Manny Phesto

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Manny Phesto
Birth name Manuel Levins Holden
Born September 22nd
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Genres Hip Hop, Alternative Hip Hop, Underground Hip Hop
Occupation(s) Rapper, Songwriter, Performer
Years active 2010 – present
Labels Independent
Website www.mannyphesto.com

Manuel Levins Holden better known by his stage name Manny Phesto, is an Underground hip hop musician based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1][2] Pitchfork Media listed his music amongst the "Best MN Hip-Hop Releases of 2014".[3] City Pages named his debut album Southside Looking In one of "The Best Minnesota Rap Albums of 2014".[4] 89.3FM The Current awarded it their "Album of the Year" title[5] XXL magazine also recently jokingly credited him with "getting Action Bronson and Ghostface to agree on one thing."[6] after their recent altercations. The Mexacan magazine Me Hace Ruido named him one of their "Artists to Follow in 2016".[7]

Career

In 2010, Manny Phesto and a few friends began performing locally at demonstrations, benefit concerts, and small shows at parties and venues such as Acadia Café, and The Madusa.[8] 2011 saw Manny curating his own events at local Italian restaurant Italiani's and playing other hip hop shows around town.

In September 2012, Manny Phesto co-founded and curated a day long hip hop festival in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis[9] at which he released his Social Capital EP collaboration with Julian Fairbanks.[10] The festival, Hip Hop Harambee ran two consecutive years 2012, 2013 and featured local and national recording artists, dancers, visual artists, producers, and DJs including: Big K.R.I.T., Talib Kweli, Devin The Dude, Shabazz Palaces, Gritty Committee (Greg Grease & Freez), Mike the Martyr, Axel Foley, Metasota, DJ Frank Castle and others.[11]

April 2014 Manny released his Mike the Martyr produced Southside Looking In project online, followed by a release party in June.[12]

In May 2015 Manny Phesto was featured on the bill of the 8th annual Soundset Music Festival[13] which was named the "Best Hip Hop Festival Around" by MTV".[14] Manny was featured on Sway Calloway's Sway in the Morning show on Eminem's Shade 45 channel aired on Sirius XM.

In June, Manny Phesto toured four islands of Hawaii on The Intra Island Music Tour[15] He performed at the 26th annual Saturday in the Park[16] on July 4 in Sioux City, Iowa, and Summer Set Music and Camping Festival in Sumorset, Wisconsin.[17] Manny was named one of NoMute.MX's 11 recommendations for Festival Ajusco in Mexico City which he's booked to play November 14–15[18] Manny Phesto is the co-founder of the HiGH MiNDS Tour which toured the Midwestern United States with fellow Minnesota artists Baby Shel and The Rotation throughout July and August.[19] Manny Phesto played a sold out date at Fabrica De Arte Cubano in Havana, Cuba with the US Cuba Artist Exchange in October 2015. He's scheduled to return to Cuba for the 14th annual Festival Cuerda Viva March 12–13 and is returning to Hawaii on the Intra Island Music Tour in June.

Manny's upbringing in a working-class family of artists and activists including Ricardo Levins Morales, Richard Levins, Rosario Morales, and Aurora Levins Morales has influenced recurring themes in his music.[20] He has worked with the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign as a community organizer and was an official endorser of its directors 2012 bid for Vice President on the Green Party ticket.[21][22]

Marketing

Manny Phesto markets himself creatively. During the 2014 midterm election he launched his "Manny Phesto for Minnesota" campaign in which he was "running" as a write-in candidate for any ballot position where his fans felt he was needed. Manny's yard sign appeared in yards throughout the twin cities.[23]

Manny created more signs and began gathering "endorsement photos" from artists including Slug of Atmosphere, Immortal Technique, Mystikal, Rittz, Ghostface Killah, Action Bronson, and others. A couple of which were highlighted in this article by XXL.[6] Manny has also adopted a Metro Transit (Minnesota) bus Shelter in Minneapolis.

Discography

EPs

  • (2012) Social Capital EP[10]

Albums

References

  1. ↑ Tran, Kyle "New Local Music" MN Daily Planet
  2. ↑ Thompson, Eric "Top 10 Must See Music Videos This Week" retrieved (8/4/15) City Pages
  3. ↑ Thompson, Paul (12/10/2014)Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  5. ↑ The Current "Critic's Picks Episode" (12/14/15) The Current
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Thompson,Paul "Minneapolis Rapper Gets Action Bronson and Ghostface Killah To Agree on One Thing" (08/17/15) XXL Magazine
  7. ↑ "Bandas A Seguir 2016" (02/01/16) [1]
  8. ↑ Regan, Sheila (retrieved 8/6/2015)Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Behm, John (6/18/2014) Reviler
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  14. ↑ Tardio, Andres (5/25/2015) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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