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09.10.2009 6:46 am

PLAY:stl fest hits its stride in third year

the Republic Tigers

the Republic Tigers

St. Louis’ music scene will get a workout next week with the increasingly popular PLAY:stl Music Festival and Conference, taking place at several Delmar Loop venues.

“It has been expanding fast, and we’re expecting even bigger crowds this year…

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08.25.2009 6:50 am

Rapper Nite Owl keeps feud going with diss track

Rapper Nite Owl

Rapper Nite Owl

Nite Owl is taking his beef with radio station Hot 104.1 one step further.

He has fired up Facebook, MySpace, and email distribution list with “The Art of War,” his official diss song against Hot 104.1 and personalities Boogie…

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05.15.2009 6:48 am

Emerging Artists Music Festival merges onto Washington Avenue

Earthworms

Downtown Washington Avenue is the site of the inaugural Emerging Artists Music Festival, from 3 p.m.-8 p.m. Saturday between 19th and 20th Streets.

 Performing are:

– Earthworms

– Soul Alliance

– Jon Hardy and the Public

–Dogtown All-Stars

–Nite Owl

–Sunmotel

The voted-on bands are competing for a prize package.

Admission…

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05.13.2009 6:56 am

Suite Soul Spot presenting hip-hop edition tonight

Rapper/poet Corey Black

Monthly R&B showcase Suite Soul Spot presents its special Hip-Hop Soul Edition tonight at the Old Rock House.

Performing are Nite Owl, Rockwell Knuckles, Corey Black, and Legend Camp.

Doors are at 7 p.m., and admission is $10.

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04.23.2009 7:07 am

Joka busy prepping debut for Ludacris’ record label

Joka and Ludacris (center)

The minute St. Louis rapper Joka lost to rapper Nite Owl at the Koch Madness competition last year, he knew he’d try again this year.

“I knew I was never going to stop,” he says.

 

Joka won a deal…

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04.06.2009 1:04 pm

STL rapper Joka wins recording contract with Ludacris

DTP's Chaku Zulu, Joka, Ludacris, and Willie Northpole

    

It looks like Joka’s got the last laugh.

The St. Louis rapper, the runner-up in Koch Records-sponsored rap competition Koch Madness last year, re-entered this year under the competition’s new name, DTP Madness (reflecting…

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03.03.2009 7:07 am

Angry hip-hop contest winner Nite Owl fires up controversy

Rapper Nite Owl

St. Louis rapper Nite Owl is fired up.

He’s the winner of last year’s Koch Madness hip-hop contest that landed him a one-shot deal with Koch Records, but believes his win wasn’t all it was supposed to be.

His feelings,…

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01.21.2009 7:00 am

Concert announcement: The Ting Tings at Blueberry Hill

The Ting Tings

The Ting Tings will perform at 9 p.m. April 3 at Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room. Tickets are $17.50.

Also at Blueberry Hill:

– Adrian Belew Power Trio, 9 p.m. April 16, $20.

– Todd Snider, Jan. 27, sold out.

– Marleyfest, with…

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01.05.2009 7:03 am

And the #1 St. Louis Song of All Time is…

Sylk Smoov cover art

Hot 104.1 (WHHL-FM) has revealed the results of its #1 St. Louis Song of All Time, as determined by listener votes, and the winner is Sylk Smoov’s “Trick Wit a Good Rap.”

The list is nuts, to say…

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