Chris Thomas King (born October 14, 1964 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an New Orleans Louisiana based blues musician and actor. He has won awards including an ?Album of the Year? Grammy and an ?Album of the Year? Country Music Award. King has sold more than 10 million records in the United States including the O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Down From the Mountain and More Music From Ray soundtracks. King is known as the pioneer of rap/blues. He conceived of the first sample based blues concept album in the early '90s by writing and producing the first all-rap/blues album for RCA titled ?21st Century Blues? from the da hood.? As an entrepreneur King took control of his master recordings in the early 1990s, forming 21st Century Blues Records. He also established a publishing company Young Blues Rebel, LLC. 21st Century Records signed the New Orleans Ninth Ward rap/blues duo the ?21C-B-Boyz? and the Lond

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