Watch E-40 Deliver Career-Spanning NPR Music ‘Tiny Desk Concert’
The veteran Bay Area rapper assembled an eight-piece band for the live session.
By Andy Kahn Jun 2, 2025 • 12:45 pm PDT

In recognition of Black Music Month, NPR Music published a Tiny Desk Concert performed by E-40. The veteran Bay Area rapper brought an eight-piece band for the career-spanning live set.
E-40 began the Tiny Desk Concert with “Da Bumble” from his breakthrough 1995 solo album In A Major Way, from which he also performed “Sprinkle Me” and “1-Luv.” E-40 also relied on tracks from his albums My Ghetto Report Card, The Mail Man, Sharp On All 4 Corners, The Element Of Surprise and The Block Brochure. E-40 also worked in his collaboration with Lil Jon, “Snap Yo Fingers.”
Supporting the rapper was keyboardist Kev Choice, guitarist Martin Luther, saxophonist/EWI player Howard Wiley, bassist Marcus Phillips, drummer Dame Drummer, backing singers Bosko Kante and Silk-E The People’s Champ aka Sherri Stack-A-Grip and DJ KMP.
Watch E-40’s career-spanning Tiny Desk Concert below:
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