Hip-Hop meets Heinz Hall…Rapper Frzy performs electric show with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

FRZY PERFORMS AT HEINZ HALL, NOV. 8. (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO) No way it could happen. No way a rapper could perform with a symphony orchestra, especially not in Pittsburgh. But on Nov. 8, 2023, it did happen. Pittsburgh born-and-raised Frzy, real name Harvey Daniels, showed everyone what “success” really looks like. “The Glorious Succession of Frzy” was held at Heinz Hall, Downtown, an almost unimaginable collaboration between Frzy and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. For one night, the songs on Frzy’s new album, “Success,” were turned into a 90-minute orchestral arrangement with the PSO, by Pittsburgh composer/writer Christian Kriegeskotte. They had been working on it since early 2023. Frzy performed each of the songs with his usual flair, to a diverse audience that was both young and seasoned. “Because Heinz Hall is not known to be a Black space, it was important to kind of open that up and diversify the crowd and bring in a different culture, and also to show them (the classical world) what success is within the Black culture,” Frzy told the New Pittsburgh Courier in an exclusive interview, Dec. 12. MYLASIA SHERRELL, FRZY, ALAYIA LOGAN On social media, there’s this debate as to what’s more...