Blonde Electra

Blonde Electra
Ruby and Jazzy King in 2017
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genres	Electropop, hip hop
Years active	2013–present
Website	www.blondeelectra.com
Members	Jazzy King Ruby King

Blonde Electra (formerly Blonde Electric) are a British pop duo consisting of British-German sisters Jasmina "Jazzy" King (born 19 February 1990) and Natalia "Ruby" King (born 7 May 1992). They formed the group in 2013 in Düsseldorf, Germany, after leaving their previous band KING.

The two sisters have been making music from an early age and have worked as songwriters in Europe and the United States. They are best known for their performances in the eleventh UK series of The X Factor in the 'Group' category, mentored by Louis Walsh. The duo reached the finals and took part in the first live show. They have lived in London since 2014.

On 6 February 2017 they registered the private limited UK company 'Toy Machine Limited' at Companies House, with both sisters listed as the directors.

The parents of the two sisters, British-born Michael Jaffray King and his German wife Irmgard, also known as Joanna left India in 1991 and travelled with their children as Christian missionaries in a caravan through Europe and the United States. They moved about 80 times and lived mostly under poor circumstances, especially during their nine-year stay in the Ukraine, which they described as living in a ghetto without running water or a shower. All children were home-schooled and grew up under their father's strict rules without being allowed toys or to watch TV or listen to popular music.

Jazzy and Ruby King started to sing on the streets at an age of one or two at their father's instigation. He later formed with his five oldest children the Christian band The King Family and they toured through the world performing religious music as street musicians, in clubs, churches, schools and prisons and on TV shows. In 1998 they were offered a $4 million record deal by Word Records/Warner Music Group (US) which was refused by their father because of the young age of the children.