I wanted to pay tribute this morning to Khia “K-Swift” Edgerton, one of Baltimore’s most popular DJ, who died after a pool accident at her home. According to the Baltimore Sun, she was hosting a party at her home Sunday evening into early Monday morning. Police believe that she may have been drinking. Reports say that during the party, the DJ jumped into her above-ground pool (which was four or five feet deep) with several other people, but didn’t resurface. After some time, her friends pulled her out of the pool onto a metal-frame deck adjoining the pool, and called 911.
When paramedics arrived, Edgerton was breathing “very shallow and her pulse was weak,” according to Baltimore police spokesman Donny Moses. She was pronounced dead soon after her arrival to Good Samaritan Hospital. K-Swift was known to listeners of WERQ-FM 92.3 – 92Q for short – as the “Club Queen,” and helped introduce a younger generation to Baltimore’s club scene. She worked for the radio station for 10 years, where she eventually became the only female in the country to hold the title of Female Mix Show Coordinator.
While I did not know her work, I must pay respect nonetheless because she was a trailblazer in her own rights and she changed the music landscape in Baltimore. Police have said that her death was suspicious and I pray that they get to the bottom of this sooner rather than later.
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