Emcee

"I'm the emcee for tonight," he proclaimed. "I'll announce your program."

The emcee of the event, Ed Bejarana, called Borrenpohl a "little girl," at the town hall, saying: "This little girl does not want to leave. She spoke up and now does not want to suffer the consequences."

[…] mutating into all-star line-ups of emcees spitting hot bars over familiar beats, then to a single crew spitting bars over familiar beats, then eventually to a single crew (or artist) spitting bars over unfamiliar beats.

Alan Lomax was emceeing the blues workshop and was turned off by the Paul Butterfield Jug Band and implied as much on stage.