Jason King is a music journalist for magazines such as Vibe In February 2005, at NYU, he produced a groundbreaking tribute conference to hip hop group Public Enemy called The Making of Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions.[1] The large-scale event was covered in the mainstream press. It featured Chuck D, Fab 5 Freddy, producer Hank Shocklee, Daddy-O of Stetsasonic, Vernon Reid, and Will Calhoun of the rock group Living Colour, photographer Glen E. Friedman, journalists such as Robert Christgau, Greg Tate, and Armond White.
That same year, King produced a tribute to Roc-a-Fella Records featuring hip hop CEO Damon Dash[1] with performances by Def Jam artists Nicole Wray and Rell.
According to The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music website, King was also one of the organizers of another conference Sylvester: The Life and Work of a Musical Icon on disco artist Sylvester which included performers such as Grammy Award winner Martha Wash of C&C Music Factory and Billboard dance artist Kevin Aviance[1] with scholars and journalists like Jim Fouratt, Barry Walters of Rolling Stone, and Joshua Gamson (who wrote the popular biography entitled The Fabulous Sylvester).
His October 2009 book The Michael Jackson Treasures: Celebrating the King of Pop in Memorabilia and Photos, published by Barnes and Noble's Fall River Press was one of the first full-length written biographies published about the pop superstar in the aftermath of his death in June of that same year.
He is also a music manager for Indian pop recording artist Asha Puthli and for Warp and K7 Records electronic music artist Jimmy Edgar.