Turf News: DaVinci: A young cat straight out the Fillmoe sidesteps the hyphy hype�and gives it all away.

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Just a couple years ago, you couldn’t chuck a thizz pill a few feet in the Bay Area without hitting a hyphy-rapping newjack. While there are plenty trying to recreate that carefree vibe, others realize there are realer issues to discuss. Rapper DaVinci (a.k.a. John DeVore) represents San Francisco’s neglected Fillmore district. His debut album, The Day the Turf Stood Still, looks at gentrification and the changing faces of black communities, while reminding fans what raw rhymes and gritty beats sound like. Skinny-jean dance-rap this is not.

Tell us about The Day the Turf Stood Still. Why the title?...