Ms. Edgerton first became seriously interested in Baltimore Club in the mid-90s while she attended Randallstown High School. After a brief stint at community college, she went to work as an intern at WERQ-FM 92.3 and started spinning in city clubs.
At first, her mother, Juanita Edgerton, thought Ms. Edgerton's interest was a passing phase. But when she realized Ms. Edgerton's passion for club music and commitment to DJing, she encouraged her and marveled at her daughter's progress.
"She mastered those wheels," Juanita Edgerton said. "When she would put her fingers on that turntable, you knew DJ K-Swift had arrived. She perfected that."
When not performing, Ms. Edgerton was recording, or vice versa, her mother said. Ms. Edgerton spent almost all of her free time on her music.
"That was her life," Juanita Edgerton said. "That was it."
After roughly five years at 92Q, Ms. Edgerton was promoted to host of the evening show Off the Hook Radio. Through it, she cultivated a widespread fan base in and around Baltimore and helped shape the sound of Baltimore's club scene. The show had an average quarter hour audience of about 28,000 - impressive numbers for local radio.
"When [Ms. Edgerton] played a producer's song on the radio, that would make that person's career, as far as the Baltimore scene goes," said Al Shipley, a local writer who follows the city's hip-hop scene.
Unlike some other club music DJs, Ms. Edgerton wouldn't shout over songs, Mr. Shipley said.
"She wasn't an overbearing person," Mr. Shipley said. "She was the center of attention without seeming to try."
As her radio show grew in popularity, Ms. Edgerton signed to local label Unruly Records and began releasing CDs through them. Her records often outsold albums by major label artists like Jay-Z in stores such as the Downtown Locker Room, said Unruly co-founder Shawn Caesar.
"She was an ambassador," he said. "She was a much better person than a DJ, and she was a legendary DJ. That speaks volumes on the type of person she really was."
Ms. Edgerton was a motivated but humble woman who could easily make others feel comfortable in her presence, said longtime friend Eric Randall.
"Her talent was her ability to make you feel like she had your back," he said. "She never made you feel like she was too good."
