Forthcoming Events
Brief Bio
Son of James & Jillian, Champion Everlast, Incomparible Inspirationalist, Em Sea Oceanic, Hip Hop Hero & Head Harbinger. Rap Veteran Cooly Haste was born & raised on the West Bank of the Medina. Inspired by The Golden Era of Hip Hop as a teenager to produce funky & conscious music for more than 20 years.
Along with Super Producer Randy Bones , Scratch Wizard DJ Mewtant & Bass Legend Max Brennan he has performed at Bestival '05, '06 & '07. They have supported Ugly Duckling & Giant Panda (twice), People Under the Stairs , The Cold Crush Brothers , Halfway House Emcees , Percee P , Peanut Butter Wolf , Gulity Simpson & Aloe Blacc . (Big Up Happy Feet & The Chancers ).
Godfather & leading light in the Isle of Wight Hip Hop community. Founder member of The Wight Style Collective along with Blank Beats , Born in a Barn & Julio Peculio with whom Cooly has performed at numerous live shows across the South Coast & beyond. (Nuff love to Rude Dog , Wiser Vice , Bring The Noise , Model of Society , Gleem , UDY & the whole Portsmouth & Southsea Massive ).
Cooly Haste has recorded & performed in the Bay Area CA with Inspector Double Negative & The Equal Positives . He has also collaborated with Pompey's Pimpernel Jones , Manchester's Tropical Soul and LA MC Swiss Precise .
The band have had airplay on WRYR, WMUC & WRYR (DC Area), WFMU (New York), Isle of Wight Radio and have twice been live in session on Portsmouth's Express 93.7 FM . In 2006 they had a track on the Bring the Noise mix CD, and a song on The Pipes Project compilation CD from Ventnor based Match My Foot Records .
Right now the band are busy recording their eagerly anticipated first album, whilst continuing to perform their acclaimed dynamic live show to their ever growing fan base.
