Born in Queens, Mikey D’s credentials are solidified. Hip Hop knows the former Reality Records and Sleeping Bag Records artist, the young gunner of the late producer Paul C, the New Music Seminar Battle Champion, the controversial battle and defeat of Marly Marl, the one Chosen to take the front of acclaimed group Main Source after the departure of Large Professor.
In 1985, Mikey D along with the Symbolic Three
signed to Reality Records to release songs like ‘No Show’ (the answer to Doug E Fresh and Slick Rick’s ‘The Show’), along with ‘Treacherous’. In 1986, Mikey D (and DJ Johnnie Quest) signed with Public Records and put out classics Like ‘Dawn,’ ‘My Telephone,’ and ‘Bust A Rhyme’. In 1987 he hit the industry with ‘I Get Rough’ (B side ‘Go For it’) with legendary producer Paul C. In 1988, Mikey signed to Sleeping Bag Records. Entered in the New Music Seminar he was victorious and proclaimed the best MC in the world (as he predicted in 1987’s ‘I Get Rough’). Later that year, he released ‘Out Of Control’ and the wicked ‘Comin’ In The House’.
In 1994 Mikey D was enlisted by Main Source to replace Large Professor. Mikey (along with K-Cut and Sir Scratch) hit the studio and record...
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