by Petula Caesar
Today is the sixth anniversary of the death of Khia Danielle Edgerton, a.k.a. K-Swift. K Swift was a deejay, emcee, radio station personality, and one of the driving forces behind Baltimore’s music scene and the undisputed “Club Queen”. She passed away after a swimming pool accident at her home. I remember very well seeing her that very afternoon doing what she loved on the deejay culture stage at Artscape. She did a set that had everyone moving their bodies. A few short hours later the buzz of my Instant Messenger woke me up at 3 a.m. – someone who worked at Good Samaritan Hospital had told a friend of mine who told me about the tragedy that had taken her life at the tender age of 29.
From her beginnings as an intern at 92Q in 1994 when she was only 18, to becoming as an on-air personality only four years later, to her number one ranked “Off The Hook” radio show with co-host Squirrel Wyde to her Club Queen Entertainment company, K-Swift was a well-loved and extremely successful multi-talented woman. Her “Jumpoff” series of mixtapes helped propel Baltimore Club music to international status, making the music genre more than just a local thing (and can still be purchased on iTunes here).
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