“I was the kid in grade school who used the blank pages of the text book as my canvas.”
– King Vada
An Ohio native who grew up in the northeast side of Columbus had two options as a kid; go outside and play or stay in the house and listen to the radio. Living in a rough neighborhood with no T.V. or toys in the house, it was no surprise he picked up a pen and began to sketch. For a long time, King Vada felt like he could not draw without listening to the radio. The problem was that he could not take his radio into his 5th grade classroom. Music played in his head which inspired his visual art and the talents grew concurrently.
King Vada attributes his influences to Nas, Jimi Hendrix and Chinua Achebe.