Royal Ruckus started in Bakersfield in 1998—Mike Walker (Flatline) and me, with a few other high-school kids along the way. Tagline on the old site was “Hip-hop, tacos, & life.” The one I still use is simpler: we make thoughtful entertainment music, and we happen to rap.
This corner of Brews Beards is the music shelf: the catalog, a real home for The Summer of the Cicadas as it turns ten, and what’s lined up for 2027. Listen on Bandcamp, or use these smart links for Come On and Wake Up!, Royalty Check, Unexpected Joy, and World’s Okayest Rapper. If you want to underwrite a track or buy us a beer, there’s Buy Me a Coffee. The podcast lives here too: Brews, Beards, & Shipwrecks.
Around the neighborhood: Instagram and Facebook @royalruckusofficial, X @royalruckus, and YouTube youtube.com/c/RoyalRuckus—music videos and a lot of the Brews Beards clips live there too.
The Royal Ruckus logo was originally designed by Vinyl Jones. The current version is a redo by Nick Walker.
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