Born Michael Taylor on August 6, 1982 Inertia was raised as a Military child spending majority of his life in Houston, Texas. At an early age he found himself fascinated by rap music and began to create and mold his lyrical and vocal skills showing his love for the music industry. Inertia was inspired by many artists the presence and style of such acts as DO or Die, Cap One, Ludacris, Scarf ace, and the living legend himself Twista made and formed him in to the artist he is today.
Early in his career Inertia’s talent caught the attention of an independent record label (Young and the Restless). Inertia recorded several songs for Y&R Records and enjoyed the ability to have his music recorded on CD. In 1999 news of his talent caught the attention of then the world’s largest independent rap label, “No Limit Records”. Master P and his producers were so impressed with his skills that they invited him into the studio where he recorded on projects with Multi-platinum recording artist C-Murder and Silk tha Shocker.
He proved his ability to write and rap lyrically complex and quality material within a short period of time. While he was in the studio, he also assisted Master P with ideas for hooks on his songs. Master P was anxious to sign Inertia, but had to put him on hold due to the fact that his distribution schedule was full. Inertia continued on performing at several concerts as an opening act for a couple of majors, such as Mystical, Juvenile, Bone Thugs & Harmony, Paul Wall, Jody Breeze of “The Boyz-N-Hood”, and Ying Yang Twins.
In 2002 he meet the future of production in the music industry Leo “Young Gem” Stanford and formed what we would like to call the movement or as they would say the Rebels . Continuing to do shows He and Young Gem entered into many contests one being the “5k Hip Hop Hunt” and won by a landslide by 2006 Inertia was a name and force to be reckon with. Entering in an Event called “The Texas Summer Music Conference” in 2006 it became obvious to people like Clarissa Robinson and Jeff Robinson (Alicia Keys Management) that he would be a great addition to the music industry by the end of 2006 he had not one but two songs on the radio station (k104 fm) developing a much larger fan base than he had before. Inertia has a strong fan base and solid working knowledge of the music industry. He continuously works to perfect his style and ability by disciplined practice. Though he is confident in his gift, others describe him as outgoing ,talented, friendly, and down to earth.
Inertia continuously strives for success in music, but also leads a balanced life and believes that the greatest success in music will allow him to take care of his family. With an album in the finishing stages (UNCHAINED) Inertia is ready to go out and surprise the world with his crafty punch lines, tongue twisting skills and amazing sound world get ready cause here comes a breath of fresh air. Inertia!
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