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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 5 TH 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.