Over on our music blog, A to Z, Keegan Hamilton reports on why local rapper Huey (known for his hit "Pop, Lock & Drop It") didn't perform at the Nelly show on Sunday night at the Pageant:
According to the concert's promoter and organizer, Huey was asked to not perform because he may have been the target of a triple-homicide that occurred in downtown St. Louis earlier this month.
In that incident, three men were gunned down at the intersection of 18th and Market streets at abo
http://myplay.com/artists/hueyA concert at the Pageant this past Sunday night featured performances by virtually every nationally known hip-hop artist from St. Louis, including local legend Nelly and his crew the St. Lunatics. But as the near-sellout crowd filed into the Delmar Loop venue, they were informed that 21-year-old St. Louis rapper Huey, best known for his 2007 hit single "Pop, Lock & Drop It" had been scratched from the line-up at the last minute.
According to the concert's prom