"When they finally did start releasing music, they say L.A.’s independent music support structure wasn’t interested. Fat Beats Records didn’t want to stock them, KCRW DJs ignored them. Other local artists shunned them."
That's from a 2019 piece in the Los Angeles Times announcing that longtime hip-hop duo People Under the Stairs were calling it quits. And it's true: They always seemed under-the-radar, never fully breaking through. I'm part of the problem considering I didn't give them the spins they deserved.
On Saturday, the band's Michael Turner (better known as Double K) died at the age of 43. So this is in tribute to him, and them.
