Performance · Production

Ras Kass

real name John R. Austin IV

US west coast MC/producer John Austin IV

Watts, United States · b. 1973-09-26

Ras Kass is credited on 182 albums across 538 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1991–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

View as artist →

Start your shelf →Open in app
Photo of Ras Kass

182

Albums

538

Pressings

4

Decades active

103

In collections

Biography

source

Showing the Discogs bio

West Coast MC Ras Kass was born John Austin in Carson, California in 1973, but raised in Watts. A history and socio-political student, he majored in philosophy at USC. Ras Kass was an original founding member of Patchwerk Records in Atlanta, GA and continues close ties with Patchwerk Studios which is still co-owned and operated by Curtis Daniel III.
Father of Coast Contra's Ras Austin and Taj Austin.

Bio from Discogs

Credited work

182 albums · 538 pressings · active 1991–2026

  • Performance · 601
  • Production · 108
  • Other credits · 26

Studios: Echo Sound · Studio 56 · Soundcastle · Larrabee Sound Studios

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

Around the web

See who really made the music.

Gatefold maps every producer, engineer, and player across your shelf — the credits no one else surfaces.

Start your shelf →

Free forever. Works with 10 records or 10,000.