This week’s featured entertainer is AJ Jordan, playing Mohawk Place at 6 p.m. Sunday.
AJ Jordan is an aspiring entrepreneur, performing entertainer, and graphic designer from the City of Buffalo New York. “The Crescendo” is skilled at a variety of aspects within the media industry from audio and video engineering to print advertising and marketing promotions, as well as business consulting and website design, he has offered solutions to questions often answered through his uncanny talents and abilities while dabbling with close friends and amiable projects.
Focusing primarily on music with an image and a discerning message which has been very biased among energetic audiences during such high-energy performances at over one hundred concert venues across the East Coast and Midwest, such as the historical “Peabody’s” in Cleveland Ohio and the newly recreated “Showplace Theater” in Buffalo NY, as well as was invited to perform at the Insane Clown Posse’s 12th & 13th Annual “Gathering Of The Juggalos” in August of 2011 & 2012 at Cave-In Rock, Illinois alongside national celebrities such as Charlie Sheen, Ron Jeremy, Mystikal, Geto Boys, Ice Cube, Flavor Flav, Vanilla Ice, Bobby Brown, and more. He has opened concerts for a variety of national touring acts including a 14-city East Coast Tour with former members of the Three 6 Mafia a.k.a. Prophet Posse, as well as shared the stage with the original members of the Three 6 Mafia/Da Mafia 6ix, Bam Margera & CKY, the #1 Independent Rapper In The World Tech N9ne, Emmy Nominated Band Gangstagrass, Cash Money Records Artist Caskey, Kottonmouth Kings, Insane Clown Posse, Twiztid, Anybody Killa, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Axe Murder Boyz, King Gordy, Simken Heights, Necro, Lil Wyte, Ajax and the Midwest Connoisseurs, Whitney Peyton, Aqualeo, Psycho Jesus, Lo Key, OS7, Lazy Ass Destroyer, Chae Hawk, Big Tim, The Whiskey Reverb, Skinbound and several others, in addition to successfully completing his own headlining “Crescendo Across America Tour” in the Summer of 2014 throughout 25+ cities in the United States.
AJ was also nominated by popular demand and won Best Of Buffalo Hip Hop Act for a record-breaking three years in a row during 2012, 2013, and 2014 in the Artvoice Newspaper, and was honored for “Album Of The Year” in 2012, as well as the First Place People’s Choice ‘Best Hip Hop/Rap Performer’ of 2013 at the All WNY Music Awards, as well as being awarded “Buffalo’s Best Hip Hop/Rap Artist” by 103.3FM The Edge’s Steve K, along with several other awards and nominations alongside his community awareness group, the Terror Technologies ‘Buffalo Zombies For Charity’ who have helped to raise over $2,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro WNY and over 5,000 pounds of non-perishable food items for the Food Bank Of WNY since 2010! Many know the name ‘AJ Jordan’, but few know the man. Here is your opportunity to get to know him. “The Sentimental Situations” CD in-stores & online by AJ Jordan as well as AJ Jordan’s “TechNoddo Remixes” CD available on all digital music retail platforms such as iTunes, Google Play, Tidal, Rhapsody, Spotify, eMusic, Deezer, YouTube and more. Documentary titled “Crescendo Innuendo: The Life & Times Of AJ Jordan” DVD is also now available!
He will be performing a rare show in his hometown this Sunday, May 28th at the historic Mohawk Place with a high bar lineup including Stevie Miles, Superbia, Grenzy, MaK HatcheT, Ray Williams, J Na$ty, Jim Burke, & Headshotz. Don’t miss seeing one of Buffalo’s hardest working entrepreneurs & rap/hip hop leaders as he takes the stage once again. Doors open at 6:00pm & tickets are only $10, but don’t forget your ID to prove you’re 18+ to get in!
/// Other shows ///
- The FNC Exchange: 6 p.m. Friday at Artspace Buffalo
- Buffalo’s Hip Hop All Stars 2.0: 8 p.m. Friday at Mohawk Place
- Half Animal & Dirty Smile: 10 p.m. Friday at Mr. Goodbar
- Freehand & Pine Fever: 10 p.m. Friday at Nietzsche’s
- BBQ Bass Sessions w/ Definitive: 5 p.m. Saturday at Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center
- Threatpoint & Unborn Society: 5 p.m. Saturday at Evening Star Concert Hall
- Child Of Folly, The Feast, & Mike Zogaria: 7 p.m. Saturday at Mr. Goodbar
- Aesthetic Perfection & Echo Black: 6 p.m. May 29 at Mohawk Place
- Ad.Ul.T & Bold Folly: 7:30 p.m. May 30 at Sugar City
Greg Burt is a Concert Promoter/Sound Guy/Music Supporter/Keyboardist/etc. He can be reached at Greg@FTMPEvents.com. For the full FTMP show calendar, visit www.FTMPEvents.com.
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