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Lee King was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and moved to Jackson, Mississippi over forty (40) years ago. Lee, married with four (4) children, arrived in Mississippi via Augusta, Georgia where he worked for legendary entertainer James Brown.

Lee has been in the entertainment industry since he was twelve (12) years old.

As a radio announcer at the age of thirteen (13), he continued singing and dancing. Lee

traveled worldwide with international recording artist Joe Tex as his opening act until he

received an electrical engineer’s scholarship. Lee became one of the youngest in the

United States with a 1st Class radio and television engineer’s license.

Entertainer James Brown read about Lee’s engineer license and had just purchased threeradio stations. Lee went to Augusta, Georgia as Brown’s radio engineer and full time DJ.

King left Brown after four and a half years and landed an engineer’s position at WOKJ

radio in Jackson, MS. After working for a year at WOKJ, Lee had ambitions to produce a

dance variety television show and promote concerts.

Lee wrote, produced, and hosted Black Gold dance TV show for twenty-one (21) years.

He started his concert promotion company while doing Black Gold and to date, for over

forty (40) years, is still doing concerts. King’s list of artist that he has promoted over the

years reads like a “Who’s Who” of greats in the entertainment business.

They include: { Michael Jackson US Tour { Janet Jackson US Tour { The Jackson's

World Tour { Prince { Beyonce { Patti LaBelle US Tour { Earth, Wind & Fire World

Tour { The Commodores World Tour { Isley Brothers US Tour

{ The O'Jays US Tour { The Budweiser Superfest { Destiny's Child US Tour

{ Luther Vandross US Tour { Whitney Houston { Kirk Franklin { Vickie Winans

{ Williams Brothers { MS Mass Choir { Mighty Clouds of Joy { Shirley Caesar

{ Canton Spirituals { Dorothy Norwood { Dottie Peoples { Luther Barnes, and many

more. He has produced concerts on every major entertainer in the entertainment business.

King is currently producing festivals (Executive Producer of the Farish Street Heritage

Festival) 34 years, concerts, plays and special events for Lee King Entertainment, Executive Producer of the Jackson Music Awards (44 years) is co-owner and CEO of Phoenix

Entertainment Group (a record label, artist management and development firm). King’s

Lee King Entertainment company has a firm position as one of the most respected entertainment companies in the country.