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Kate Ryan

Kate Ryan, born Katrien Verbeeck in 1980, is a Belgian dance-pop and eurodance singer who broke through in 2002 with her dance cover of Mylène Farmer's "Désenchantée".

Kater

Kater, until 2025 Kater Blau, is a club at Holzmarkt 25 on the Spree riverside in Friedrichshain, Berlin, known for melodic house and open-air daytime parties.

Kater Club GmbH

Kater Club GmbH is a Berlin company operating the electronic-music club at Holzmarktstrasse 25, known as Kater Blau from 2014 and as Kater since its 2025 rebrand.

Kavinsky

Kavinsky was the stage name of Vincent Belorgey (1975-2026), the French DJ and producer behind the synthwave hit Nightcall, featured in Drive and performed at the Paris 2024 Olympics closing ceremony; his albums were OutRun (2013) and Reborn (2022).

Kay Flock

Kay Flock (Kevin Perez, born 2003) is a Bronx drill rapper whose 2021 mixtape The D.O.A. Tape and Cardi B collaboration "Shake It" (Hot 100 number 51) anchored New York sample drill; in 2025 he was convicted of racketeering and sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Kaytranada

Kaytranada (Louis Kevin Celestin, born 1992, Haiti; raised in Montreal) is a DJ and producer blending house, hip-hop, R&B, and disco; albums 99.9%, Bubba, Kaytraminé, Timeless, AIN'T NO DAMN WAY!; Polaris Prize winner.

Kayzo Unleashed XL

Kayzo Unleashed XL is a live stage production by American DJ Kayzo, fusing bass music with a live rock band, debuted at Ultra Music Festival in 2023.

Keel (band)

Keel is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1984 by vocalist Ron Keel, known for the MTV hit "The Right to Rock."

Keinemusik

Keinemusik is a Berlin-based electronic music label and DJ collective founded in 2009 by &ME, Adam Port, Rampa, and Reznik, known for blending techno and deep house with Afrobeats.

Keith Flint

Keith Flint (1969–2019), English frontman of The Prodigy; joined as dancer in 1989, sang "Firestarter" and "Breathe" (UK No 1s, 1996), died at his Essex home in March 2019.

Kelly Lee Owens

Kelly Lee Owens is a Welsh electronic producer, songwriter, and singer based in London, known for shadowy but resonant techno-pop spanning dream-pop-inflected techno to distorted club records.

Kelly Lee Owens b2b rRoxymore

Kelly Lee Owens b2b rRoxymore was a back-to-back DJ set by Welsh producer Kelly Lee Owens and French producer rRoxymore at Drumsheds, London, in December 2025.

KELTEK

KELTEK is the hardstyle project of Dutch producer Sven Sieperda, launched in 2017 on Scantraxx after he left the duo Psyko Punkz, with the Defqon.1 2019 anthem 'One Tribe'.

Kelvin Mercer

Kelvin Mercer, known as Posdnuos or Plug One, is an American rapper and lead MC of De La Soul, the Long Island trio behind 3 Feet High and Rising (1989) and 2025's Cabin in the Sky.

Ken Carson

Ken Carson (Kenyatta Frazier Jr., born 2000) is an Atlanta rage rapper signed to Playboi Carti's Opium label in 2019; albums Project X, X, A Great Chaos, More Chaos (No. 1 Billboard 200, 2025), and xperiment (2026).

Kendal Calling

Kendal Calling is a four-day summer music and arts festival held at Lowther Deer Park near Penrith in the Lake District, first held in 2006.

Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar (Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, born 1987, Compton) is an American rapper whose Good Kid, M.A.A.d City, To Pimp a Butterfly, and DAMN. won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music; he holds 27 Grammys, the most of any rapper.

Kernkraft 400

Kernkraft 400 is a 1999 German techno single by Zombie Nation, the alias of Munich producer Florian Senfter, built on a melody sampled from the 1984 game Lazy Jones.

Kerri Chandler

Kerri Chandler is an American DJ, producer, and label head born in East Orange, New Jersey, described as a pioneer of deep house's New Jersey sound.

Kerri Chandler presents 'Reel-2-Reel' live

Kerri Chandler presents 'Reel-2-Reel' live is a live show by American deep-house producer Kerri Chandler, who DJs on vintage reel-to-reel tape machines instead of turntables or laptops.

KETBOI69

KETBOI69, also written Ketboi69, is the back-to-back DJ project of Irish DJ KETTAMA (Evan Campbell of Galway) and Australian DJ Partiboi69, billing as a duo from August 2024 and known for high-BPM techno and rave sets.

Kettama

KETTAMA (Evan Campbell, born 1997, Galway) is an Irish DJ and producer of sample-based, high-energy house and rave music. Known for the 2018 Bucklyn Bridge EP, G-Town Records, Steel City Dance Discs ties, and the 2025 debut album Archangel.

Kevin Abstract

Kevin Abstract, born Clifford Ian Simpson (1996, Corpus Christi, Texas), is an American rapper, singer, and producer, founder of Brockhampton and AliveSinceForever, with solo albums MTV1987, American Boyfriend, Arizona Baby, Blanket, and BLUSH.

Kevin Gates

Kevin Gates, stage name of Kevin Jerome Gilyard (born 1986), is an American rapper from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Known for the Luca Brasi mixtape series, the platinum 2016 album Islah, and Bread Winners' Association with Atlantic Records.

Kevin McKay (Scottish DJ)

Kevin McKay is a Scottish DJ, record producer, and label owner who founded the Glasgow Underground label in 1997 and co-produced Mylo's platinum album Destroy Rock & Roll.

Kevin Saunderson

Kevin Saunderson, born 1964 in New York City, is a Detroit techno pioneer of the Belleville Three with Juan Atkins and Derrick May. Known as 'the Elevator,' he founded KMS Records, formed Inner City ('Big Fun,' 'Good Life'), and created the Reese bass.

Key Glock

Key Glock (Markeyvius LaShun Cathey, b. 1997), Memphis rapper and Young Dolph's cousin, signed to Paper Route Empire; Yellow Tape went gold, Dum and Dummer 2 hit No. 8, Glockaveli marked his 2025 Republic debut.

Khantrast

Khantrast (Anthony Zhang, born 1998) is a Chinese-American rapper from Brooklyn, New York, formerly Starrk Khantrast. Known for anime freestyles like Naruto Bluebird Freestyle, the drill hit Landed in Brooklyn, and albums Chinatowns Favorite (2025) and Poster Child (2026).

Khia

Khia (Khia Finch, Khia Shamone Chambers), Tampa rapper and producer behind the 2002 hit "My Neck, My Back (Lick It)" and the independently sold gold album Thug Misses; her name also spawned the slang "Khia Asylum."

KI/KI

KI/KI (Kiki Wesselo) is a Dutch DJ and producer from Amsterdam blending euphoric trance, acid, and techno; SPIELRAUM resident since 2018, founder of the slash label, and creator of the 5HRS OF ACID five-hour show format.