King Cee / Boloskitchen, is a native of Washington DC. Born August 25th, 1971 and raised in the Brightwood section of Northwest D.C. "Bolo" is an influential brother in DC hip-hop and one of our most talented producers, bar none. King has been musically inclined all of his life. He was first exposed to music by his mother Arlene Brown "Snookie", who would put a speaker to her stomach while pregnant with him and play jazz and R&B records. He grew up to play trumpet, tuba, and baritone in the Rabaut Junior High School concert band and was first exposed to hip hop music through his cousin Alvernon Brown, who lived in the Northeast Edgewood Terrace apartments complex in D.C.
In the 80s, King beat boxed for a neighborhood group called the Cold Crush Crew whose membership consisted of life-long friends Shawn/Kid Footwork, Tootie/Kid Jam (RIP) and his brother Ali /Chill Love. He developed his B-Boy/Breaking skills, which lead him to join a few local breaking crews such as The Mighty Floor Rockers, Unlimited Breakers and The Selected Few. He heavily participated in the underground hip-hop scene in D.C. He frequented a few clubs where you could find the hip-hop culture thriving such as The Crib and Teen World, which were both located in the Lansberg building in downtown D.C. Another such club was The Shining Star in Silver Spring on the DC/MD line. He also remembers listening to Hip Hop radio broadcasts by Frank Ski, who is now a popular radio personality in Atlanta, and Larry G's show on the radio. At that time this was the only station in DC playing hip-hop music exclusively. Those were the days when Frank always ended his show by saying "Oh Baby, Oh Baby".
Eventually he strayed away from hip-hop as an artist and pursued his passion for football. He started playing in high school and fell in love with it. He played all three years and started as a offensive and defensive linemen. After graduation, in 1989, he went on to play one year of college football, where he started as an offensive tackle for the Montgomery College Fighting Knights. Due to financial constraints his days at college ended quickly. In other words, a brother had to get a full time job! While working full-time, his love for hip-hop was still there so he began his road back to becoming artistically active again. He began to DJ and was so hungry for it, he admits, that he stole his first set of turntables and records.
After building his skills as a DJ for a few years, he began to wonder how the artists who's music he would play came up with their sound. What was thier formula? King had always been into the music and knew of one cat that had the skills to put him on point musically. This was his dear brother, Father Lord - (RIP), who schooled him on the secrets of production, turned him on to equipment, developed his ear for breaks - the whole nine. Many thanks!!! He remembers Lord using this li'l ass Radio Shack keyboard nicknamed "The Juggernaut" that sampled, which was given to him by another influential brother in DC hip-hop, Shawn/Ooh Aah.
And so King continues to stay true to his love for producing innovative music that contributes to the growth and development of Hip Hop culture for generations to come. His credits consist of the 1998 Wutang Records release "The Swarm: Volume 1" where he produced the track for the song "On the Strength" for his former group "The Beggaz". He also released a maxi-single in 1999 called "Supernatural" where he and Father Lord collaborated on production. His current project is his first full length album "Boloskitchen - Blood Sweat & Years" . Be on the look out for more cutting edge projects from this brother..............The best is yet to come !!!!!!!!!!!