2024

FEATURED PERFORMERS






RAKIM

Rakim didn’t just raise the bar for MCs—he launched it into orbit. Internal rhymes, multisyllabic rhymes, metaphors that made you pause and think, "Wait, did he just say what I think he said?"—Rakim brought the kind of lyrical precision that made everyone else look like they were just winging it.

Kool Moe Dee said it best: “We were not even using the word flow until Rakim came along. It was called rhyming, it was called cadence, but it wasn't called flow. Rakim created flow!” So, in a nutshell, Rakim didn’t just influence hip hop—he invented the language to even talk about it.





DJ QBERT

DJ Qbert is the guy who turned turntablism into an art form. He snagged the DMC USA Championship in 1991, then decided one title wasn’t enough. So he went global, picking up the DMC World Champion titles in ’92 and ’93.

If you’ve ever seen a DJ do something that made you question the laws of physics, chances are, Qbert inspired it.























             
AUG 29 - 31, 2025
ST LOUIS, MO
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