When Yemi Oyediran began working on a concert series inspired by King Records, he knew there was a bigger story waiting to be told. The result is King of Them All, a new documentary exploring the legacy of the legendary record label, which premiered on PBS on October 10.
The son of Nigerian immigrants, the filmmaker moved from Cleveland to attend the University of Cincinnati. Despite having offers from other universities, he knew that at UC, he would have the opportunity to study engineering while not sacrificing his passion for music.
“I have multiple generations of my family that are musicians back home in Nigeria,” Oyediran says. “UC allowed me to have the opportunity to work in both because of that, I got to have one foot in music and one foot in my engineering career.”…