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  • King performed two of his poems/raps on the songs "Bust" & "Unhappy" on the Highest Selling Hip Hop Album of All time: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.
  • Won Georgia Council of Teachers of English Writing Award during Senior Year of High School.
  • Got a quick dance lesson from Paula Abdul on the set of the video 'Roses'.
  • Is known for his song "She's into Star Wars" that he performs at anime/comic book conventions, clubs across the country.
  • Advocate World Wildlife Fund and Children's Literacy.
  • Once owned a dog named Cody Black.
  • First screen test in New York was for a role in 'The Sopranos' (1999).
  • King is the lead singer of the band Temple Knights.
  • First film role was in Universal's American Pie 4: American Reunion (direction by Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg) Society debut was at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton which was similarly titled: An American Reunion.
  • President of Debate Club in his senior year of high school.
  • Childhood friends with Matt Serletic and Andre Benjamin.
  • When not working in film and music, King models professionally from time to time.
  • Independent comic book and anime art publisher with his company Trident Media, Incorporated.
  • Trained under Janet Paul and performed in choir for three years.
  • Wrote/Rap poems on the songs "Bust" and "Unhappy" on the Speakerboxxx/Love Below album that sold ten million units worldwide.
  • Studied at the same film school as Spike Lee.
  • Likes to race European cars in his spare time.
  • His favorite actors are Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, Laurence Olivier, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane, Billy Dee Williams, and Dustin Hoffman.
  • His favorite performance of an actress is Susan Kohner as Sara Jane in Imitation of Life (1959).
  • Admires the work ethic of Christopher Lee, OBE.
  • Same hometown as Paul Newman.
  • President of Class during his matriculation at University.
  • King references Marlon Brando, who portrayed Jor-EL, father of Kal-EL, Superman (1978) Superman Returns (2006) in his song 'Cosmic American' with the lyrics: Marlon, Marlon Brando, return to earthen dance floors, come on Lois tango, supersonic let's go, let's go, let's go!.
  • At age 10, took acting lessons and performed in children's theater.
  • First cousin of Jazz virtuoso Vincent Herring.
  • Featured Musical Debut was on Universal's No Doubt single: Hey Baby (Stank Mix).

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