King James Worthy

K I N G J A M E S W O R T H Y

Interview By: Patrice Rivers

Born in Queens, New York, James Worthy came to prominence with producing and writing for artists such as Lil’ Zane, Kalena Harper, Sammie, Yung Berg, Fetty Wap, and more. His most notable production work includes "Fight 4 Love" by Truth Hurts.,

"1 & Only" by Jhonni Blaze,

"Blessing Me" by Robin S., and "Drip" by Sammie and J Young MDK. In 2017, Worthy has also pursued acting, and has been featured on Access Hollywood, and appeared on BET's docu-series ‘From the Bottom Up’ Season 1. In 2017, he joined the duo group ‘Kings X2’ where they released their debut single ‘Wine For Me’ . The song peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot Singles Chart.20.

Connect with King James Worthy: Instagram: @kingjamesworthy Facebook: King James Worthy You Tube: James Worthy Music Website: www.jamesworthymusic.com Patrice: As always, it's a pleasure to speak with you about your music and other projects you have going on. Speaking of projects, you are working on your documentary. But before we get into your documentary, tell us how your music career got started.

King James Worthy: It's always an exciting story. I'm from Queens, New York; I was always a music nerd, so I always looked at different genres of music. I love musicianship, I love songwriting, and just being around great and legendary artists and other aspects, I enjoyed being around those types of people. My dad did a lot of security work for celebrities and great artists. I had a chance to meet people that way. Every weekend, I went to the record store and brought albums I never heard before to understand musicianship and read credits and sharpen my craft. That's how it got started.

Patrice: Awesome! It's funny that you mentioned the record store because I haven't been to one in years. I went to this record store called Fye that was located at the mall and bought CDs. I don't know if people still do that now. (laughs)

King James Worthy: (laughs) Hopefully, there are some stores still around. I remember that record store called Fye.

Patrice: So let's talk about your latest single, 'In The Dark, which I downloaded and love, by the way. Tell us the creation behind the record as well as the title.

King James Worthy: I wanted to do something many R N B songs weren't touching on. Sometimes people get too comfortable with the stuff they are doing. It was inspired by the scenario of trying new things sexually, mentally and physically in the dark.

Patrice: What a great concept! So when can we expect your new album to come out?

King James Worthy: We are looking at midAugust. I am still putting the final touches on things and ensuring that everything is in tiptop shape, but yes, we are looking at August for the album release.

Patrice: Sounds excellent! Since the release of your new single, how have promotions being going for you? Any accomplishments or awards?

King James Worthy: Right now, I'm just focusing on the album and the documentary that coincides with it. Also, working on music visuals to go along with the music will be rolling out soon. Also, a couple of film and television projects and reality shows that I will be involved in this year. I'm excited about it all!

Patrice: That is awesome to hear! Now I want to talk more about the documentary. Are you able to discuss the project with us? If so, what is the name of the documentary, and what is it about?

King James Worthy: The documentary is titled the same as the album called "Once a Fairytale" It's a documentary showing early childhood to where I'm at now and speaking musically and professionally as an artist, showing where the originality came from, how I got into music, meeting different people, how I transitioned to being a songwriter to a record producer and down the line a recording artist. The documentary shows the whole story of how everything came about and the ups and downs and trials and tribulations of working with different artists. I want people to understand the full story of how I got to where I am at today.

Patrice: Documentaries are great because they give an insight into a person and their walks of life in their career. I know that you mentioned you are still working on the documentary, but when can we expect that to be released?

King James Worthy: Most likely, the documentary will be released around the same time as the album, which is in August.

Patrice: That's a double treat! The album is dropping as well as the documentary in the same month. What are some artists that you have been working with? Do you want to do other collaborations with other people/artists?

King James Worthy: Right now, I haven't been working with too many artists specifically. I have been working on this solo album. As far as collaborations go, I do have a couple on the album, but we have to do something with Miquel, The Weeknd, Frank Ocean, Chris Brown, and more for the ones I haven't done yet. Those are a couple of artists I have in mind.

Patrice: Those are some great artists that you named! Miquel has been around for a while now, and The Weeknd has been blowing up the music scene lately! I've been a big Chris Brown fan since he first came out, plus, he's from my area in VA. I haven't heard anything from Frank Ocean in a while.

King James Worthy: He's one of those artists where he'll pop out and drop an album, then he'll disappear for a while (laughs)

Patrice: But yeah, I can see collaborations with those artists. They are bringing the heat! The music industry can be very challenging at times. As a music artist, have you faced any challenges so far in your career? How do you stay focused?

King James Worthy: Ah man, well, the pandemic has forced many people to sit back and re-evaluate a lot of different things and learn about themselves. Even for business owners to discover the next steps of doing things. That had a lot to do with me; I've always been a person with thick skin as well. Even though I've been through many ups and downs, especially with the industry-changing almost every month, you have to adapt to what's going on. That's what I have to do personally and professionally. I've had my share of bad deals and bad contracts, bad teams, and bad management. You have to go through them to get to the goals you're trying to meet.

Patrice: Absolutely! Do you feel that the Rn B scene is changing?

King James Worthy: I think it has changed over the last couple of years for good. I would say in music in general. I believe it has been creative production-wise. Sometimes the content may lack as well as lyrics and the meaning behind it. There are a lot of great songs that have originality.