Career
Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Spence made his debut as a guest rapper featured on Sir Mix-A-Lot"s album Swass, where he appeared on the tracks "Rippin"" and "Square Dance Rap"
Spence has sold over one million units during his hip hop career, and has hosted hip-hop based shows such as Yo! Music Television Raps and Black Entertainment Television"s Rap City. Kid Sensation
Spence would release his debut "Rollin" With Number One" on July 2, 1990 on the Nastymix record label. Several videos would be released from the album.
"Prisoner Of Ignorance", which goes into detail about a young man"s life of crime, shows Spence rapping from an electric chair and a jail cell.
Spence would also release the song "Seatown Ballers" and "Skin 2 Skin" as singles from his Civil Defense
Two years later, Spence released his follow up album "The Power Of Rhyme", also on Nastymix record. A single, "The Weekend", would be the only single officially released from the record.
Then-Mariners outfielder Ken Griffey Junior performed on the track "The Way I Swing"
In 1995, Spence would leave Nastymix Records and record his third album, "Seatown Funk" on Ichiban International. The title track would be the only single released from the Civil Defense. Xola Malik
Spence would retire his Kid Sensation moniker in the mid 90s, and would be known as Xola Malik.
Malik would go into production, where he produced music for Jackie Jackson of the Jackson 5, former Seattle Seahawks running back Shawn Alexander"ks local FSN show, and for the Seattle Mariners and Seattle Seahawks.
He would later form Xola Music, where he recorded ads and jingles for various professional sports teams (Green Bay Packers, San Antonio Spurs) along with some voice-over work. Malik currently lives in Tacoma, Washington.He has 4 kids. He recorded a track for former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ken Griffey Junior. called "Back Home" in 2009 and is currently re-recording his previous Kid Sensation releases without profanity.
