Round One Winner 607
What we said about his semi-final win: It was 607’s night. The local rapper pulled out all the stops — opening with a drama mask obscuring his face, performing his “palingraph,” a rap that made sense forwards and backwards (he unfurled a large sheet with the lyrics so the audience could follow along), sampling Britney’s “Toxic” and standing tall on the risers. The crowd ate it up.
Why he’ll win: He’s unpredictable. In the first round, he opened wearing a drama mask obscuring his face, performed a “palingraph,” a rap that made sense forwards and backwards (he unfurled a large sheet with the lyrics so the audience could follow along) and interpolated Britney’s “Toxic” with one of his raps. And he’s got more tricks up his sleeve.
Below, the judges commentary from round one.