Bring your pen game. Bring your crew. Leave the weak bars at home.

PayDay LA and HiSong Audio, along with HypeOffLife Magazine, are linking up at Hello Stranger in Downtown LA for WHENIMONDAMIC—a night of specual guest performances, live cyphers, raw rhymes, neck-snapping beats, and that ERA of classic independent Hip Hop. Step into the arena and catch special guest rappers and beatmakers playing heat alll night.

Special guest Westcoast Rap legend Blu, and producer vet Sndtrak will take the stage, performing tracks off their new album, LA in an exclusive performance! We also have Underground legend One Be Lo and producer Nino Beige are popping out to perform new music off their recent EP "A Ward Tour", PLUS LA-based lyricist Dewey Bryan w/ Earoh will be rocking with us. So fall thru ready to catch hella new material live!

Step Into the Cyphers: Emcees, this is your chance to make the room remember your name. Bring your crew and sign up at the venue. We will be filming during the event so stay sharp!

The top 3 emcees will appear on PayDay Pay$tyle—our freestyle rap series on Instagram and YouTube. Step up, spit your best lines, and let the world hear your bars.

More Than a Mic: Catch live beat sets, special guest DJs, vendors, and a pop-up record shop, with a full bar on-site. Whether you’re coming to spit, dig for records, meet fellow artists, or discover your next favorite producer, pull up and be part of LA Rap history!

Admission is $15 online and $25 day of the show. Pull up to support real independent Hip Hop—from the first beat to the last bar at PayDay LA.