King Assassin

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Craig Venegas Alvarado (born January 15, 1971), known by his stage name DJ King Assassin, is an American disc jockey, producer, and engineer from Los Angeles, California. Venegas became influential in the west coast hip-hop music scene after having helped pioneer records for 1990s era rap moguls such as 2Pac, Ice-T and Eazy-E.Venegas started producing at an early age, growing up in the California Bay Area.

Starting in the 1980s, Venegas influenced the west coast hip-hop music culture by creating sounds for rappers in the Bay Area & L.A California.

He connected with former Ruthless Records rapper Kokane and charted on billboard with Dr Kokastien and The Legend Continues.Throughout his career, Venegas engineered over 300 titles for recording artists signed to Universal Records, EMI, Def Jam, including several of which reached the Billboard charts, respectively.

In 2014, he peaked at #7 on the Billboard charts in the US following the release of a mixtape with fellow industry partner Kokane.

For several consecutive years, Venegas has been awarded DJ of the Year for his lengthy music contribution in the West Coast Hip Hop Awards.

Early life

Venegas spent most of his early life in California traveling from San Jose, Vallejo, East Palo Alto and Sacramento, where he then relocated back to his native California lifestyle in the city of Los Angeles. As a kid, he won his school's spelling bee at Hillsdale Elementary and later went on to the district of Franklin Mckinley's spelling bee. He also learned to play drums in elementary school, and in eighth grade, how to make music. From that time, he became interested in music as well as breakdancing, in which he won trophies at local fairs and contests throughout the state of California.

Venegas' influences include long-time friend and collaborator 2Pac and Eazy-E, as he has grown up in California.

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Musical career

Venegas began his career as a record jockey in Southern California, where he later produced for recording artists under Russell Simmons' record label Def Jam. Venegas produced for numerous projects from Eazy-E at Kitchen Sync and Echo Sound studios in the early part of his career. Venegas, a rising producer, forged up with Tupac Shakur, establishing a close friendship with the West Coast rapper.

Although Tupac Shakur appeared on "Me Against The World," Venegas began making music with Shakur, later discovering the creation and scratching of "Dear Mama," one of Shakur's most popular hip-hop albums. Venegas also produced, mixed, and mastered an inordinate number of records for hip-hop recording artists on the west coast of the United States, influencing the unique funk sound produced by rappers like Eazy-E and 2Pac.

Venegas founded The King Assassin Show, which featured performances from recording artists and other well-known celebrities, such as Freeway Rick Ross. Venegas released several mixtapes during the first half of the 2010s, some of which featured Tupac Shakur's unreleased music and others in collaboration with west coast rappers.

Venegas appeared on TMZ and Billboard magazine in May 2016, shortly after the death of Afeni Shakur, Tupac Shakur's birth mother, and the unveiling of Tupac Shakur's classic song "Dear Mama." Venegas reported in 2016 that he would produce and direct a film loosely based on Tupac Shakur's personal life and music career. The film is set to be shot in California, and the acting cast has not been announced yet.

Following Tupac Shakur's mother's death, Alvarado released a rare recording of 'Dear Mama' in honor of her death, which was later picked up by a number of music news outlets, including TMZ, XXL, and Complex.

The Guinness Book Of World Records for recording the longest hip-hop song in the history, followed by Rappers Delight's State Of Emergency, which features mainly platinum and legendary artists and is set to be published in 2020.

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