Girls in wedges and dudes in Chucks showed up for Sol’s “farewell show” at The Showbox on June 16th, an event that, in the course of selling out, placed the MC in good company with a handful of other SEA hip-hop artists (Macklemore and Blue Scholars included) who have done the same.

Dude is now traversing the globe for the next year or so on a post-graduate grant. To be sure, that’s a hefty period of time in music years but a duration that I’m sure will pass in the blink of an eye for the man doing the actual traveling. I’m curious to hear what new directions Sol’s music will take as a result of his trip. Until his return, the rapper can rest assured his peers in the SEA rap community will keep a seat at the table nice and warm for him.

Happy travels from 206UP.