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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT— KHING JUS WURK By: Terrance Hazly
How did you get started? Describe the unique spelling of your name to us as well.
Well I first started my career in hip-hop when I was in the Group Home Hawthorne Cedar Knolls in Westchester N. Y at the age of around eight years old. And it stuck with me ever since, I have been writing my own material since I was twelve years old. Went through many stages to reach the point that I am at my career hasn’ t been easy and that’ s where my name came from. I am Wurk and it’ s actually Jus Wurk but I decided to add the Khing for a little flare.
The spelling it self represents my uniqueness when it comes to Wurk the U means just that u Work. When it comes to the spelling of king with h that was added for the hate It also helps me stand out from the rest gotta actually spell it how it is K-h-i-n-g J-u-s W-u-r-k and when you do all the info you see will be mines and mines, it’ s a marketing tool. Real hard to build up because when you enter my info auto correct automatically corrects it. Could even say that obstacle alone increase my grind because I have to have enough information out there to try and stop the system from auto correcting and go straight to all my material. It’ s nothing though you feel me Wurkkk!
Tell us about your writing abilities & flow style.
I’ m not like the rest or these“ rappers” I don’ t just put a bunch of hot words together on a hot beat and cross my fingers. I also don’ t just write rap music I write R & B and Pop tracks also. My lyrics are a part of who I am, my life the things I’ ve been through and witnessed. Through my music I tell a story all you have to do is take a moment to listen. I don’ t sit for hours on a track and try to force out a hit. I vibe I let the track speak to me get, into my zone. And then let it go, and not matter what I make sure to stay true to me. Pay close attention to everyone or my tracks, if you want to catch me in a lie. You’ ll see your self I’ m having fun with this, don’ t stunt on not one line … but I’ m coming harder and harder every time. No metaphors or big words or complicated saying you must look up. I’ m direct you will understand and more than likely pardon me say I feel the same motherfucking way.
What type of obstacles have you encountered getting to where you are?
I don’ t have enough room, but I am going to speed through the life of Wurk and I want you to bear with me going to be a brief summary. I was born in Kings County Brooklyn from Redhook( Poor Block) Pops named Nitty Moms Lisandra my fam was and still is very heavy out there, and I always wondered how life would been if I grew up there you know the place where everybody knows everybody and ya mother grew up with his aunty who married you brothers sister LOL, they still love me though I mean its home … nah but I was in foster care by five and by eight I was in the group home, went back with my moms when I was twelve and by fifth teen I was back in state custody this time juvenile detention didn’ t come home until I was almost eighteen years old and this is the beginning, there’ s more. After that I started moving around a lot seen some places, and a lot … seen a whole a lot of things happen and it was all soooo fast, most of the time it ended up with me in jail. And to be honest this was my life until 2013 when I was released from Franklin county TN that was the final straw I have kids and I was trying so I thought, my baby mother told me if I didn’ t ship up I would lose my kids. So ever since then I have been putting all I have into this music, because after all that moving being alone … I just couldn’ t lose my babies. Choose to be someone