king arthur- kingdom come

king arthur- kingdom come

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DJ, Radio Personality, Radio One

King Arthur will never forget the day that changed his life. During a
visit to his sister’s house as a high school student, his
brother-in-law introduced him to a set of turntables. That night, he
spent hours trying to figure out the science of mixing records. He
later purchased a set of turntables and became known as the go-to DJ
for house parties in his neighborhood.

Now as a member of the
Super Friends, King Arthur is making sure that the world recognizes his
skills on the wheels of steel. “I had the talent, but it took a minute
for me to get on,” King Arthur says. “But once I got down with DJ
Scorpio, everything snowballed for me. I was everywhere and before I
knew it, I was on the radio at Hot 107.9.”

King Arthur’s rise
with Scorpio began in 2002 when the two revived the Atlanta club, The
Library. “Nobody really cared about The Library at first,” he says.
“But Scorpio threw a birthday party and everybody came to show love. It
was so packed that there was nowhere to stand except in the booth. From
then on, The Library was packed every week.” Although The Library has
since closed, King Arthur continues to DJ at clubs in Atlanta and will
release several mixtapes in 2007. But with the FBI raiding the offices
of DJ Drama last March; King Arthur predicts a change in the mixtape
game. “Once you sell 50 to 70,000 CDs, the FBI is going to start
looking [at your operation],” he says. “This will probably force the
major labels to sign more DJs because mixtapes are the biggest thing
going now in rap.” -amir shaw