“In 2014, the experimental rap artist Gavin Mays, aka Cities Aviv, decided he’d had enough of Brooklyn. It seems counterintuitive at first; most artists spend years dreaming and saving to try their luck in New York City. Yet, even as his cult fan base continued to grow after his Black Pleasure and Come to Life LPs, Mays returned home to the sleepy suburbs of Memphis.
Two years and a release later, ”
