Born David Michael Cheeks, Michael and The Influence grew up in Banbury, located in Warrensville Heights, a southeastern suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. Raised in a drug addiction and poverty stricken home, Michael was exposed to the streetlife at an early age and helplessly watched as crack cocaine ravaged his family. His role models were his older brother and uncle who introduced him to hustling and Hip-Hop. Michael quickly fell in love with the art of music, spouting out song lyrics at just five years old. After the tragic death of his uncle, Micheal decided to make music his career choice and became a student of hip-hop culture, developing his unique…

Kam’Geez Keeps it Playa in the Official “Racks Coming In” Music Video Some months ago, Kam’Geez dropped off his buzzing track,”Racks Coming In.” Now, the Boston-based rapper returns with the official music video in collaboration with director M9. Smoking in-studio and shooting dice with his High-End team, Kam’Geez effortlessly raps about his day-to-day life and offers gems to hustlers over the lush, HoldUpJay-produced instrumentation. Watch the official “Racks Coming In” visual below, and save the song on your preferred streaming platform here. Follow Kam’Geez: Instagram / Twitter / YouTube

Carolina’s So Loyal returns with a new anthem “I Just Woke Up”. The Hypnotizing beat produced by The Kidd QDH has So Loyal joining forces with Atlanta legend “OJ The Juiceman”. Loyal and Juice connected at a show 4 years ago and been rocking since the day they met. The Video shot by Dre Cannonz ( @drecannonz ) This is the second single from So Loyal’s debut project which is self titled “So Loyal” Instagram: SoLoyal910 Twitter: SoLoyal910 https://youtu.be/i8yzT8IaSk0

Alwa Gordon representing Santa Cruz, California is showing that consistency is key. Signed to his own label 88 Over Everything, he drops the new video to “1 Hundred Thousand” produced by Shiesty Tracks. California has a rich legacy in hip-hop and has produced a lot of new talent this last decade and Alwa is ready to add to the list. Instagram.com/alwagordon Twitter.com/alwagordon https://youtu.be/Z3-6KvI0cRE

GSO Phat feat. Boosie Badazz – Diddy Bop (Official Video) https://youtu.be/9-1sSYccGHQ Cash Money Records/7 Kings Entertainment presents artist GSO Phat. GSO Phat linked up with the Baton Rouge, Louisiana legend Boosie Badazz to drop the official music video “Diddy Bop”. You can check out the release “Diddy Bop” now on all digital platforms to stream, and download. Be on the lookout for more to come from Cash Money Records/7 Kings Entertainment artist GSO Phat. Follow GSO Phat https://twitter.com/gso_phat https://www.instagram.com/gso.phat https://www.instagram.com/7kingsent https://open.spotify.com/track/67qqzTPN2YtMAm42Ma5c0K?si=82ec79132c544f60 Follow Boosie Badazz https://ffm.to/boosiegoattalk3 https://twitter.com/boosieofficial https://www.youtube.com/user/Officialboosie1/videos https://www.eventbrite.com/d/la–baton-rouge/boosie-bash/

Leggo is energetic and very upbeat. It’ll get the party started or can continue to turn up the party. It doesn’t matter it will fit! Currently has over 50k views on Spotify Dir by @Creativechris.tpa Follow @Backwood_Nash on IG Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/jfAT5mzIiUs