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Mic Assassin
Biography
Chubby faced self
confessed “Chocolate Boy” ____________ isn’t
your average Street savvy South Londoner. This 22 year old in many respects
leads super hero like double life. By day he is ___________ label owner and entrepreneur,
by night he transformers to the highly energetic, thought provoking lyricist Mic
Assassin Asar .
This Artist has turned
his boy hood music dreams and passions in to an exciting career path stating from
him “This is my life…. not a hobby”!
Flash back to 1984 the
year of Mic’s Birth, and his introduction to life and music. Born and raised in South London’s Lewisham Borough on a council estate
where Mic would perfect his talent for words and expand his insight on life. On
this Estate serving as Mic’s window to the world is where he would write his
first lyrics at age 9, make his first demo tapes and form his crew Elite-Team.
Forward now to 2006, this
same boy has now grown and developed to a man and an accomplished Emcee with a catalogue
of highly rated releases and accolades under his belt. As well as solo and crew
releases Elite – Team whose active members include (Mic
Assassin, Rigga Romez and DJ Caution) have appeared on numerous mix CD’s
and Album releases. This includes their noteworthy debut “The Phone Home Ep” in 2004 which led to the crew
being described as “The next generation of Home Grown
Hip Hop” From highly regarded music journalist Ryan Proctor at Blues and
Soul.
The trials and
tribulations of the industry led to Mic setting up his first company and
independent Music Venture “Elite Team Ent” in 2003 at the
age of 18. This new venture being run by Mic and his friends while still
in college study for A – levels helped generate a buzz and local awareness in
their South London Residence.
This Buzz and
Consistent hunger led Mic to being featured on various Hip Hop releases from
premier UK producers such as Evil Ed on “The Enthusiast
Album” and on Blufoot’s “The Ablution Album”
both in 2005.
The momentum of his
Buzz has also been able to capture attention both in the UK and US following
his now infamous Emcee “Street battles”. These
Battles broadcast on the Internet via Jump off TV
while at the same time airing periodically on UK digital music station Channel U and US on demand channel H2O.
This was after Mic
participated in a 3 day 10 city UK Battle tour in
which he deservedly won the right to represent his team and the UK by being flown to New York. This feat singled Mic out amongst
his UK
peers giving him the opportunity to battle US rappers in their own streets
which earned him much respect winning the majority of his battles and a fierce
reputation.
All these battles
being broadcast helped to infuse his past efforts, performances and releases in
to a state of anticipation for his followers on both sides of the globe. This
anticipation and eagerness will be met with the release of his Second Solo
project and 5TH Elite – Team ENT label release “The Elevation Theory” Scheduled for an Early 2007 release. This project will combine Mic’s
infectious wordplay gliding over soulful sample infused beats and live musical
instrumentations.
Having been riding
high on the hype built for Themselves
has enabled Elite Team Ent to
independently record and release Mic’s First Solo CD “How
to Murk a Mixtape” in 2006. This has easily sold above 4,000 copies via
the teams entrepreneurial methods of selling on the Streets, after crew performances
and Online to a wider market.
This helped Mic and
Elite Team to secure numerous noteworthy appearances on pirate and internet
stations such as Itch fm, Déjà vu, Pyro radio and
breaks fm. To mainstream radio shows such as Ace
and Invisible (Radio 1xtra), Shorty Blitz and Big Ted (Kiss 100 fm), Dan
Greenpeace (Capital /Xfm) and Ras Kwame (Radio 1xtra).
This attention has not
gone unnoticed, Mic’s talents has extended and seen him hosting a part time Saturday night show on BBC’s Asian Network.
This 2 hour show lets Mic express his usual humorous and energetic self while
him and his DJ Bruce Wayne glide over a captivating play list of in your face
grime & underground Hip Hop.
In successful attempts
to Spread themselves to a wider market has seen Mic and his crew members rapping and appearing
on MTV show “Barrio 19” which was broadcast in
various territories such as Europe , The Americas (South and North) and Asia in
Early 2006 . Various other TV
appearances like ITV’s “Bleach my skin white”
and British council backed Documentary “The Bed Room Mc
Competition”. This battle competition
which Mic won had him flown out to promote the documentary and perform at the Winterthur international short film festival in Switzerland 2004.
The anticipation and
hype has also culminated in various internet features and interviews on premier
US Hip Hop sites like Rapmusic.com, and Sohh.com, with
leading UK
sites like Ukhh.com and Rapnews.co.uk also
heavily supporting the teams grind and efforts. Mic Assassin even though achieving
much mainstream accolades still stays true to his underground roots and can be
found hosting various events such as South London’s Infamous “Speakers corner” and newly formed East
London event “Bampot” on a monthly
basis.
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