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Professor Toon Prepares For His Big ‘Release’

Courtesy of Professor Tune

Durham rapper has spent years performing music in the city. He has watched the hip-hop scene grow in the Triangle as he has continued to challenge himself as an artist.

Toon recently stepped outside the Triangle to perform music across the country. He says the experience shaped his understanding of community and culture. Host Frank Stasio talks with Professor Toon about his travels and his upcoming EP “Release.”

Toon performs Saturday, in Durham at 8:30 p.m. 

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Charlie Shelton-Ormond is a podcast producer for app.
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's app Director.