After SXSW, Rapper KNDRX Is Thinking Big

“This is a fantasy factory for musicians,” says Cory Kendrix, the Denver producer, rapper, DJ and MC who performs as KNDRX.

He’s standing inside the Breaker Boyz Krüe space off South Platte River Drive, where his recording studio, Krue Studios, is located. The full-time musician says he spends nearly all his time here, whether it’s making beats or hanging out with the bikers in the adjacent body shop. The only time he’s not around is when he has his eight-year-old son. “I don’t bring him here except for special occasions,” Kendrix says. “It’s a very adult space.”

That’s accurate. While the spot’s biker-bar origins are evident in the Harleys parked along one wall and the full bar, the stage, PA system, recording studio and bongs show that it’s a musician’s playground. “It was called…