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King Karlemagne
Karl A. Talla Demgueu (born June 4, 1991), known by his stage name King Karlemagne, is an American Hip-Hop artist, and entrepreneur. He is best know for his autobiography single entitled "Drunk", off of his project, "Foreign Exchanged 2: The Voyage to Freedom".

Career
Born in Cameroon, a disparate country in central Africa, Karl’s early misfortunes would later help catapult his rhymes into impassioned pleas of survival. A move to Boston at age nine, while a better situation for the family, put Karl on the early defensive – at an age which otherwise would be spent in relative innocence. A native French speaker (France once shared Cameroon’s territory with England), the upheaval to an English-speaking land provided what could only be described as a massive culture shock. “It might have been the toughest part of my life,” he recalls. “You go from speaking freely with people, to a place where you don’t really identify with anyone. You’re an outcast. I felt nobody could relate to me being from somewhere else – so hip-hip was a common ground.”

Also dealing with a father he’d see sporadically for weeks at a time, Karl turned to music as his own form of expression, communication – and acceptance. With hip-hop as the anchor, Karl’s influences of 50 Cent, Michael Jackson, along with his native African tones & drumbeats, allowed him to finally open his sphere of influence – and he hasn’t looked back since.

“Being able to utilize the music that I make to tell stories that I couldn’t necessarily share as I was going through them is the greatest gift of all to me,” Karl says of his music. “These songs allow me to speak in a language that everybody understands; and that’s music!” Karl’s years of perceived jilt have also given him the gift of virulent observation – in the vein of Eminem and Joe Budden before him, he has a knack for championing the underdog. With a rigorous work ethic, Karl’s ambition far exceeds the miles his voyage has covered thus far.

Personal
Karl attended Malden High School for two years before transferring and graduating from Brentsville District High School in Nokesville, Virginia. He also spent some time teaching English in China for most of his early twenties.

Albums

 * Foreign Exchanged 2 (The Voyage to Freedom) (2017)

Mixtapes

 * And So A Journey Began... (2012)
 * Foreign Exchanged (2013)