Local rapper So So Topic, or -topic for short, lost years worth of original music when his camera bag and backpack were stolen last week.
-topic, whose real name is Tommy Simpson, performed at Deep Ellum's Drugstore Cowboy on Wednesday night. Around 11:20 p.m., he says he "let my guard down to take in the good energy" at the open mic event. His backpack, with his laptop and hard drive that he says contained multiple albums' worth of music, was stolen.
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The rapper is offering a reward of $1,000 for the hard drive, and if he gets it, he says he'll put out his next two albums for free.
He says he has no interest in pressing charges; he just wants his work back.
He told NBC 5, "I believe if somebody actually plugs up the hard drive and plugs it in the computer and sees what's on that drive, they're going to be like 'I think I messed up.'"
At a hip-hop event last week shortly after the theft, -topic was visibly downhearted, especially compared to his usual cheeriness. "It's been a minute since my soul felt this sluggish," he wrote on Facebook. "I am shook and fighting to stay in this with everything I am."
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