King Gordy

King Gordy

King Gordy in 2010.
Background information
Birth name Waverly W. Alford III
Also known as Cobain The Dead, The King Of Horrorcore, Dark Lord Vader
Born (1977-08-18) August 18, 1977
Origin Detroit, Michigan, United States
Genres
Years active 2000–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website KingGordy.com

Waverly W. Alford III (born August 18, 1977), better known by his stage name King Gordy, is an American rapper. He has been in the industry since 2000. He is best known for his 2003 album The Entity and his appearance in the 2002 film 8 mile. His album the Entity has been considered to be his best because it was produced by Eminem and Web Entertainment. Another one of his more popular albums would be Xerxes The God-King as it was also a Web Entertainment album. Gordy has also appeared in nearly a dozen music videos.[1]

Biography

Waverly W. Alford III is a horrorcore rapper from Detroit, Michigan. In a 2014 interview, King Gordy was asked what he represented. He replied "I represent evil and hate, I represent anything that's offensive and violent". He appeared on Bizarre's three solo albums. Gordy and Bizarre have been good friends since childhood.[2] He is well known for having his hair braided into two horns on his head. In 2012 Twitter suspended Gordy for various reasons as he mentions on his album Hail Dark Lord Vader.[3]

Film career

Aside from his hip hop career, King Gordy has appeared in the film 8 Mile, starring Eminem, in which King Gordy played the fictional rapper, "Big O" his character was regularly mentioned by character Wink Harris as "the fat man flipping burgers at Mickey D's",[4] He has also appeared in the films Beef 4 and The Hitchcock of Hiphop.

Groups

King Gordy is a current member of horrorcore group The Fat Killahz along with Fatt Father, MarvWon and Bang Belushi.[5] He's also a former member of The Davidians consisted of King Gordy himself and Bizarre of D12, the band were featured on Esham's mixtape The Butcher Shop, but no material has been released by the group since then.

Confrontations

Haystak

After rapper Haystak made a diss track towards Eminem, then D12 rapper Bizarre collaborated with King Gordy to create a diss track called "Hey, Haystak." They collaborated once more for a second Haystak diss track, titled "R.I.P Haystak." Rapper Brabo Gator, who knew Haystak, then dissed King Gordy, Obie Trice, D12 and Eminem. King Gordy explained this confrontation in more detail during an interview with a Detroit radio station.

Lupe Fiasco

On June 28, 2013, King Gordy challenged the rapping ability of Lupe Fiasco and other mainstream rappers (such as Mac Miller, Yelawolf, and Tyler the Creator) on Twitter. Lupe Fiasco then continued to fuel the fire by responding to King Gordy. The back and forth continued for over eight hours. Both rappers explicitly expressed their respect for each other's craft, but insisted they would beat each other in a rap battle.

Shooting and robbery

On February 6, 2013, King Gordy was shot 5 times during a robbery. He has recovered and is again doing music videos.

King Gordy has stated via Twitter that he will no longer perform horrorcore music unless he is paid to do so; Gordy also stated that he will be unable to attend the Gathering of the Juggalos this year, due to his recording schedule.[6]

In late 2014, King Gordy released a solo track titled 'Return of the King', which included disses at other rappers such as Lo Key and Tyler, the Creator. He also announced that he would be returning to Horrorcore, darker than ever before, and that he would be making an album titled 'ANAKIN'. In 2016, Gordy released an EP called 'Herojuana' with Bang Belushi, which was available for free download. He has also said that he is hoping to release 'ANAKIN' on Halloween 2016.

Discography

Albums

EP's

Albums with Fat Killahz

Guest appearances

Music videos

References

  1. ↑ "King Gordy keeps up lighting up the dark". PopMatters. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
  2. ↑ http://chicago.metromix.com/music/essay_photo_gallery/top-25-spookiest-album/2198430/photo/2198419
  3. ↑ "Yo...Who the F@*k is King Gordy?!?". Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  4. ↑ BRIAN MCCOLLUM - Knight Ridder Newspapers. "King Gordy gets high-powered attention". Daily Herald. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Fat Killahz (@FatKillahz) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  6. ↑ "King Gordy is NO longer doing Horrorcore, also he will Not be at the GOTJ". Faygoluvers. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Welcome to Twitter - Login or Sign up". Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Hail Dark Lord Vader by King Gordy on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  9. ↑ "Herojuana, by Bang Belushi x King Gordy". Bang Belushi x King Gordy. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  10. ↑ "Sacred (feat. King Gordy) - Single by New Era Hippie on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-12-03.

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