BRONX SCENE
Forever Freestyle 13 at Lehman Center March 16th
Lehman Center for the Performing
Arts and Goya Foods in association
with Sal Abbatiello of Fever Records
presents for the 13th year in a row the
Latin-fl avored Dance Music Sensation,
with Forever Freestyle 13 on Saturday,
March 16, at 8 p.m. To Latino teenagers
in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, Freestyle,
a hybrid of Hip Hop and disco,
was known simply as ‘Our Music.’
Returning to Lehman Center for
the 12th year in a row, the concert will
feature performances by 13 groups:
TKA, Judy Torres, Cynthia, Johnny
O, Rob Base, Noel, Coro, Nayobe, Fascination,
Aly-Us, Strafe, Tonasia, and
Sammy Zone.
Hosted by Abbatiello and Speedy.
Music by DJ Lucho and Whiteboy DJ
Kys. Produced by Lehman Center and
Abbatiello.
Abbatiello, one of the pioneers of
Hip Hop, discovered many rappers
and DJs such as Grandmaster Flash,
Kurtis Blow and Run-D.M.C. at the
legendary night club Disco Fever. Abbatiello’s
Bronx Latin dance club, The
Devils Nest, is where Latin Hip Hop
was born and is now called Freestyle.
There he discovered Little Louie Vega,
TKA will be performing at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, March 16. Photo courtesy of Lehman Center for the Performing Arts
TKA, The Cover Girls, Lisette Melendez
and many more. Abbatiello’s
record label Fever Records is credited
with releasing the fi rst Freestyle recording
in 1984, Nayobe’s ‘Please Don’t
Go’. He is now known as the “Godfather
of Freestyle” and has been promoting
BRONX TIMES R 52 EPORTER, MARCH 1-7, 2019 BTR
Freestyle concerts for over 30
years.
Lehman Center for the Performing
Arts is on the campus of Lehman
College/CUNY at 250 Bedford Park
Boulevard West. Tickets for Forever
Freestyle 13 on Saturday, March 16, at
8 p.m. are $100, $65, $60, and $55 and
can be purchased by calling the Lehman
Center box offi ce at (718) 960-8833
(Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to
5 p.m., and beginning at 4 p.m. on the
day of the concert), or through online
access at www.LehmanCenter.org.
$1,500
SAVINGS
A Trusted Name In The Community For Over 50 Years
CHERICO REAL ESTATE
ONX, NY
Shop In Our
Classified
Pages
and Save
Money
visit us at www.bxtimes.com
/www.LehmanCenter.org
/www.bxtimes.com
/www.LehmanCenter.org
/www.bxtimes.com