User talk:Kingjuli100

Rapper King Juli (Rhovan Curtis) was born on July 23rd, 1987 to Jamaican immigrants Beverley Nelson Curtis and Anson Ewen Curtis in Florida. King Juli has two brothers and one sister all of who were born in New York. Growing up in a musical household, he expressed great interest in hip hop music rapping at the mere age of 7 years old. As a youth he received formal music education on the piano.

King Juli’s mother and Father divorced when he was 8, his mother was left to raise him and the rest of his siblings on her own. King Juli would often go back to New York with his Siblings as a youth to spend time. His biggest musical influences are Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G., & Big L all of who have had a huge impact on the rapper’s lyrical style and depth. At the age of 12 King Juli began recording professionally and performing, by age 17 he was a full fledged producer. Between the years of 2003 and 2006 he would often record at the Bazaar in Harlem, where his older sister resided across the street. In early 2008 at a standstill in his life King Juli’s mother sent him to Brooklyn to get his life together and begin schooling in the culinary field. During his time away at school, he resided in 5 different neighborhoods within Brooklyn.

He took notice to how real the streets were, when he witnessed the aftermath of a fatal shooting outside his home in his Brownsville neighborhood. In tune with his surroundings, he quickly realized the balance in content & substance hip hop music needed. It wasn’t long before King Juli divided his time between the books and spent more time in the streets sharpening his craft in the Bedford-stuyvesant area, home of legendary MC Notorious B.I.G. He would spend endless days and nights in Little Ferry, New Jersey producing records with Andre and Ivory Luvor of the Legendary “Supermen” founded by famed DJ Clark Kent who is credited for discovering Brooklyn rapper Shyne. “Having the opportunity to rap for DJ Clark Kent in his home and get his endorsement was a huge honor. Especially considering he’s only worked with legends such as Notorious B.I.G., Shyne, Jay-Z and Foxy Brown.”He is now CEO of his own imprint Time Bomb Productions, LLC and couldn’t be at a better place in his life.

Who is King Juli? King juli is quote; “someone who is writing for change. I’m writing to inspire myself and others to be greater than what they limit themselves To believe. I’m writing because if I don’t express what’s on my mind who will? Only I can speak for myself, I speak for the outspoken in a mute society.”