Guante & Big Cats! are a hip hop duo. Guante raps and Big Cats! produces. Sometimes they perform as a duo, and sometimes they play backed by a full band. Their new album, An Unwelcome Guest, is a concept album that mixes radical politics, superhero mythology, zombies and a continent-spanning love story. Buy it here. Guante is a rapper, spoken-word artist, activist, writer and educator. A 2008 City Pages Artist of the Year, URB Magazine "Next 1000" pick, multiple Independent Music Awards nominee and 2009 National Poetry Slam champion, he is signed to Tru Ruts/Speakeasy Records. Big Cats! is a producer and multi-instrumentalist. He's worked with Sage Francis, Jolie Holland, B.Dolan and others, and his solo debut, Sleep Tapes, received rave reviews from City Pages, Above the Fold, RapReviews.com and others.

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