Mike Stud: Great in Baseball to Great in Rap

Mike Stud

Mike Stud or Micheal Francis Seander, was orginially a baseball starting pitcher for Duke University. When his injury took him out of the sport he had to find a new path, he turned to music during his recovery and eventually he chose music as his new career. Mike made a video called College Humor as a joke and it blew up with over 1.4 million views. His first mixtape was called A Toast To Tommy along with a second one released not much longer called Click. Mike's first studio album was released in 2013 and it was called Relief. A year later he released his second studio album called Closer. In anticipation of his next album he released a EP called This Isn't The Album. Most recently, Mike released his third studio album called These Days which includes features from past teammates. 

You can find his music here: soundcloud.com/mikestudofficial

or you can watch his music videos here: Mike Stud's Youtube

Moosh and Twist: Growing Up

Moosh and Twist

Moosh (DeQuincy Coleman-McRae) on the right and Twist (Oliver Feighan) on the left are both from Philly, PA. They meet and became friends in the second grade and bonded over music. A music teacher taught them the basics of recording and the two went from there. They have now been able to release 4 mixtapes starting with Up Before the World. After being featured in XXL's magazine, they released The Welcome Mat. The third mixtape released was called The Vestibule. Their last mixtape they have released is called Back to the Basement, which they went on tour in honor of the mixtape. Next, Living Out loud was released and was their first EP and is on iTunes. Most recently, they have released a single song from their upcoming project called Growing Pains.

You can purchase their music here: mooshandtwist.com

or watch their videos here: Moosh and Twist's Youtube

Dumbfoundead: Battling His Way to the Top

Dumbfoundead



Dumbfoundead, aka Jonathan Park (real name), was born in February of 1986 in Koreatown, California. Park got a large online fan base from videos on YouTube of his rap battles. Dumbfoundead released his first solo album called DFD in November of 2011, just a year later he dropped his second album in October called Take the Stares. In 2013, still being consistent released his third album, Old Boy Jon. He has done work with various artist like Waka and ASAP Ferg. In 2015 Dumbfoundead changed his focus back to rap battles and entered OVO's King of the Dot, where Drake decided to compliment him on his battles. He then went on to compete in a battle against Wild 'n Out member Conceited, that battle is the most popular rap battle of 2015.

You can purchase his music from his website: music.dumbfoundead.com
or watch his videos here: Dumbfoundead's Youtube

Oliver Spitts: Local Legend

Oliver Spitts

Oliver Spitts is a local rapper from Lock Haven that is determined to put his hometown's name on the map. Oliver stands for Only LIVE Real, which he says is a representation that you should live for who you are and not for what society wants you to be, he chose spitts because he liked the slang term for rapping. He started by writing out his feelings and eventually made it into a rhythm. After being able to sign with the label FITCH, run by George Costulas, he released his first album called Exit 111, in reference to Lock Haven. Also while releasing a numerous amount of individual songs and collaborative work.

You can purchase his music from here: Oliver Spitts Music
or watch his videos here: Oliver Spitts Youtube

Danny Brown: Rapper Turned Writer

Danny Brown



Danny Brown, or known other as Daniel Dewan Stewart, was born on March 16, 1981 in Detroit, Michigan. He as grown his recognition from how individualistic his music can be. After getting in some trouble he had to stop his normal life for awhile and really began to focus on his craft in music. After his time in jail, he was able to find a spot in a group called Rese'vor Dogs, they went on to release a album called Runispkotes-N-Dumpemndariva. After the break up of the group he collaborated with G-Unit member Tony Yayo and created a album called Hawaiian Snow. After working and releasing all four mixtapes to his Detroit State of Mind series he announced his first studio album. Hybrid was released in 2010, which is the album where he found his "voice" with his music. Later signing to Fools Gold Records, Brown released his second studio album called XXX in 2012, which brought Danny serious recognition. After doing features with various artists, he was able to release his third studio album called Old in 2013 with features such as Kendrick Lamar, ASAP Rocky, Ab-Soul, and SchoolBoy Q. Next he went on to write a Dr. Suess inspired book for his daughter, all while working on a album that has yet to be released. Currently he is working on a TV series called Fresh Off the Boat.

You can purchase his music on his website: xdannyxbrownx.com
 or watch his videos here: Danny Brown's Youtube

Devvon Terrell: The Famous Weirdo

Devvon Terrell

Devvon Terrell was born in October of 1988 in Brooklyn, New York. He started out by having a YouTube channel for his vlogs. He then grew into music and dropped his first album called Weird Sexy Cool. While still being prominent on YouTube Terrell was able to drop a second album called House Of The Weirdos. Devvon was lucky enough to get on two record labels called The R Music Group and WEIRDO_o. While on the label he dropped his third album called The Living Weird_o. Recently Terrell has gotten recognition from his work with Futuristic on social media by making remakes and music videos that mostly all have blown up and went viral.

You can purchase his music at his website: devvonterrell.com

or watch his videos here: Devvon Terrell's Youtube

Earl Sweatshirt: Truly Living His Odd Future

Earl Sweatshirt

Earl Sweatshirt, real name Thebe Neruda Kgositsile, was born in Chicago on February 24, 1994. He then moved to Los Angeles a few years later where he grew up and met Tyler the Creator. In the 9th grade he began his rap career under the name of Sly Tendencies, he released his first mixtape called Kitchen Cutlery on Myspace. The next year in 2009, he was discovered by Tyler and changed his name while joining the Odd Future group. As Earl, he was able to self-release his debut mixtape called Earl in March of 2010. After a break from music due to no support from his family and being sent to Samoa to get out of trouble, he came back and started out easy with multiple features in various artists albums. Finally in November of 2012 Earl changed his attention back to his own music and released his solo song Chum. This song was later put into his first album called Doris which came out in December. A couple years later, in the late part of 2014 and early of 2015 he started on his second album called I Dont Like Shit, I Dont Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt, which was released on Itunes in 2016. He also releases a lot of individual songs on his Soundcloud page.

You can purchase his music on his website: earlsweatshirt.com

or watch his videos here: Earl Sweatshirt's Youtube