Trivia: XLII hates profiles written from the third person view, so even when he gets other people to write his, he insists they write it in first person... Who wants to be the third person anyway?
Emergence: I emerged out of the inside of a humanoid female inside an ex-soviet armpit of Europe. By the time I was old enough to rap about ice-cream I was already living in the UK. You know, spitting gangster shit by the age of 12. By the age of 13 I got sick of gangster shit and started writing proper lyrics. That’s when I got into beats too, ’cause you got to rap to something right?
Growth: After eating crumbs and grease for 17 years and living in Oxford on under $1 a day, like a real minority ought to, I was so sick of not being old enough to get into open mic nights, that I developed an acute sense of pedantic sarcasm and started eloquently wrestling my way through the bouncers’ IQ and into the heat of the local hip-hop nights.
Exploration: By the age of 19 I have skanked enough money to escape the drizzle and the local chippy and went off to Japan to collaborate with some local artists resulting in the independent release of my first project "Lethargy".
Acceleration: In 2004, I have escaped London once again and returned to Japan to drop an instrumental promotion CD "...concrete garden of Eden...". Thing got so out of hand, that I ended up staying.
Insanity: Between 2004 and 2008, I have collaborated with dozens of artists, featured on scores of releases and played hundreds of shows in dozens of cities.
Today: Today I’m an artist with more skills than I have teeth. First, I’m a producer, as can be heard on Higapri’s track "One Way" or that skate & snowboarding DVD "CRAZE TV". Second, I’m, of course, an MC, as can be heard on our underground classic "Polarity", ASA’s "Whimsical", Zakia’s upcoming album "Sound Life" and Broken Haze’s upcoming album and single "Raid System". Third I’m a mixing and mastering engineer, you can peep the quality on ASA’s "FAB2" album, DJ Soma’s upcoming releases later this spring and of course my own shit, dropping fresh vinyl in late spring and loads more collabos and projects as a follow-up in the summer! Also, keep an eye open for new videos on MTV and the net!
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