Swet Shop Boys

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The powerful, politically charged rap duo Swet Shop Boys (aka former Das Racist member Heems and actor/rapper Riz Ahmed) continue to rise in the world. Towards the end of last year, they sold out two small NYC shows and now they just announced a much larger one…

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The Swet Shop Boys, the rap duo of Himanshu Suri (Heems) and Rizwan Ahmed (Riz MC) and producer Redinho, sold out two back to back nights in NYC — one at Rough Trade and the second at the Studio at Webster Hall. Heems and Riz met when Riz visited with the former Das Racist member […]

Swet Shop Boys, Heems’ duo with Riz MC (aka Naz from ‘The Night Of’), play two NYC shows this week. Heems also announced his next NYC solo show…

Swet Shop Boys (aka ex-Das Racist member Heems and Naz from ‘The Night Of’) have sold out their NYC show, and added a second.

Rap duo Swet Shop Boys, comprised of Das Racist’s Heems and British rapper/actor MC Riz (aka Riz Ahmed), released their debut EP back in 2014. Since then Riz has acquired quite a bit more notoriety as an actor, appearing as Naz in HBO’s acclaimed The Night Of in addition to appearances in the likes of Nightcrawler and Jason Bourne (not to mention an upcoming role in Star Wars: Rogue One)…