Double K aka Tha Kid

L.A. MIKE BETTER KNOWN AS DOUBLE K IS A NATIVE OF

WEST LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA. HE WAS BORN AS MICHAEL

TURNER JR. UNDER THE SIGN OF LEO TO LATANYA MCCLEAN AND MICHAEL TURNER SR (R.I.P.). YOUNG MIKEY FIRST ROCKED THE MIC

AT HIS CRESCENT HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD’S ANNUAL SUMMER BLOCK PARTIES. HIS NEIGHBORS, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS WOULD LOOK ON AS

A CHUBBY CHEEKED PRE-TEEN WEARING LOCS, KHAKIS AND AN L.A. KINGS HAT SPOUTED NWA LYRICS WITH AN IN YOUR FACE ATTITUDE LIKE AN OLD SCHOOL PRO. BESIDES CLASSIC HIP HOP SUCH AS THIS, MICHAEL WAS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY AN EARLY INTRODUCTION TO THE FUNK. ARTISTS LIKE JAMES BROWN, SLY STONE, RICK JAMES, AND MOST OF ALL GEORGLE CLINTON AND PALIAMENT FUNKADELIC FREED HIS MIND AND HIS ASS STILL FOLLOWS TO THIS DAY.



WHEN HE WAS 11, HIS BIG BROTHER DJ SWEAT BEGAN TEACHING HIM THE TURNTABLES THE BEST WAY HE KNEW HOW. HE LOCKED HIM IN A ROOM WITH A CRATE OF RECORDS AND A SET OF TECHNIC 1200’S. WHILE ATTENDING ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL, MICHAEL KNOWN THEN AS DJ KAOS ALONG SIDE HIS PARTNER DJ PROPS WOULD SPIN UNDERGROUND HIP-HOP AND OLD P FUNK RECORDS AT SCHOOL FUNCTIONS. HE WAS NOTED AS SAYING THAT HE COULDN’T WAIT TO GET HIS FIRST CAR SO HE COULD ROLL PASS THE SCHOOL BUMPIN “MORE BOUNCE”. HE CONTINUED ON THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND A COUPLE YEARS FOLLOWING SELLING MIXTAPES AND SPINNING AT

HOUSE PARTIES AROUND L.A.



MICHAEL FIRST MET CHRIS PORTUGAL BETTER KNOWN AS THES ONE AT MARTIN’S RECORD SHOP ON PICO BLVD IN LOS ANGELES. THEY REMAINED IN CONTACT THROUGH A MUTUAL FRIEND AND THE REST IS HIP HOP HISTORY. ALL IT TOOK WAS THE TWO TO PLAY THEIR BEATS FOR EACH OTHER AND THE JOURNEY BEGAN THAT FORMED THE INFAMOUS DUO THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS. PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS RELEASED THEIR DEBUT LP THE NEXT STEP ON OM RECORDS IN 1998. SINCE THEN THEY’VE RELEASED THREE MORE ALBUMS, TRAVELED THE WORLD MANY TIMES OVER AND HAVE ACCUMULATED A DIVERSE INTERNATIONAL FANBASE. AS A SOLO ARTIST HE’S BEEN FEATURED ON TRACKS WITH THE BREAKESTRA, UGLY DUCKLING, JURRASIC 5, AND MURS TO NAME A FEW. HIS COLLABORATIONS AREN'T LIMITED JUST TO HIP HOP. AS KIDD DRUNKADELIC THE BAR CHILD, DOUBLE HAS PICKED UP THE BASS GUITAR AND RECORDED WITH FUNK LEGENDS BILLY BASS NELSON, MICHAEL “KIDD FUNKADELIC” HAMPTON, AND MOST NOTABLY HIS IDOL MR. GEORGE CLINTON.



IN THE BACK OF HIS BELOVED GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE, MS. OLETA JAMES, HE TRANSFORMED THE GARAGE INTO THE BLACKYARD RECORDING STUDIO WHERE HE RECORDED THE FIRST ALBUM BY THA BROTHALOAD, A GROUP IN WHICH HE FOUNDED. THA BROTHALOAD

CONSISTS OF HIMSELF AND SOME OF HIS CLOSEST PATNAZ. THE BROTHALOAD IS CURRENTLY DOING SHOWS ALL OVER LOS ANGELES AS WELL AS LAYING TRACKS IN THE STUDIO FOR SEVERAL UPCOMING PROJECTS. CHECK THEM OUT ON THE WEB AT

www.myspace.com/thabrothaload. IN 2005 MICHAEL RE-ISSUED A MIX CD UNDER THE NAME L.A. MIKE ENTITLED "UHH, I HOPE Y’ALL GOT YOUR SUNGLASSES ON OUT THERE". THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH DOUBLE HIMSELF IF HE DECIDED TO SELL A FEW AT SHOWS. THIS MIX OF TRUE SCHOOL HIP HOP AND FUNK TRACKS IS A RARE ITEM TO FIND, BUT WELL WORTH THE HUNT. HE IS CURRENTLY IN THE STUDIO WORKING ON HIS FIRST FULL LENGTH SOLO LP ENTITLED MENACE II SOBRIETY WHICH WILL BE RELEASED ON HIS OWN ILL COSBY RECORD LABEL. THIS ALBUM WILL FEATURE GUEST APPEARANCES BY THA BROTHALOAD, AS WELL AS HIS IDOL DR. FUNKENSTEIN HIMSELF GEORGE CLINTON. STAY TUNED, AND STAY LOADED CAUSE EVERYTHANG IS ON THE ONE Y'ALL.