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David Banner Bringing 'GodBox' Lecture Series Home to Thalia Mara Hall
By Donna LaddDavid Banner, a Mississippi hip-hop artist, music producer and film actor, who got his start in here in Jackson, is bringing his "GodBox" lecture series to Jackson in March. Brad "Kamikaze" Franklin, who books events for the City of Jackson, announced the performance today on his Facebook page. Banner and Franklin started out as a hip-hop duo in the late 1990s.
Here is Franklin's post, verbatim:
Jackson! Gonna give you a heads up. The City of Jackson is about to bring you more #dopeness Tomorrow we will be announcing that on March 8th David Banner will be bringing his GodBox Lecture Series to Thalia Mara Hall. Tickets go on sale Thursday. And....The City of Jackson and XperienceJXN will join forces to bring you FLOETRY! Live May 14. Tickets go on sale tomorrow! More info tomorrow Welcome to the Entertainment Capital of MS!
Read a 2003 interview I did with David Banner, much earlier in both our careers.
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