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RAGE got introduced into the world of music via his family home were it was forever present this gave him a healthy love for all forms of music. Checking out his own family roots he came across the legendary Reggae imprint Studio 1 home to Bob Marley and Rages Uncle who performed & produced under the artist name of Michigan & Smiley. Seeing them tour the UK in the 80s inspired him to start writing lyrics. Continuing to listening to Reggae, Jazz, Soul,Metal, Funk, Rock & Hip-Hop and growing up amongst the Hip-Hop movement of the late 70s & early 80s confirmed his interests in rapping & performing whilst listening to artists like; Ice T BodyCount ,Big Daddy Kane, Eric B & Rakim, LL Cool J, Public Enemy,Rage Against,The Machine Tribe called Quest,NWA, too name but a few!

Rages own career started out in the early 90s where there was a massive underground music scene developing in & around East London where he was born & raised. Friends of his were putting on parties & setting-up local pirate radio stations, knowing of his interest they naturally asked him to host their shows & partiesthis was just the beginning for Rage.

By the mid 90s Rage had made a reputable name for himself within the UK Drum & Bass scene, His first residency was at one of the UK longest running rave events Desire this gave him time to develop his style & lyrical flow. Soon after Rage was to go on to hold residencies at some of the UKs seminal Drum & Bass events; Tru Playaz @ Fabric, Metalheadz @ London, Renegade Hardware & T.O.V. @ The End Club, Mass, London & Prototype & Grace events @ Fabric & Herbal, London. Going on to be the tour MC world-wide for his peers was a major highlight for Rage performing with DJ Hype (Tru Playaz/KISS FM), Fabio (Radio 1/Swerve), Goldie (Metalheadz), DJ Storm (Metalheadz) & the legendary Grooverider (Radio 1/Prototype/Grace). Rages lyrical skills got him to travel the globe many many times over and over again touching down in Europe, USA, Japan, Australia & New Zealand China, Korea ,PuertoRico, Mexico, Hawiai, Canada, Portugal, India, Israel, HongKong, South America, Russia & Dubai for the last ten years solid.

From early 2000 right through to 2004 Rage went onto to appear at festivals throughout the UK & Europe; Creamfields (Dublin & Liverpool, UK), Homelands (Winchester, UK), Dance Valley (Amsterdam, Holland), Rotterdam Street Parade (Holland) & world-wide Big Day Out (Australia & New Zealand). This gave RAGE the opportunity to tour alongside Chemical Brothers, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Primal Scream & Basement Jaxx. Raising his profile this got him noticed by Coca-Cola who incorporated Rage into a global Coca-Cola campaign.

Continuing to work with Fabio & Grooverider gave Rage the opportunity to host their Radio 1 Live broadcasts in the UK & Europe including the BBCs Exit Festival events. In addition to appearing as a guest on several occasions & compiling a series of regular jingles featured on Fabio & Grooveriders show broadcast world-wide via Radio 1 weekly on Friday nights 1am 3am. Quote BBC Beats, Bass & Culture MC Rage.

In 2008 he set is sights on the world of music production, something that has always intrigued him. Keeping it in the family Rage set-up a production unit called RocknRoad (Rude boy metal) with his younger brother Andrew and cousin Ryan under the name Ballistiq Beats. By doing so this it enabled Ballistiq to produce music for the likes of; Estelle,JME,Roll Deep,Chimpmunk,Trim,Loudmouth, Dynamite to name but a few. Rage is currently developing his band Innercity Dwellers a politically & socially aware outfit that fuses Rock,HipHop & metal,straight outta East London.

INNER CITY DWELLERS

"STAND UP AND BE COUNTED" WORD ON THE ROAD THAT WE GOT THE ADVANTAGE!!