Hear ye, hear ye all ye loyal fans of RBMVibes-The King is in the building (we should say the park to be exact).  King David has arrived on the music scene and we’re bringing you an exclusive with him first!  Every King deserves a Queen so we sent out one of our own to have a late night chit chat with this rising star.

Born in the beautiful St. Elizabeth, Jamaica as David Antonio Rowe, King David came to Brooklyn, New York at the age of 11.   As his initials spell out D-A-R, King David says he was born to give(the definition of dar in Spanish).  So far he has done just that.  He has given us two hot new singles Love and Timeless that have been heard in venues like Jamaica Inn in Brooklyn, NY and on the radio at stations like Irie Jam 93.5, Flavor Station 107.9, and 96.7 FM.

King David, like many artists out of Jamaica, grew up on the music of Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, both of whom he sites as major musical influences.  He compares his love to reggae to that of a love for one’s mother, it’s a given.  However, with an ear to the streets at the age of 11 growing up in Brooklyn a love for Hip Hop at it’s prime, the early 90’s, emerged.  These two art forms speak to the musical blend that can be heard in his music.  While this combination is not new on the musical scene, we’ve heard collaborations between Mavado and Jay Z, as well as others, King David doesn’t feel he’s singing the same old tune.  He says, “if you’re capable of expressing yourself in a way people understand, shouldn’t you do it?”  However, unlike most reggae and Hip Hop music of today King David’s song have a prevalant message of love, unity, and equality.  It’s by no coincidence then that he identifies himself as a Rastafarian, following the teachings of Haile Selassie.  King David feels that, “if your thoughts are uniform [then] your music will express itself like that.”

It has to be noted that while there are prevalant tones in his current music there’s more to come than what we’ve heard. Further musical influences come from all genres of music for King David. He doens’t want to limit himself.  “Music is a universal language.  [You] Might not understand [it] but you get a vibe,” he remarks as he reflected on a spanish coworkers inability to understand the lyrics to one of his songs because of the accent and fast rate of speech, but who loved it anyway becasue he felt the music speaking to him.

Heading to the studio, after migrating from Jamaica, from a young age with his uncle and seeing reggae royalty like Shabba and Super Cat in the booth helped King David learn how to express his thoughts as the music spoke to him.  He did his first recording at home on a karaoke machine, and plans on soon recording that first song as well.  He attributes his discipline to his craft from his discipline as a student.  He feels his educational and life experiences help him not to be limited and encourages, “every young person should be [well] rounded.  Don’t limit yourself.  Pick up a skill.”  He has set this example in his own life and is trained in mechanics of high end European luxury cars.  This may come in handy for when he’s bringing in big bucks and will have several of his own.

King David is fresh on the scene and if the principles of his beliefs is any indicator, someone from up above is definitely smiling down on him.  In a short time we have seen his singles blaze the radiowaves and he’s performing almost everywhere. We look forward to hearing more from the King and look forward to his refreshing message, because in today’s world we can all definitely use some more love.

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In case that wasn’t enough here go King David’s rapid fire answers to our late night fill in the blank game:

My new friends won’t believe me, but when I was a kid I was real shy and introverted.

Like all true entertainers when I star in my first movie Lauryn Hill will be cast as my leading lady.

The Bob Marley song I most identify with is Redemption Song.

I don’t say it enough, but I miss certain friends.