The thousands of fans who filed into Morgan State University’s auditorium for Khia Edgerton’s funeral today could recite the DJ’s accomplishments: recording artist, radio personality, leader of an underground music movement.

But during the two-hour music-filled ceremony, those fans learned how Edgerton rose from spinning records in her family’s Randallstown basement to become “K-Swift,” leader of Baltimore’s club music scene. The story served as a lesson on the power of hard work.

“She’s didn’t talk about building an entertainment empire, she just did it, said Marc Clarke of radio station 92Q, where Edgerton was the first female DJ. “She didn’t talk about losing 170 pounds. She just did it. And she didn’t rely on a man to build her dreams. She didn’t bat her eyes.”

None of the eight speakers sugar-coated the 29-year-old’s challenges in the music industry — from losing weight to disappointing her family when she dropped out of college to pursue her career. But as her success grew, cousin Stacy Brown said her family “warmed up to her dream.”

As did Baltimore.

Mayor Sheila Dixon attended a memorial service yesterday. Gov. Martin O’Malley attended the funeral today and issued an official proclamation honoring Edgerton.

“But there’s no more important proclamation than each of you here,” O’Malley said, referring to the crowd of about 2,500 inside the Murphy Fine Arts Center.

About 100 more people were turned away at the door when the facility reached capacity.