Vinnie Dewayne News Today

Lots of local shows have been getting canceled in recent weeks (in light of the wildly contagious Omicron variant, obvi), but if you’re boostered and braving the crowds, there’s at least one appealing local hip-hop show going down at Kelly’s Olympian tonight (Thurs, Jan 6), plus a promising spring show to look forward to. And if you’re taking the safest, most cautious route by staying out of these streets for the foreseeable future, there’s plenty...

WW presents “Distant Voices,” a daily video interview for the era of social distancing. Our reporters are asking Portlanders what they’re doing during quarantine. Vinnie Dewayne didnt intend to drop an album during a pandemic. Back in 2018, the Portland-raised, Chicago-based rapper started putting out singles from the follow-up to his debut, 2016s The St. Johns Scholar. He planned to release the album in early 2019, and even put out a music video for the first single, "Losing Dir...