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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Rahki
Person · male · United States · Minneapolis · born 2009
hip hop producer and songwriter from Los Angeles, United States
Also known as 拉赫吉
Timeline
2 events◦ Birth 1✦ Award 1
2000s
2010s
Biography
English biography90 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1353715106
Biography
Columbus Smith III, better known by his stage name Rahki (sometimes Rahki Beats), is a Grammy Award-winning American record producer and songwriter from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is known for his work with mentor DJ Khalil and acts such as Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Currensy, Evidence, Schoolboy Q, 50 Cent, Domo Genesis, Lecrae, Aloe Blacc, and more. In 2018, Rahki was the executive producer on Rejjie Snow's album titled, Dear Annie. Rahki was also responsible for the cover artwork for the album, and his son contributed vocals to the opening song "Hello".
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 1 | 0.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Rahki head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 1 | 0.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Grammy Award for Best Rap Song | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rahki2020%281%29.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16734861genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16734861seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahkibiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahki
Why this artist is in the database
- List of hip-hop musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Shannonhchoi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q16734861 · MusicBrainz: 0b15bed5-5365-4e7f-ab80-240078b15414
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