D.King

Justin Essandoh (born November 27, 1979), also known as D.King or DK, is an aspiring LGBTQ rapper and songwriter in the hip hop genre. The name "D.King" or "DK" is short for "Don and the King".

Raised in Crofton, Maryland, D.King grew up in a gated community and attended an upscale private high school. He began rapping at an early age, and in 2000 was managed by the mother of Beanie Sigel at Black Friday Management. That same year at the Hip Hop Summit, which he and a friend snuck into, D. King impressed the A & R of Roc-A-Fella Records with a demo tape.^[1]

His career as an emerging LGBTQ rapper began as a collaborative artist/writer for Trina and Teairra Marie in 2004. He was briefly affiliated with Camron's Dipset, however he was discarded from the group after he was exposed for lying about much of his life story. He has received critical acclaim from Sway in the morning, 2dopeboyz, Rap Radar, Complex, Earmilk, and Karen Civil.

In 2014, he started his own label of LGBTQ songwriters and producers called the 730 Commission and began working on his debut album featuring Snoop Dogg, Trina, Pusha T, and Benny the Butcher. The completed music video for D.King’s first single “Knockaz, featuring Benny the Butcher is slated for release in 2022. This will be followed up by Beautiful Thing featuring Snoop Dogg which will be the blockbuster single with international push. He also has a completed Revolt TV feature awaiting his official release.