Manny Phesto
| Manny Phesto | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Manuel Levins Holden |
| Born | September 22nd Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
| Genres | Hip Hop, Alternative Hip Hop, Underground Hip Hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, Songwriter, Performer |
| Years active | 2010 – present |
| Labels | Independent |
| Website | www |
Manuel Levins Holden better known by his stage name Manny Phesto, is an Underground hip hop musician based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Pitchfork Media listed his music amongst the "Best MN Hip-Hop Releases of 2014".City Pages named his debut album Southside Looking In one of "The Best Minnesota Rap Albums of 2014".89.3FM The Current awarded it their "Album of the Year" titleXXL magazine also recently jokingly credited him with "getting Action Bronson and Ghostface to agree on one thing." after their recent altercations. The Mexican magazine Me Hace Ruido named him one of their "Artists to Follow in 2016".
In 2010, Manny Phesto and a few friends began performing locally at demonstrations, benefit concerts, and small shows at parties and venues such as Acadia Café, and The Madusa. 2011 saw Manny curating his own events at local Italian restaurant Italiani's and playing other hip hop shows around town.
In September 2012, Manny Phesto co-founded and curated a day long hip hop festival in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis at which he released his Social Capital EP collaboration with Julian Fairbanks. The festival, Hip Hop Harambee ran two consecutive years 2012, 2013 and featured local and national recording artists, dancers, visual artists, producers, and DJs including: Big K.R.I.T., Talib Kweli, Devin The Dude, Shabazz Palaces, Gritty Committee (Greg Grease & Freez), Mike the Martyr, Axel Foley, Metasota, DJ Frank Castle and others.
April 2014 Manny released his Mike the Martyr produced Southside Looking In project online, followed by a release party in June.
In May 2015 Manny Phesto was featured on the bill of the 8th annual Soundset Music Festival which was named the "Best Hip Hop Festival Around" by MTV". Manny was featured on Sway Calloway's Sway in the Morning show on Eminem's Shade 45 channel aired on Sirius XM.
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