DK aka Wayne Watts is a national recording positive hip-hop artist on the independent label, Evergreen Music.
DK aka Wayne Watts, now 26 years old, honed his MC skills in his native city of Baltimore, Maryland and has been recording and performing his special brand of hip-hop music since the age of 16.
2011 finds DK aka Wayne Watts continuing with a West Coast regional and national tour of festivals, colleges and clubs using some of the finest musicians in the area to promote his latest full-length CD, "While You Were Sleeping - The Mixtape", including members of Denver's Hottest R&B/Funk group, the Hot Lunch Band which includes his older cousin - Michael Thompson, Keyboardist.
In 2010, DK aka Wayne Watts took his captivating show to NACA colleges (National Association of College Activities), interacting with his audiences at the United States Military Academy (West Point, NY), University of Maryland (College Park, MD), Shepherd University (Shepherdstown, WV), Passaic Community County Community College (Paterson, NJ), University of North Carolina-Pembroke (Pembroke, NC) and other colleges across the Mid-Atlantic Region. DK aka Wayne Watts ended his 2010 Spring Semester Tour at the University of Maryland - Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD) as the Opening Act for Interscope Records artist Wale (“Chillin” feat Lady Gaga).
In 2009, DK aka Wayne Watts showcased at both the NACA (National Association of College Activities) Mid-Atlantic Conference and the Millennium Conference, headlined at Washington, DC's Hard Rock Cafe for the 1st Annual DC's Hottest 5 Music Competition sponsored by Metromix DC and the DC Lottery, and performed along the East Coast.
In 2008, DK aka Wayne Watts showcased at the NACA Mid-Atlantic Festival, entertained and amazed crowds with intricate urban based beats laced with solid rock guitar riffs and ended the year completing a violence prevention music video, produced by Academy Award winning producer, Susan Hadary and directed by Emmy Award winning director & cinematographer, John Anglim, found on PSA's, You Tube, My Space, with Free Ring Tones and Free downloads.
From 2003 to 2007, while completing requirements for his BA Degree in Communications, DK aka Wayne Watts released his first full-length CD "That's My Boy", which was heard blasting over the airways throughout the 2003 Billboard Hip/Hop Conference with the title song tracked as the #3 most added hip hop single on the CMJ chart (March 10, 2004) and later added to over 150 college and commercial radio stations. DK aka Wayne Watts performed at various events in the Maryland & DC areas, appearing with Cee-Lo, Slum Village, The Clipse, Raheem DeVaughn, Ty Tribbett, Fertile Ground and The All American Rejects and also appeared as a panelist and performer at various hip hop symposiums sponsored by local colleges and universities.
DK aka Wayne Watts was featured as a Best New Hip Hop Artist, appearing alongside Jay-Z, Keyshia Cole and Dizzee Rascal on AOL Music - Hip Hop Artists (2007). At the age of 16, DK aka Wayne Watts astonished and entertained music executives and fellow hip hop/r&b artists while interning for the 2002 Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Awards and Conference in South Beach Miami, Florida. "Work That", found on DK aka Wayne Watts' "Tha Firelane Project", is featured on two independent film releases, "The Hollow " ( 2007) and “Gravity” (2009) and can be heard on various internet stations such as clearchannelmusic.com, napster.com, payplay.com, iheartradio.com, and aimestreet.com.
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