Whookilledkenny

One Liner:  Austin rapper who moved to L.A. and wants his fee to be paid.

Wikipedia Genre:  No Wikipedia, but rap and hip hop

Home: Austin!  (but now based in L.A.)

Poster Position: 20
Weekend Two Only.
Friday at 5:10.

BMI Stage.

Thoughts:  So, I am assuming this is a South Park reference with the name?  Sadly, no, or at least he did not reference that.  He says he used to go by Kenny Gee, but found out he might get in trouble from Kenny G, so he switched it up and thought this would look cool on festival flyers.  Lame.

Not a lot of simple stuff on the web, one of the first things that came up is so useful, telling me: "He has had support across all platforms, having appeared on a total of 30+ Editorial playlists – he was also featured on the Cover of “Fresh Finds” + “Fresh Finds: Hip Hop” on spotify. He was the Centerpiece of Spotify’s ripple Effect campaign for texas With a Billboard in Houston And Digital Posters at every bus stop in the City. He has also been a centerpiece In Tidal’s “Tidal rising” campaign.  Whookilledkenny has been Interviewed."

Wow!  Bus Stop Digital Posters and everything!?!  I especially like that last line.  Great.  Thanks for that insightful information.  I did find another article on allhiphop.com that gives some more description, but also involves awful statements like "the rising star is best known for his unique blend of R&B and hip-hop, exploding onto the scene with his one-of-a-kind voice that demands attention."  Nothing about what you are about to hear is either one-of-a-kind or unique.  He describes his sound as "Player and luxurious or lavish."  Ugh.

I do like an honest moment in that interview though, where he admits that he released something in 2019 and then pulled it down because the streams were so bad.  I didn't realize they did that, but pretty smart so that people don't find your old weak stuff.  But also kind of funny because his first single on Spotify has 9,583 streams.

2021 EP NO Refunds and 2022 EP Strictly Business are all you get other than singles, so not any real album work going on here.  Top track by a lot is a 2021 single called "Rich Rich" (which just shows you that amazingly unique perspective he brings to the rap game, with such an original title!)  4.8 million streams.

The money shooting out of that woman made me laugh, but otherwise that is a mediocre set of bars.  I like the beat, but he's not saying a thing with those lyrics.  PTF on all of those bills is his little saying - Pay The Fee - about making sure he gets paid.  "AllHipHop: Explain your “pay the fee” mentality.  Whookilledkenny: It’s universal. Everybody paying the fee to somebody. And everybody collecting a fee from somebody."  Deep man.

His only other track with more than a million streams is 2021 single Finna Charge, with 2.1 million.

More of the same.  Solid beat, he flows over it really well, but meh lyrically.  Also really weird for him to be giving his mom some sweet gifts to take care of her, as he's rapping about getting a girl's pants off.  That seems like poor timing there.

End of the day, I bet this show would be kind of fun, to just turn off the brain for an hour and bump along to this guy rapping about getting paid and making sweet love.