Friends and family of late freestyle legend Michael “Eyedea” Larsen will be gathering to celebrate his life and contributions to music. The memorial will be held in the Rhymesayers emcee’s hometown of St. Paul Minnesota, and will mark a year since his death.
The free event will be held in Cherokee Park on October 16 and will include food, music, break dancing, stories and speeches from friends and family, and the dedication of a park bench and picnic table in honor of his name. There will be a line-up of performances, although participants have not yet been announced.
In an invitation to fans and loved ones, Eyedea’s mother, Kathy, explained why she chose Cherokee Park as the venue.
“[It’s] where Mikey enjoyed his childhood to adulthood,” she wrote. “As a child I would take him there to play, swing, just be in nature. When he was a teen we would go sit on the bank and just be silent. He would ride his bike there, take the dog for walks, and by adulthood he would write his music there.”
The event is free for all ages and is scheduled for Sunday, October 16 from 11 A.M. to 7 P.M.
he died on my birthday…RIP to one of the greats
Happy Birthday
damn, cant believe it’s been a whole year since this guy overdosed on hard drugs
and you that he overdosed on hard drugs how? you clearly dont have your facts straight.
He OD’d on Opiates. Hence: hard drugs.
RIP to Michael, can’t believe it’s been a year since we lost an icon. Feels like yesterday.
according to reports he didn’t OD at all. He took a sleeping after being awake for 3 days and fell asleep face down in a memory foam mattress and suffocated. That’s a bit different than ODing off of pills
Weezy will have a city named after him when he dies, this guy gets a picnic table named after him lolol
wow you certainly are a piece of shit, aren’t you?
Fuck you, crusty the clown as faggot
fuk u jason, u fukin faggot, go bump weezy, mabye one day ull be ready to comprehend real music. Like EYEDEA.
Eyedea was the greatest battle rapper of all time. First Born is a classic album. Too bad he had to go so young.
probly the best to ever live, people are just to stupid to actually listen…to the words and real meaning… kids like jason that think weezy is a great ahaha… eyedea was way ahead of his time and is an artist at its fullest.
hahaha someone like biggie gets remembered as one of the best to ever live when he dies young, but then someone like eyedea is just forgotten about, 10 post… when he’d rap circles around big as well as anyother mainstreamer. no disrespect to big, he made rap what it is, but come onnnn, no comparrison.
“color my world mine:
“even shadows have shadows”
“smile”
“Paradise”
“Now”
“Infared Roses”
… i could go on forever…
Just a couple unbelievable songs eyedea created.
People should really sit down and listen, and let their ears adjust, seeing theyve been drownded with nothing but bullshit rap most likely. like jason, ull have a whole new perspective and no longer will u be surrounded by a force field of ignorance. ha.
completely right dude aha, people just dont know better. RIP eyedea
RIP EYEDEA
Another Great Mind Gone
Mikey, Thank you for your music. You are a wonderful human that cared about all of us so much. You helped me understand that it is important to live in the now and just be yourself. I loved the celebration today at Cherokee and I will be visiting that park a lot next summer. Thanks for introducing me to Krishnamurti, peace brother. LOVE YOU.