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riginally from Manhattan, K-Foxx is now a proud Miami representative by way of North Carolina. A radio personality and aspiring actress, she is venturing into the modeling field by releasing her own calendar. But her project I Am Every Woman isn’t just typical T&A. With the help of photographer Joe Wesley K-Foxx pays tribute to legendary black females like Billie Holiday and Tina Turner by posing as them - and doing a damn good job of it. Through her calendar, she hopes to raise awareness in the community about the lack of positive female role models for today’s youth. How would you describe your job? You’re an on-air personality on 99 Jamz, but you also do a lot of other things. My job title technically is a radio personality, but that’s not the only thing I do. I’m also behind the boards. I’m running the show, I’m like the pilot making sure the commercials play. Sometimes I do commercials. Those are the technical aspects behind the scenes, but I also have fun. I’m an entertainer. Radio is basically a theater of the mind to make sure that I’m keeping the flow right. Is radio something that you went to school for, or you just picked it up naturally? Yeah, I went to school for Mass Communications with a focus on Journalism and Radio and Television. I got my first internship in radio, so I decided to do it. I thought it was fun, and I didn’t like the idea of people seeing my face all the time [on TV]. With radio, you can be a star and still have your life and go to the grocery store in peace. But once you’re behind the mic, you can be anyone you want to be. So I decided to let my personality shine. I started doing radio when I was in North Carolina for two years, and I had an internship there doing weekends. Then I moved to Fayetteville, NC, and held down the 7-midnight spot. Once Miami came calling, I was out. What appealed to you about Miami. Was it a better opportunity? Oh, definitely. For one, money. It’s a bigger market. Miami is a nobrainer – the lifestyle, the people, it’s a celebrity playground. The quality of living here is so much better than North Carolina. I’m originally from New York, so I need that fast pace. Miami has a fast pace but you can also take it easy and go on a yacht or go to the Bahamas or go to K Foxx as Angela Davis
Jamaica. And South Beach is poppin’ every day of the week. That’s what appeals to me about Miami. There’s been some complaints by local Miami artists that radio doesn’t support them because all the radio personalities are from other cities. Being that you’re not from Miami, do you think there’s some truth to that? I think that in everybody’s hometown, even if it’s Atlanta, Houston, or Chicago, local artists feel that there isn’t enough support. But they’ve got to understand that it’s a business. 99 Jamz was a special station because it was ran by the GM, but now it’s corporate. It’s other people making decisions. So you can’t always say, “Let’s add this record,” until it’s commercial enough. So that’s the downside of it, but if you make a hot song and it’s buzzing in the streets, radio can’t deny it. So what I’m saying to these artists is, make sure you’ve got a hot product. Rick Ross did, and he blew up. He’s knocking down doors right now. Pitbull, Jacki-O, Trina, Trick Daddy, they all came out with heat. So there are artists that are getting play. Local radio stations play what’s hot, so you’ve gotta make that fire. You can’t come with no bullshit and be like, “Play it!” I think sometimes artists need to go back in the lab. They’ve gotta listen to radio and study it to see what’s an instant hit. Usually records with instant hooks, like a D4L song where they’re not talking about anything, is an instant hit. It’s simple. But that’s the way the business is ran today. So it’s not necessarily the radio station; it’s corporate first and foremost. Even though you’re from New York, has the style of music in Miami grown on you? I listen to all types of music. I love up North music and down South music. As long as it’s hot, I’m rockin’ it. I think Miami is creating our own sound right now. Being from New York, back in the day when I thought of Miami I thought of Luke and booty music. But that was then, and this is now. I like the way booty music has taken a twist and turn and Pitbull has taken things to another level with the reggaeton. Rick Ross is keeping it down and dirty. Miami’s sound keeps growing and elevating, and I love all that shit. Let’s talk about the concept for the calendar you’re putting out. Where did you get the idea? I did a shoot for another magazine last summer and I posed as a Bond girl. We created three looks from a James Bond movie, and I got good responses from people all over the country. I never knew I had it in me to actually look like that on camera, so I decided to use it to my advantage and take it further. I picked ten different influential women who I admired, and honored them by recreating their look in this calendar. It’s called I’m Every Woman, and it pays tribute to women like Billie Holiday, Josephine Baker, Tina Turner, Halle Berry, and Angela Davis, just to name a few. How can someone get a copy of the calendar or get more information? They can log on to www.KFoxxOnline.com to purchase the calendar. A lot of them will be given away through the radio station for promotional use. I will also be giving some away to local stores, and hopefully Borders will pick it up. I think nowadays there are not a lot of female role models that little girls can look up to. Back in the day you had the Tina Turners, Josephine Bakers, and Angela Davises, but today there are really no role models for us to look up to aside from video girls. Not everyone fits that image, so that’s why I wanted to put out this calendar, so we can get back to the real essence of a woman and show how we’re able to conquer adversity. Do you plan on taking your modeling career to the next level? I definitely think this calendar is gonna be a stepping stone to more modeling, because when people look at it they’re like, “Wow, you transformed into each of these women.” I’m not saying that I look totally like them, cause you can’t look like ten different women, but I captured the essence of each of them. I’m not opposed to doing print work so I’d definitely like to do more modeling, but I want to tap more into acting. I used to do theater back in the days when I was in high school. I really want to act because people can see you as different characters. I’m a chameleon, and I think this calendar shows that. I think I can put that talent to use on the big screen. What are some of the challenges you’ve come across being a woman in the music business? When you’re a young attractive female in a male-dominated business, men obviously look at the physical first. I really had to set my boundaries first and decide what I’m gonna do and what I’m not gonna do. As OZONE
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