd. Not saying it's good or bad, but it's just the way it is.

NathanSmith topcommenter

@KING While there are almost always a lot of white kids at rap shows, my experience has been that the local crowds are typically pretty diverse. I pointed it out in this case because it stuck out. Did the same a while back for the sham "Scarface" show during All-Star weekend (virtually all black, that time). In the big picture, the racial makeup of particular rap audiences is pretty meaningless, but I do find it interesting to note which groups are listening to what.