Bay Area underground // alternative rap // producer · engineer

THA GHO$T

Dark, lyrical, self-made. Bay Area underground rap, production, and engineering — St. Louis-raised, Bay-planted. 50+ releases deep, every one built in-house. Lo-fi soul, futuristic synth, trap drums. Down the rabbit hole.

50+
Releases since '18
100%
Self-produced
STL→BAY
Roots
01 Latest
Out now

THE MACHINE

The 2026 album — 10 tracks, produced and engineered top to bottom. Press play.

Play THE MACHINE on YouTube ↗
Recent drops
Jul '26SLOWDOWNSingleNew
Apr '26Listenfeat. A.O. Lyrical
Jan '26THE MACHINEAlbum · 10 tracks
Dec '25ARMSSingle
Oct '25PHONE GHOSTfeat. Rezin8 & Ghost Alive
Aug '24for tha birdzAlbum · 10 tracks
02 Music

The catalog

50+ releases since 2018 — albums, EPs, and singles, all self-produced and engineered. No label, no filler. A selection of the full-lengths:

▶ Full catalog on YouTube 50+ releases in all — deep cuts, singles & deluxes on the channel.
03 Beats — for placement

Beats & production

Engineer, producer, beat maker. Two vibe-cut sets below — press play. Beats are available to license or place (artist projects, film / TV / ads, sync). Custom production on request.

hard
Trap · drill-leaning · 808s — GODZILLA, HARDBELLS, creepintrap
chill
Soulful · boom-bap · live-instrument flips — Violin Hip Hop, Good Pressure
prod. tha gho$t: CRASHTOPSIDEGODZILLA ATLDELTAcreepintrapHARDBELLSHUM TO ME
LicenseRangeWhat you get
MP3 Lease$25–60Tagged/untagged MP3 · streaming & demos
WAV Lease$50–100WAV · commercial release, capped streams
Trackout / Stems$100–200WAV + stems · unlimited, mix-ready
Exclusive / SyncInquireOne buyer · pulled from catalog · film/TV/ads

Licensing, sync & custom work → thaghostdidit@gmail.com · full beat catalog on SoundCloud ↗

04 Live

Shows

Upcoming
Oct 24The Lama Shack — Oakland, CAConfirmed
w/ Killah Priest (Wu-Tang) · HipHopAholics
Sep 26Richmond Republic — SF, CAHipHopAholics
Bay hip-hop showcase

Booking & advance dates → thaghostdidit@gmail.com

Recent
2026THOP Fest — Rodeo / Inland Empire, CA
Lyricism competition
2026Woodhouse Blending & BrewingSupport
opened for Myka 9 (Freestyle Fellowship)
2026Culture Circle 916 — Sacramento, CA
SLOWDOWN showcase
2026Delirium — SF, CA
HipHopAholics
05 Press / Media

The file on Tha Gho$t

Official video · live sets & the SLEDGE AI film on YouTube ↗

Tha Gho$t is a Bay Area underground rap artist, producer, and engineer — St. Louis-raised, Bay-planted. Self-produced and self-released, his sound fuses lo-fi soul, futuristic synth, and trap drums into a dark, cinematic, matrix / glitch world — a rapper's ear and a producer's hands in one.

Since 2018 he's dropped 50+ projects, from the 22-track debut LP Everything Is Differnt (2020) through Zigzag, Rome, Purple, and for tha birdz, to his 2026 album THE MACHINE — building every beat in-house and executive-producing records for other artists along the way.

Live, he's a fixture of the Bay underground: a confirmed Oct 2026 bill with Wu-Tang's Killah Priest, an opening set for Myka 9 (Freestyle Fellowship), and a run through THOP Fest and the HipHopAholics circuit.

Press photo
1 — portrait
Press photo
2 — live shot
Press photo
3 — landscape

Hi-res press photos & one-sheet available on request. Journalists: bio above is cleared for copy.

Shared bill: Killah Priest Opened for: Myka 9 Darrein Safron Rezin8 A.O. Lyrical Ghost Alive Big V
Fact sheet
BaseBay Area (via STL)
LaneAlternative rap
AlsoProducer / engineer
Releases50+ since 2018
LatestTHE MACHINE (2026)
06 Merch
Wear the transmission.

Matrix-glitch fits and drops. Limited runs — if it's up, it's up.

Enter the shop ↗
Storetha-ghost.printify.me
DropsTees · hoodies · prints
AestheticMatrix / glitch / cyborg
07 Stay locked in

Booking · features · press · licensing

thaghostdidit@gmail.com