An Outsiders Look at Racial Divide

posted Friday, July 10, 2020

by: Alphonso King Jr in Activism

We cannot look to the future without addressing our past. In order to get to the heart of the matter of racism and where we are today we have to rewind Toronto’s LGBTQ2 History before the Black Lives Matter Movement. Because you see, this movement didn’t just pop up. It took many micro-aggressions to push […]

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A Black DJ’s Life

posted Sunday, June 28, 2020

by: Alphonso King Jr in Music, Queer, Toronto

I started DJ-ing with my uncle Herb King back in 1980 when he relocated from Las Vegas to Tampa, Florida and took a job at WMNF 88.5. He did an R&B / Jazz show. This was how I came to be his assistant, as he was blind and needed someone to pull his records for […]

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