Kay Foxx sat down with DJ Akademiks From Late Night Creep and discussed a wide variety of topics including her come up in the Media Industry. This is part one of her multi-part interview with us.
With the Manhattan skyline as her backdrop, K. Foxx stands on the Thomas Balsley-designed rooftop deck of a swanky condominium in Chelsea on a hot Sunday afternoon in June. Photographers whirl around her. The wind blows her hair and the hem of her black taffeta mini dress.
The “Gossip Game” star is posing for a fashion shoot for African Fashion Week New York. Though she has just learned that she would no longer be a part of the HOT-97 morning show with DJ Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg—a position she’d held for almost two years—she’s continued her grueling schedule of events and appearances.
Foxx’s mother is from Long Island, NY and her father is from Republic of the Congo, formerly known as Zaire. She was raised in NYC’s Hell’s Kitchen before it was known as the trendy “Clinton” neighborhood. Back then, there were nothing but pimps and hoes on 10th and 11th Avenues in midtown New York City and police raids every other week. Crack and heroin sales were the norm on her block. But she was saved by the 52nd Street Project , a non-profit organization that takes kids from struggling areas and helps them develop their artistic talents. A natural dancer, Foxx graduated from NY’s storied Performing Arts High School, excelling in musical theater and even portraying Viola in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night in the South of France when she was 17.
By 2009, K. Foxx was a prime time radio host on WEDR-99 Jamz in Miami. She was doing nightly club appearances and occasional TV work (BET, MTV) to build her brand, but felt that something was missing. She needed to go back to where it all began, where the music was made. Foxx decided that if she got a chance to move back to NYC, she would. According to K. Foxx, this was the order of events that lead to her hiring at the famous hip hop station in the most powerful media market in the world.
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