Jason King

Who is Jason King?

Jason King is an Canadian singer, songwriter, producer, entrepreneur, scholar, author and music journalist for publications such as the Village Voice, Spin, Vibe and Slate. He has been described as an "industry force" and an internationally-recognized expert on pop music, especially R&B and Hip-Hop styles. He is the founder and producer of international dance music collective Company Freak, and is a regular contributor to NPR, where he is the host and curator of NPRandB, a 24/7 streaming radio channel devoted to R&B and soul music.

King was the inaugural and founding full-time faculty member of The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University and acted as Associate Chair and Artistic Director. He continues to teach classes in branding, marketing, music history, emergent media and technology. He is currently Director of the Clive Davis Institute's Writing, History & Emergent Media wing and has been instrumental in developing its innovative music journalism and technology curriculum; an October 18, 2012 New York Times article interviews King and discusses musician Ahmir Questlove Thompson's role as an instructor in the program. As noted in a December 2013 interview with Justin Kantor on BlogCritics.Org, he also teaches approaches to recording and producing global music at New York University's campuses in Singapore and in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.