King Los

Rapper Los, aka King Los, had a few brushes with the mainstream -- and put in over a decade of work -- prior to the release of his first proper album. Born Carlos Coleman, the Baltimore, Maryland native gravitated toward writing and rapping as a teenager, following the murder of his father. He auditioned for and was selected to appear on the second season of Diddy's Making the Band, but balked at signing the paperwork. Despite this, he signed with Diddy's Bad Boy label three years later. The deal didn't pan out, and in 2008 Los released the first of many mixtapes and continued...