KEMET COLEMAN
Kansas City hip-hop artist, frontman, craft brewer, and urban strategist. Harnessing rhythm, big band brass, and placemaking to reshape city culture.
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Book Kemet Coleman
Artist • Frontman • Co-Founder • Urbanist • Speaker
Kemet Coleman is a Kansas City rapper, frontman, entrepreneur, and urban strategist available for live music bookings, speaking engagements, civic and cultural programming, and cross-disciplinary collaborations rooted in music, placemaking, and community impact.
Solo Performance
Original hip-hop sets, featured appearances, and custom performance bookings built around current releases and signature catalog tracks.
Band & Ensemble
Live bookings for The Phantastics and collaborative band-forward performances that blend rap, funk, soul, and improvisation.
Brass & Boujee
High-impact programming around the acclaimed large-ensemble project combining big band arrangements with modern hip-hop energy.
Speaking & Urbanism
Keynotes, panels, conversations, and civic programming on placemaking, transportation, entrepreneurship, and cultural infrastructure.
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Kemet Coleman
Hip-hop releases including "Stay in Your Lane", "Get Out (The KC Streetcar Song)", "Two Ships in the Night", and the King Kemet album.
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Vine Street Brewing
Missouri’s 1st Black-owned craft brewery, anchored in Historic 18th & Vine as a hub for beer, music, and urban culture.
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Brass & Boujee
An 18-piece big band colliding with heavy 808s and modern hip-hop lyrics, co-fronted alongside Marcus Lewis and Kadesh Flow.
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The Phantastics
High-octane 8-piece band collective making live dance music—blending funk, soul, rap, and continuous live improvisation.
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Urbanism & Placemaking
Host of the official 10-part podcast discussing urban planning, mobility, design, and inclusion for Kansas City 2030.
Listen To Podcast ➔Stay In Your Lane
"Stay In Your Lane" continues Kemet Coleman's signature convergence of urban transportation, transit identity, and high-energy hip-hop. Filmed on location with the Kansas City Streetcar, the track fuses urban advocacy with heavy lyrical drive.
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Vine Street Brewing Co.
Missouri's First Black-Owned Brewery
Historic 18th & Vine Jazz DistrictWhile working at Boulevard Brewing Co., Kemet’s creative drive boiled over. Driven by music and culture, he snuck a camera crew directly into the brewhouse to film a rogue music video. Corporate brass was far from amused, and he was abruptly fired.
That termination ignited a fierce, unshakeable determination: to one day build his own brewhouse—a space where art rules supreme, music lives in the architecture, and community takes center stage.
Transforming that fire into movement, Kemet joined forces with co-founders Woodie Bonds Jr. and Elliott Ivinson to revive a 150-year-old historic stone building in Kansas City’s 18th & Vine Jazz District. Today, Vine Street Brewing Co. stands as Missouri's first Black-owned craft brewery and a premier Midwestern cultural landmark.
Visit Vine Street Brewing Co. ➔
✱ Jazzman: Making history as the first Black-owned beer in distribution in Missouri history.
Brass & Boujee
Co-created alongside Marcus Lewis and featuring Kadesh Flow, Brass & Boujee is an explosive 18-piece big band collision with modern hip-hop. The groundbreaking ensemble shot to #1 on the iTunes Jazz Charts, capturing nation-wide acclaim for blending complex brass arrangements with sharp, conscious rap verses.
From festival stages to full-scale concert halls, the project delivers orchestral scope, hard-hitting rhythm, and a live experience built to feel cinematic and immediate.
The Phantastics
As frontman for The Phantastics, Kemet leads an 8-piece high-octane live dance band that blends genre-bending funk, soul, rap, and continuous live improvisation. Renowned as one of Kansas City's most electrifying festival and venue acts, The Phantastics bring unmatched energy to every stage.
Rooted in live improvisation and crowd-moving grooves, the collective turns every set into a full-spectrum performance that feels both polished and unpredictable.
Urbanism & Placemaking
Kemet’s artistic vision extends directly into the physical design and cultural infrastructure of cities. Honored with the Downtown KC Urban Hero Award, he works at the intersection of public transit, district activation, and equitable civic growth.
As host of the Imagine Downtown KC Podcast, he engages city builders, planners, and civic leaders in conversations outlining the strategic blueprint for Kansas City’s future.
Listen to Imagine Downtown KC ➔Press & Praise
"Kemet Coleman is a true Kansas City renaissance man—seamlessly bridging the gap between hip-hop, civic engagement, and historic placemaking."
— The Kansas City Star"Brass & Boujee took the #1 spot on the iTunes Jazz charts, blending big band arrangements with modern, explosive rap lyrics."
— KCUR 89.3 FM"Vine Street Brewing isn't just serving great beer; it's restoring vitality to one of KC's most historic arts corridors."
— Flatland KCCreative Services
Music & Performance
Live band booking, solo performances, feature rap vocals, original scoring, and transit/place-based song production.
Urban Strategy & Placemaking
Consulting on cultural district activation, community engagement, brand identity for places, and public transit alignment.
Public Speaking & Hosting
Keynote presentations on creative entrepreneurship, civic empowerment, podcast hosting, and event moderation.
Choose Your Path
Kemet Coleman works across live music, speaking, cultural strategy, hospitality, and media. Choose the path that best fits your inquiry so the right conversation starts faster.
Book Music
For solo performances, band bookings, festival appearances, featured vocals, and music-driven programming.
Start Music Inquiry ➔Book Speaking
For keynotes, panels, urbanism conversations, moderated talks, cultural strategy sessions, and placemaking events.
Start Speaking Inquiry ➔Partnerships
For brewery collaborations, venue partnerships, brand activations, community campaigns, and cross-sector creative projects.
Start Partnership Inquiry ➔Press Requests
For interviews, podcast requests, media features, approved bio requests, press quotes, and promotional coordination.
Start Press Inquiry ➔Let’s Build Something Iconic
From live performance and speaking to hospitality partnerships and cultural strategy, use the booking paths above or reach out directly to start the conversation.
Get In Touch ➔Upcoming Shows & Alerts
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