Behind the Art

Jediah Knight, artistically known as "King Jediah" is an artist hailing from Sydney, Australia.

Born into a very artistic family, his mother and father are both well known pioneers within the Australian Hip Hop and graffiti culture. His sister a performance & psychedelic artist.

Jediah was always surrounded by a mix of music styles and creative ventures, and from a very young age was heavily encouraged to explore his own creativity. This upbringing is what inspired his love of all music, unique fashion and underground pop culture, and has lead into a punk aesthetic of styles influenced by gothic, hiphop, emo fused with unique cartoons, anime and fantasy art.

He first built a name for himself by working for the famous gaming clan called FaZeClan. During this time he was known as FaZe Jedi. His now known alias "King Jediah" was personally inspired by UK musician King Krule.

Though his work specializes in anime fused music culture, his most known artwork worldwide is the iconic artwork of X praying that he made as a tribute when XXXTENTACION was incarcerated. This artwork has now forever become a staple in X's legacy and pop culture. Through this and his other artworks is where his recognition started to soar. Side by side as X's career too began, both he and X helped raise awareness of each other and ultimately starting a wave that continues to inspire the youth years later.

Concert shows by Rappers such as Denzel Curry and Lil Pump perform using his artwork as the stage background and Lil Uzi Vert also using one of his artworks to support his own music.

Jediah has worked with the Biggie Smalls Estate, where his artwork of Biggie was exhibited among personal family, celebrities and fans alike. He was also apart of Lil Peep's clothing label.

His artwork continues to spread and inspire making him a notable figure in the rap art world for his iconic style and fusing it with anime elements which has influenced music pop culture and helped push Soundcloud rap to the forefront.