In 2001 Bulldog News, a magazine and newspaper store in downtown Olympia, hosted a small hip-hop show for up-and-coming Los Angeles rapper, Aceyalone. 

Ten years later Aceyalone is now considered an underground hip-hop legend, and will easily pack out The Royal Lounge Thursday, Sept. 29 when he comes to town on his West Coast tour with Bay Area rappers Opio of Hieroglyphics, Equipto and Z-Man. 

Opening up the evening will be Tacoma rappers CityHall and an Olympia group that has been catching a buzz as of late, Fresh Heads. 

For Nic Leonard's full story on the Fresh Heads, click here.

[The Royal Lounge, Aceyalone, Opio, Equipto, Z-Man, CityHall, Fresh Heads, Thursday, Sept. 29, 8 p.m., 311 Capitol Way N, Olympia, 360.705.0760]