"Katastrophe (aka Rocco Kayiatos) is a San Francisco based rapper and producer. He's a seasoned vet on the mic and got his start competing in poetry slams in 1997. Combining his love of music and language, he started rapping and making beats in 2002. He uses his poetic grasp of language to weave dense tales of lives lived outside the mainstreams of education, gender, and culture.

"He makes hip-hop that explodes with dangerous and ebullient passion. Crafting both dark anthems of anxiety and righteous rage, and sexy, flirtatious, booty-shaking pop/rap bangers. Katastrophe is a wonder - both authentic and audacious, emitting enough raw energy to electrify Las Vegas and enough earnest analysis to save you years of therapy." - katastropherap.com

October 28, 7 p.m.

Documentary about Hip Hop scene
Post-show workshop with Katastrophe

October 29, 8 p.m.

Katastrophe performance
Karaoke after performance

Co-Sponsors

Campus NightLife presents Katastrophe, co-sponsored by the Women's Center.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Pepsi Endowment Fund; and a grant from the Student Affairs Division including Campus Recreation, Nebraska Unions, University Health Center, University Housing, and the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Office. Other co-sponsors include the Progressive Student Coalition, PREVENT, and the departments of Ethnic Studies and Womens and Gender Studies.