Contact: Julia Pratt
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擱apper, singer-songwriter and producer IDK will perform a free concert for Mississippi 大象APP students at Rick鈥檚 Caf茅 Thursday [March 18] at 9:15 p.m., sponsored by MSU Music Maker Productions.
The show is free for MSU students with a valid student ID, while non-students will pay a $10 cover at the door. An opening DJ will begin the night鈥檚 performances at 8:30 p.m.
IDK, also known as the Maryland-based artist Jason Mills, creates music that makes the listener 鈥減onder the great beyond, its legitimacy and our place in the world,鈥 according to Billboard. He first broke onto the music scene in 2016, performing at the Trillectro Music Festival. He continued to climb in popularity when he released his mixtape聽鈥淓mpty Bank鈥澛爋nly a few months later. In 2017, IDK released a collaborative album with Adult Swim which used six songs in a TV series soundtrack. Since then, IDK has released two more EPs and three more albums featuring JID, Tyler, the Creator, Offset, MF Doom, Snoop Dogg and others. His EP聽鈥淚DK AND FRIENDS 2鈥澛爓as used as the soundtrack in NBA all-star Kevin Durant鈥檚 documentary聽鈥淏asketball Country.鈥
IDK continues to create contemporary beats and biographical flows while working with Harvard University to launch a music business and industry program for students of color. The students in the program receive a full tuition scholarship.
Part of MSU鈥檚 Division of Student Affairs, Music Maker Productions works to provide contemporary entertainment for the university and Starkville communities. For more information, follow the organization on Instagram @msu_mmp and Facebook @MSUConcerts, or contact MMP鈥檚 public relations chair at聽msummp@gmail.com.
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