August 1: Double K Was Born. (1977)

August 1, 1977 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Michael “Double K” Turner was born in Hollywood, CA. Double K would grow up to: (1) be raised in West L.A., (2) become 1/2 of People Under The Stairs, (3) also rap as “L.A. Mike”, (3) go to high school with Murs, Scarub, and Eligh, (4) spin as DJ Kaos, (5) get his name Double K from a character in Beat Street and (6) produce. Happy Birthday and RIP Double K!

ABOVE: Behind the Beat with Double K
ABOVE: People Under The Stairs – “The Wiz”

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