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L.A. MIKE BETTER KNOWN AS DOUBLE K IS A NATIVE OF
WEST LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA. HE WAS BORN AS MICHAEL
TURNER JR. UNDER THE SIGN OF LEO TO LATANYA MCCLEAN AND
MICHAEL TURNER SR (R.I.P.). YOUNG MIKEY FIRST ROCKED THE MIC
AT HIS CRESCENT HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD’S ANNUAL SUMMER BLOCK
PARTIES. HIS NEIGHBORS, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS WOULD LOOK ON AS
A CHUBBY CHEEKED PRE-TEEN WEARING LOCS, KHAKIS AND AN L.A.
KINGS HAT SPOUTED NWA LYRICS WITH AN IN YOUR FACE ATTITUDE
LIKE AN OLD SCHOOL PRO. BESIDES CLASSIC HIP HOP SUCH AS THIS,
MICHAEL WAS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY AN EARLY INTRODUCTION TO
THE FUNK. ARTISTS LIKE JAMES BROWN, SLY STONE, RICK JAMES, AND
MOST OF ALL GEORGLE CLINTON AND PALIAMENT FUNKADELIC FREED
HIS MIND AND HIS ASS STILL FOLLOWS TO THIS DAY.

WHEN HE WAS 11, HIS BIG BROTHER DJ SWEAT BEGAN TEACHING HIM
THE TURNTABLES THE BEST WAY HE KNEW HOW. HE LOCKED HIM IN A
ROOM WITH A CRATE OF RECORDS AND A SET OF TECHNIC 1200’S.
WHILE ATTENDING ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL, MICHAEL
KNOWN THEN AS DJ KAOS ALONG SIDE HIS PARTNER DJ PROPS WOULD
SPIN UNDERGROUND HIP-HOP AND OLD P FUNK RECORDS AT SCHOOL
FUNCTIONS. HE WAS NOTED AS SAYING THAT HE COULDN’T WAIT TO
GET HIS FIRST CAR SO HE COULD ROLL PASS THE SCHOOL BUMPIN
“MORE BOUNCE”. HE CONTINUED ON THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND A
COUPLE YEARS FOLLOWING SELLING MIXTAPES AND SPINNING AT
HOUSE PARTIES AROUND L.A.

MICHAEL FIRST MET CHRIS PORTUGAL BETTER KNOWN AS THES ONE AT
MARTIN’S RECORD SHOP ON PICO BLVD IN LOS ANGELES. THEY
REMAINED IN CONTACT THROUGH A MUTUAL FRIEND AND THE REST IS
HIP HOP HISTORY. ALL IT TOOK WAS THE TWO TO PLAY THEIR BEATS
FOR EACH OTHER AND THE JOURNEY BEGAN THAT FORMED THE
INFAMOUS DUO THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS. PEOPLE UNDER THE
STAIRS RELEASED THEIR DEBUT LP THE NEXT STEP ON OM RECORDS IN
1998. SINCE THEN THEY’VE RELEASED THREE MORE ALBUMS, TRAVELED
THE WORLD MANY TIMES OVER AND HAVE ACCUMULATED A DIVERSE
INTERNATIONAL FANBASE. AS A SOLO ARTIST HE’S BEEN FEATURED ON
TRACKS WITH THE BREAKESTRA, UGLY DUCKLING, JURRASIC 5, AND
MURS TO NAME A FEW. HIS COLLABORATIONS AREN'T LIMITED JUST TO
HIP HOP. AS KIDD DRUNKADELIC THE BAR CHILD, DOUBLE HAS PICKED
UP THE BASS GUITAR AND RECORDED WITH FUNK LEGENDS BILLY BASS
NELSON, MICHAEL “KIDD FUNKADELIC” HAMPTON, AND MOST NOTABLY
HIS IDOL MR. GEORGE CLINTON.

IN THE BACK OF HIS BELOVED GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE, MS. OLETA
JAMES, HE TRANSFORMED THE GARAGE INTO THE BLACKYARD
RECORDING STUDIO WHERE HE RECORDED THE FIRST ALBUM BY THA
BROTHALOAD, A GROUP IN WHICH HE FOUNDED. THA BROTHALOAD
CONSISTS OF HIMSELF AND SOME OF HIS CLOSEST PATNAZ. THE
BROTHALOAD IS CURRENTLY DOING SHOWS ALL OVER LOS ANGELES AS
WELL AS LAYING TRACKS IN THE STUDIO FOR SEVERAL UPCOMING
PROJECTS. CHECK THEM OUT ON THE WEB AT
www.myspace.com/thabrothaload.
IN 2005 MICHAEL RE-ISSUED A MIX CD UNDER THE NAME L.A. MIKE
ENTITLED "UHH, I HOPE Y’ALL GOT YOUR SUNGLASSES ON OUT THERE".
THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH DOUBLE HIMSELF IF
HE DECIDED TO SELL A FEW AT SHOWS. THIS MIX OF TRUE SCHOOL HIP
HOP AND FUNK TRACKS IS A RARE ITEM TO FIND, BUT WELL WORTH THE
HUNT. HE IS CURRENTLY IN THE STUDIO WORKING ON HIS FIRST FULL
LENGTH SOLO LP ENTITLED MENACE II SOBRIETY WHICH WILL BE
RELEASED ON HIS OWN ILL COSBY RECORD LABEL. THIS ALBUM WILL
FEATURE GUEST APPEARANCES BY THA BROTHALOAD, AS WELL AS HIS
IDOL DR. FUNKENSTEIN HIMSELF GEORGE CLINTON. STAY TUNED, AND
STAY LOADED CAUSE EVERYTHANG IS ON THE ONE Y'ALL.