An artist for Hip Hop purists, Arise King David aka AKD has served the UK Hip Hop scene with versatile flows, conscious content and some of the hardest beats you will hear anywhere. His MC'ing talents have seen him take the stage at various venues across the UK and open shows for the likes of Akon and The Game. Hip-hop doyens such as DJ 279 on his Friday Night Flavas' Hip Hop show on Choice FM and Tim Westwood on his BBC Radio 1 show have also endorsed his rap skills. AKD holds a masters degree in music technology and audio production, he co-founded DM Sound Design a company specialising in audio post production, music composition and sound design for TV, film, radio, theatre computer games etc. During He has worked on a number of award winning projects. AKD released his debut solo project in 2012, an LP entitled 'Free Music'. Taking a year and a half to craft and nurture it, Free Music received great reviews and was touted as 'a future UK classic' in Hip Hop blogs. This was followed up by the release of a mixtape entitled 'Between Projects' mixed by Itch FM's Mr Dex. Both projects are available for free download. New York In 2013 AKD took a sojourn to New York, the mecca of Hip Hop; while working on the collaborative project released officially in 2016 entitled 'Universal Language' brought to you by Deepstar and AKD, featuring collaborations with Sadat X, Tragedy Khadafi Masta Ace and more. AKD is currently creating and educating, stay tuned....