Aux Wars was hosted by some of the biggest rappers in Denver’s scene with the goal of building a bridge between veterans and new musicians.
Sixteen rappers from Denver and beyond went head-to-head in a jammed basement venue on Market Street. The crowd was sweating, jumping and taking their shirts off.
But it wasn’t a typical concert. Instead of performing live, each rapper plugged their phones into the sound system and played a short snippet of a track.
It was the second edition of Aux Wars, a competition where rappers play their music to a hyped-up crowd. The name refers to the “aux” cable that connected the rappers’ phones to the sound system. One rapper, Gabbana Nova, played a track called Colorado:
C-o-l-o, r-a-d-o … …