See Lyrics Born live: Local promoter introduces a new drive-in concert venue in Vallejo

For live-music lovers in the Bay Area, the pandemic has been a study of deprivation. But take heart, this Saturday, a living local hip-hop legend, Lyrics Born, is playing — in real life — at a drive-in venue, Cruise-In Concerts at the Solano County Fairgrounds in Vallejo.

“I’ve loved Lyrics Born since 2003,” says promoter Greg Keidan, the owner of Mr. Hat Presents, which is putting on the Cruise-In Concerts. “It’s one of the first times I’ve ever felt nervous and giddy about meeting an artist that I’m going to be promoting. I used to listen to his ‘Later That Day’ album all the time, and I feel it influenced me to want to move here in 2005, because he talks about the Bay Area so much.”