Rick Ross and Red Bull tap Orchestra Noir for one-night-only Atlanta show

Rapper Rick Ross arrives back stage for the Parking Lot Concert at Murphy Park in Southwest Atlanta on Saturday, June 18, 2020. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

It’s an event like you haven’t seen before!

The Red Bull Symphonic concert with Ross and Orchestra Noir is guaranteed to be a unique experience. Red Bull Symphonics’ goal is to pair unlikely musical entities – hence, hip-hop superstar combined with an ensemble to form a special artistic experience.

Ross will be joined by fifty of Orchestra Noir’s talented musicians at Atlanta Symphony Hall. The pairing will also be joined by special guest musicians from Georgia State University and a variety of HBCUs. There will also be an appearance by hip-hop/soca/afrobeat violinist Mapy, and by SAINTED, a musical group and trap choir party. SAINTED was founded by DJ Fannie Mae and Grammy award-winner Dennis Reed, who are set to bring their special brand of spirituality to the experience.

Orchestra Noir is an Atlanta-based, all-Black, award-winning orchestra that has already found much success. The ensemble has performed with Cardi B., T.I., Migos, 2Chainz and have even performed on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.”

Ross, who has been deemed an adopted ATLien since his move to Evander Holyfield’s home on the outskirts of the city, has plenty of chart-topping hits to choose from. The Grammy-nominated rapper is putting a twist on a curated selection of his biggest songs and even some new classics. Ross is doing it all with the assistance of Orchestra Noir’s musical director, maestro Jason Ikeem Rodgers.

This past summer, Australian songwriter and rapper, Lisi, reworked some of his material in a similar form with composer, conductor and arranger Nicholas Buc. They were joined by the 25-piece Queensland Symphony Orchestra at the historic Princess Theatre in Brisbane, Australia.

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