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K-Swift was a well respected and successful on air personality, DJ and music mixer, entrepreneur and role model for women in the music industry.  She was best known in the Baltimore club scene, hosting her show on WJZ radio station.

K-Swift, aka Khia Edgerton died a few days ago after she dove into her above ground pool and broke her neck.  She was hosting a party at her house, and shortly after midnight decided to go for a swim.  There were other people in the pool and there were lifeguards present.  She didn’t surface immediately, but it took a little while for people to get worried and dive in for her.   No one gave her CPR. The ambulance got there 8 minutes after the call, and she was pronounced dead.  Police are investigating the death, although it is being ruled accidental.  Khia was a trained lifeguard.

She had been DJ ing since the age of 11 and was a successful business woman.  She owned her own graphics, management and production company, had her own radio show, and played the club scene.  She gave a lot of her time and energy back to the community and loved children.  She is remembered by everyone as a great, ambitious and loving woman.

“Her love and passion for everything she did was the key to her success” said WJZ station manager Howard Mazer.  “She is truly a person that both the radio and music industry will miss.”

Her death has once again proved the internet is a rallying point for mourning and remembering.  Online memorials and tributes have been created in her memory on several sites including Respectance.  Her friends and fans are dropping in regularly to remember her and her work.  She’ll be missed in the music world, in her community and by her family.

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Posted by Martha Mihaly

23 Jul