Hip Hop

With inspiration from music his parents played around him as a child and hip-hop producer JDilla, University City native Makini Morrison creates his own unique sound under his stage name K Kudda Muzic.

Add these new songs from St. Louis artists to your next playlist.

The Hot 104.1 losses came the same week that parent company Audacy announced sweeping layoffs. The St. Louis station will begin simulcasting news and talk radio station KMOX.

Check out these new tracks from St. Louis-area musicians in February’s new music roundup.

The St. Louis artist is the writer and rapper behind hits like “Snatched” and the certified gold single “Pretty Girls Walk.”

Kendrick Lamar dropped his diss track “euphoria” that directly targets Drake on Tuesday. The internet has been in shambles ever since.

St. Louis arts saw a lot of change in 2023, with new music venues and festivals, attendance struggles for theaters and an embattled community radio station seeing a DJ revolt. St. Louis Public Radio’s Jeremy D. Goodwin and Chad Davis recap trends from the year in the arts.

Since emerging on the music scene in the 2010s, Metro Boomin produced songs for musical giants like The Weeknd, 21 Savage and Drake.

At the annual graffiti and hip-hop festival Paint Louis, kids have the chance to graffiti an abandoned weigh station near the downtown St. Louis flood wall. Under supervision, kids explore technique and expression and learn the unwritten rules of graffiti art.

This weekend's Music at the Intersection festival in Grand Center will honor 50 years of hip-hop. DJ G. Wiz, who has showcased hip-hop through documentaries and kept the music fresh for generations of fans will celebrate the genre with a tribute of DJs.