One of the best rap releases of 2010 was Alabama rapper Yelawolf’s “Trunk Muzik,” a mixtape that spilled over with smothering beats, unsettling stories of backwoods drama and tongue-twisting Southern-drawl rhymes.

And one of the catchiest songs on “Trunk Muzik” was a hazy ode to the gleam and glitter of a handsome vehicle called “Box Chevy.” The middle verse on that song was delivered by a rapper named Rittz, who was little-known at the time, and is quite a bit better known now.

Before “Box Chevy,” Rittz was a struggling rapper from the Atlanta area, a red-headed white guy with considerable skills on the mic who hadn’t yet gotten the big break he needed to make rap his career. But “Box Chevy” led to a continuing relationship with Yelawolf, and Rittz’s 2011 mixtape “White Jesus” was released to generally positive reviews.

Since then, Rittz has signed to Tech N9ne’s Strange Music label and put out two albums, including last year’s “Next to Nothing,” which XXL Magazine said “has replay value and works sonically from beginning to end,” and “solidified (Rittz) a spot within the rap game for years to come.”

On Monday night, Rittz will headline a big rap show at the Domino Room in Bend alongside Crooked I, a popular Long Beach, California rapper who’s a member of the hip-hop supergroup Slaughterhouse.

Rittz and Crooked I, with JHornay, Horseshoe Gang, Rye-Lo, Benedixon, NRG Tribe and more; 8 p.m. Monday, doors open 7 p.m.; $23 plus fees in advance (ticket outlets listed at the website below, $25 at the door; Domino Room, 51 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend; www.j.mp/rittzbend.