Background
Ronnie King grew up in Palm Springs, California, a highly disciplined student of classical and jazz piano who later studied Theory at Berkeley.
Ronnie King grew up in Palm Springs, California, a highly disciplined student of classical and jazz piano who later studied Theory at Berkeley.
Mr. King is a Multi-Platinum, Diamond Certified (more than 10 million units) Oscar and Grammy Nominated producer, composer, arranger, musician and philanthropist. He has collaborated with multimillion-dollar selling artists such as Mariah Carey, Tyrese, Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, The Offspring and Rancid. His sound is universally recognized and he is one of the few producers alive today who is known for his work across music genres: from rap to punk, from country to blues, from classical to world music and so on.
His professionalism and flexibility has established his reputation within the highly competitive and ever evolving music industry.
King is known for his famous collaborations and also his penchant for developing and producing new artists. In the early 90’s he began touring with bands such as El Debarge and Timmy T who had a hit during the Gulf War called, “One More Try.” King’s work soon caught the eye of Jerry Heller, manager the legendary gangsta rap group NWA, whose members included hip hop icons Ice Cube, and Doctor Dre, the latter would go on to discover and produce Eminem.
Known for his multi-platinum and diamond certified collaboration with the late Tupac Shakur on tracks such as “Better Dayz” along with the pioneer producer, Johnny J., King laid the groundwork for the rise of one of hip hop music’s greatest stars as well as establishing a sound that was uniquely his own. His analog Moog keyboard and Hammond organ led him to become one of the most bootlegged, sampled and copied producers in this generation of hip hop and popular music
Having established himself in the world of hip hop, King also fell back on his passion for punk music
He has recorded with NOFX, Pennywise, and The Distillers. Despite his busy schedule King also found time to tour with the platinum-selling band Rancid. King has been known to go surfing with Pearl Jam, play golf with Adrian Young from Number Doubt, and Fat Mike from NOFX and go snowboarding with rapper.
In 2005, “Resurrection” a documentary about the life and death of Tupac Shakur was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 77th Academy Awards.
Ronnie King’s collaborations with the late rapper were featured in the award-winning soundtrack. King has always been interested in working with artists outside of the United States.
King is Music Supervisor for the investment company ASG Entertainment.
Showing his versatility, King has toured with bands such as The Offspring and his keyboards are featured in their single “Hit That” King co-founded the Los Angeles punk supergroup The Joykiller comprised by former members of the pioneer punk band TSOL. Thanks to his close friend, Luciano Junior. former member of Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, he was introduced to legendary South American producer Alejandro Taranto.
