King Louie

Louis King Johnson, Jr. (born December 27, 1987), better known by his stage name King Louie (or King L), is an American rapper. Spin magazine attributed King Louie as being one of the Chicago rappers who made Chicago the "hottest hip-hop" scene in 2012.

Early life King Louie was born Louis King Johnson Jr. in the Eastside of Chicago, Illinois, on December 27, 1987. He attended Hyde Park Academy High School for a while before graduating from alternative school.

Career After attending high school, King Louie began building a following through one-on-one mixtapes. He would hand out CDs at bus stops and parties. and the next year released his second mixtape Cloud 9 in December 2009.

However, his career was put on hold after he was hit by a car. He was hospitalized with both his legs broken with various other injuries and had to learn to walk again after his injuries were healed. He later returned to music, releasing a series of mixtapes that he made available online. Songs from his releases received regular air time, including his song "Too Cool" which was placed in regular rotation at WGCI-FM. He would later appear on West's Yeezus, performing a verse and the hook on the track "Send It Up". He was shot in the head in Chicago on December 23, 2015, and survived the shooting.

Discography

Boss Shit (2007) Cloud 9 (2008) Man Up Band Up (2010) More Boss Shit (2011) Chiraq Drillinois (2011) Hardbody The Mixtape with Bo$$ Who & Sno Boy (2011) ManUpBandUp Pt.1 (2011) Man Up Band Up 2 (2011) The Motion Picture (2012) Showtime (2012) Drilluminati (2012) March Madness (2013) Jeep Music (2013) Drilluminati 2 (2013) Soprano (2014) Tony (2014) Drilluminati 3: God of Drill (2015) 6 God Tony (2015) Play Dat Again (2015) Featuring Tony (2016) Tony 2 (2016) Life With Louie (2022)

Guest appearances