Kenny Beats is as busy as they come, but he has a career first coming up: his first film score. The Lurker soundtrack is set to drop on August 22, and ahead of that, Beats has shared “Love And ...

Introducing Kenneth Blume, the artist formerly known as Kenny Beats. The powerhouse producer — who defined an entire era of rap crafting albums by Jpegmafia, Denzel Curry, Vince Staples, Rico Nasty ...

Usually, when you think of NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concerts, you tend to think of rappers, singers, and other vocalists. Although it’s a live band music series, the focus is usually on the frontmen, ...

The producer Kenny Beats has noticed some strange phenomena at his shows over the past few years. For one, the crowds have gotten noticeably bigger, as have merch sales and streams. But most notably, ...

Last year, chillwave survivor Toro y Moi released his album Hole Erth, which had collaborations with people like Ben Gibbard and Kevin Abstract. Another collab recorded for the album was “Daria.” Chaz ...

From playful designs to post-disaster reflections, ‘Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow’ confronts Japan’s past and present.

How does a rap producer play a live show? More specifically, how does a rap producer play a Tiny Desk Concert? You can’t just sit there on your laptop and play beats for people in the NPR office. That ...

Kenny Beats wears many hats. He’s an in-demand, cross-genre producer, a gifted multi-instrumentalist, and as of a few weeks ago, a critically-acclaimed solo artist with a debut album Louie that’s a ...

HIP-HOP WAS BORN IN THE BRONX IN the summer of 1973. To celebrate the music’s 50th anniversary, “ Rolling Stone” will be publishing a series of features, historical pieces, op-eds, and lists ...

Toro y Moi has tapped Kenny Beats on a new single entitled “Daria.” Marking Toro’s first release since Hole Erth, “Daria” arrives in the middle of the multitalented musician’s tour in support of the ...