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King Gordy

King Gordy
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King Gordy in 2010.
Background information
Birth name Waverly Walter Alford
Also known as
  • Berry Gordy
  • Tha Woovie
  • Pig-O-Man
  • Cobain The Dead
  • The King Of Horrorcore
  • Dark Lord Vader
Born (1977-08-18) August 18, 1977 (age 39)
Origin Detroit, Michigan, US
Genres
Years active 2000–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website @HailKingGordy

Waverly Walter Alford III (born August 18, 1977), known professionally by his stage name King Gordy, is an American horrorcore emcee from Detroit, Michigan. He is a current member of underground rap groups the Fat Killahz and The Davidians.

He is recognized for having his hair braided into two horns on his head and wearing hemp leaf-shaped sunglasses.

He has started rapping on Detroit local underground hip hop scene in 2000 as a battle rapper. In 2001, along with Fatt Father, Marv Won and Shim-E-Bango, Gordy joined a four-piece Detroit-based underground rap act the Fat Killahz as the only singing emcee of the group. He signed with Bass Brothers' Web Entertainment, an independent label that released the first Eminem's full-length album, Infinite, and started work on a record.

Due to this term, Gordy has appeared in the film 8 Mile, in which he played the fictional rapper, "Big O", the character was regularly mentioned by character Wink Harris as "the fat man flipping burgers at Mickey D's". He dropped his debut solo album The Entity in 2003, which is notable also by its audio production handled by Eminem among other producers and rappers appeared on the record. In 2005, Gordy and the Fat Killahz released the group's debut Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? LP via No Tyze Entertainment. Same year he made guest appearances on Bizarre's and Proof's debut albums.


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