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Snoop Dogg at Pop's, 5/25/12: Review, Photos and Setlist

Snoop Dogg | Steddy P. | Kold Kace May 25, 2012 Pop's Nightclub If you hadn't already assumed that Snoop Dogg would be playing to a full house at Pop's last night, the line of people stretching across the parking lot -- hours before his performance -- would be a good indication. Half-naked women, ... More >>

It's a Man's World

The Ten Best Things To Do On Labor Day Weekend In St. Louis

​Welcome to our favorite Commie holiday, where we celebrate the laborers by taking Monday off and no longer wearing white. We'd say something about the coming of Fall, but our landlord just announced they've decided to keep the pool we share with a nearby apartment complex open until the end ... More >>

AceDeuce makes DIY beats for local legends after school

Photos: Super Jam 3, featuring Drake, Gucci Mane, Mario and others, Saturday, June 12

On Saturday, June 12, not even some suspect weather could stop Hot 104.1 FM's Super Jam 3 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Drake, Gucci Mane, Mario and special guests such as Murphy Lee and Chingy showed up to make the day a success. Jon Gitchoff was at the show and took a bunch of photos. View ... More >>

Local Producers the Trak Starz Charged With Allegedly Failing to File Federal Income Taxes

Jennifer SilverbergThe Trak Starz in 2004​Shamar Daugherty and Alonzo Lee -- a.k.a. the Trak Starz, one of the city's most-decorated and prolific hip-hop/pop production teams -- have been charged with "allegedly failing to file federal income taxes," according to the Post-Dispatch. Yesterday, ... More >>

Tech Supreme: (One of) The Hardest-Working Men in Town

Tech Supreme, in a rare still moment​Think you're busy? Try being Tech Supreme. The RFT's "Best Hip-Hop Producer" of 2007 is forging a steady, stellar career helping out members of The Force, a newly formed hip-hop collective featuring local heavyweights such as Rockwell Knuckles, Tef Poe, Bla ... More >>

A Holiday Pairing Unlike Any Other: Santa and Chingy

​ You know, really, it makes perfect sense. Chingy is always Inn the Holidae spirit. And Santa? Why he's a Balla. Just ask Mrs. Claus.

KC Hip-Hop Artist James Christos Working with Nite Owl, DJ SNO

Over at the Pitch, the Wayward Son reports that KC hip-hopper James Christos will be collaborating with some Lou homies. Sez an installment of his Anarchy Tour Diary:What up KC?!!! Well we arrived in the STL and had a couple days to do a little meeting and greeting. Soon as we got to town, I was app ... More >>

All-Star Game Celebrity Softball Match To Be Played at Busch Stadium, Not Unused Softball Field

This call to the bullpen presented by Taco Bell.Major League Baseball just  announced the participants in its "Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game" to take place this Sunday, July 12. As my colleague Keegan Hamilton opined, the last time a roster this motley was assembled h ... More >>

Ashanti, Chingy, Ginuwine, Nelly and Other Celebs with Two Names Set for All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball

On Sunday afternoon, July 12, celebrities and baseball legends will gather on the field at Busch Stadium for the Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game. Musicians scheduled to play include Backstreet Boys member Brian Littrell, Nelly, Chingy, Ashanti and Ginuwine. (No word yet on if th ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: May 16 - 18

Chingy featuring Amerie, "Fly Like Me"

Hip-Hop Prodigy Chris Brown Likes the Cardinals; Leave Nelly a Voicemail

Tyrese

9 p.m. Wednesday, May 2. Society (316 South 21st Street).

Local rappers ink major-label contracts, only to be left wondering: Deal or no deal?

And some St. Louis hip-hop artists take their future into their own hands.

Yo! RFT Raps

Week of January 4, 2006

Auld Lang Lou

The year that was 2006 in the St. Louis music scene

2006: The Year in Music

Week of December 28, 2006

Cleaning Out Our Closet

Our semi-quarterly round-up of local releases.

Yo! RFT Raps

Ace of Spaides

This St. Louis rapper thinks he's got a winning hand to play

Let It Flow

Unreal uncovers the sordid side of pee lobbyists, learns Chingy's workout habits and gets some golf tips. Plus: Elephants-as-artists!

Unreal News Challenge 2005!

Time again to take the year-end quiz

Cum On, Feel the Noize

Jo Capo's new Noize City Entertainment -- and flagship artist Ajule -- take St. Louis music by storm

Tech N9ne

Tuesday, November 15; Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois)

News to Muse

The Year in Review: A Quiz

STL's Dirtiest

Underground releases rise to the surface in 2004

Hot in Here

Hotstyle's MCs are old-school from the Lou

Chingy

Powerballin' (Capitol)

Best Local Boy Made Good

Sham Daugherty and Zo Lee Jr.

Best Local Single of the Past 12 Months

"Holidae In"

The 2004 RFT Music Awards

Riverfront Times Music Awards '04

Is There a Hidden Meaning to Jay-Z's "Dirt Off Your Shoulder," or Is He Just Singing about Dandruff?

Week of May 19, 2004

Rock Revival

Radar Station gets what it needs at the Creepy Crawl

Making Traks

Sham Daugherty and Alonzo Lee Jr., the Trak Starz, aim to make St. Louis the center of the hip-hop universe

Open Up

Ludacris chooses a homegrown opener in Chingy

'03, Oh My!

Our critics weigh in on a questionable year’s best music

Dawg Eat Dawg

Q-95.5 and the Beat duke it out -- and the St. Louis hip-hop scene flourishes

Demo Derby

Commerce and art shake hands at the City Museum

Best Rapper

Chingy

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

So Long, Saller!

Radar Station prepares for a regime change

Sonny, How We Love Ya

City Museum, monstrous vehicles and a meet-'n'-greet with the Hell's Angels prove that danger can be fun; plus, the socioeconomic impact of bling bling

Dott Com

Meet Ahdedott, who just might be St. Louis' next hip-hop superstar

Expat Alert!

The exodus of the creative class continues apace

Chingy Speaks!

Hurtling toward superstardom, the crunk wunderkind finally grants Radar Station some face time

Ballhoggin' & Doggin'

Every hog has his day at And1 Mix Tape Tour

Right Hurr

Chingy hits the Jackpot and successfully eludes Radar Station