Kansas City Contemporary Hip-Hop

Riley PNP

I'm Riley PNP. Kansas City contemporary hip-hop — direct bars, clear hooks, first-person and confident. My catalog is 2016-2022 only: Still Cookin’ Vol. 1, The Murder Tape, The Speez, The Fundraiser, Throwaways EP. Five projects. No filler. Press play and hear it for yourself.

@rileypnp · rileypnp.appmajic.ai — The Dopest Foreal.

Start with Still Cookin’ Vol. 1

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Riley PNP at a glance

Artist · Base

Riley PNP — Kansas City

Sound: Kansas City contemporary hip-hop. Tagline: The Dopest Foreal.

Start here

Still Cookin’ Vol. 1

Then The Murder Tape top to bottom. Play the catalog, get drops by email.

Book / press

Holler direct

Contact forms are not connected yet, so no submission reaches me. Press kit: /press-kit

Who is Riley PNP?

I'm Riley PNP. Straight from Kansas City. I write what I lived, I record what I wrote, and I put it out the way I meant it to sound. Kansas City made me hungry before it made me a rapper. That grit shows up in every bar. Press reading this: this is the canonical bio. Same name, same city, same catalog on every platform. If the name isn't "Riley PNP" in full, it isn't me.

Where I come from

I come from Kansas City, and I rap like it. Grit, pride, and a chip that turns into work. I built this the long way: project by project, tape by tape, verse by verse. No shortcuts bought, no numbers faked, no borrowed face. When people ask where Riley PNP is from, the answer is simple: Kansas City — and the catalog proves it.

I let the music do the talking. If you play it front to back, you will hear a rapper who came up the long way, learned how to write, learned how to hit a hook you can actually remember, and learned how to stay true through all of it.

The catalog is the story

Don't take my word for it. Press play.

  1. Still Cookin’ Vol. 1

    Album · 2016-12-16 · 8 songs · Where it starts

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  2. The Murder Tape

    Mixtape · 2017-05-13 · 8 songs · Run it top to bottom

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  3. The Speez

    Album · stores 2018-10-20 · 7 songs · Bars front and center

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  4. The Fundraiser

    Album · 2020-05-15 · 10 songs · For KC

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  5. Throwaways EP

    EP · 2022-12-24 · 5 songs · The ones that made the cut

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Each item links to its project under /albums. On-site playback is pending masters, so use /music for listening links. No tracklists, features, or producers are guessed here.

What I mean by The Dopest Foreal

People ask me what "The Dopest Foreal" means. It is my tagline, but it is more than that — it is my standard. Dopest means the work has to earn it every time. Foreal means I mean every word I say. If I claim Kansas City, I back it up. If I say I wrote it, I wrote it. If I drop it, it is mine.

How it sounds. How I work.

How do I sound? Gritty when it needs to be gritty. Clean enough to run anywhere. Hooks you can sing back after one listen, verses that do not waste a bar, and a voice that is confident without begging for validation. I am first-person with you — I am not hiding behind a character.

How I work? I write, I record, I release, I repeat. I stand behind every drop because my name is on it. I am not buying streams or copying a story to get a moment. I would rather build slow and build it right.

KC proud. KC first.

I am going to always rep Kansas City first. This city raised this sound in me. Every project, every verse, every hook — that is for the city that made me hungry and the folks who carry it further.

If you are from KC: put this on loud, share it, wear it, tell somebody two cities over. If you are not from KC, welcome in anyway. Find your project, press play, and get on the email list so you hear about the next thing direct from me. More on Kansas City

What PNP stands for is mine to say when I say it. Watch this page and the music for my words, not a guess.

Support the work. Press, holler direct.

Three ways to move with me:

  1. Play it loud — stream the catalog on this site and your platform. Save it. Share it.
  2. Get the drops — join the email list. New music, merch, and show news first, no spam. Get drops by email
  3. Wear it — merch at /store when it is live. Direct support, no middleman speech.

Booking / press / collabs / licensing: the contact form at /contact and the email list at /newsletter are not connected yet, so nothing sent through them reaches me and no reply is promised. No booking or press email is published on this site. For press facts, use /press-kit and /about.

Merch. Honest status, no fake shop.

Tees, hoodies and posters, print-on-demand and US only. Nothing is listed until it is sampled and price-checked, and no Venmo handle is published yet. The ship window, when there is one, appears only on the item page.

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Each piece is made after you order, so there is no dead stock. Checkout, when it opens, is Venmo Business only and requires the exact note on the order page. Terms live at Shipping & Returns and FAQ.

This page is the official About for Riley PNP. If you see a bio, date, or feature that is not on this site or in the catalog, it is not verified — and it is not me.

Quick answers

Where is Riley PNP from?

Kansas City. That is my base, and that is what the music is built on.

Where do I start listening?

Still Cookin’ Vol. 1, then The Murder Tape top to bottom — both in the albums.

How do I book Riley PNP or request press?

The contact form at /contact is not connected yet, so no submission reaches me and no reply is promised. For press facts, use the press kit at /press-kit.

Run the catalog

Run it like you mean it. Kansas City. The Dopest Foreal.

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