Artist description Style M.I.S.I.A is a rap artist and producer. His music prodution varies from Hip-Hop, Drum & Bass and R&B/Soul. Style M.I.S.I.A is 1/4 of the San Jose hip hop collective Daysmen Empire and 1/7 of the massive crew Constylations(Daysmen, MIU, New Moon, DJ Fresh).

Music Style Siavibe Music

Musical Influences My Father, Marvin Gaye, Dereliks, Freestyle Fellowship, Blackalicious, Solesides(Quannum), Constylations, N.W.A, Stevie Wonder, Santana and mostly anything that moves me.

Artist History For starters, I am originally from Long Beach. My mother moved me and my siblings to San Jose, California in 1991 to get away from the ghetto, poverty, drug, gang stricken hood. Hip Hop did come into my life in the LBC and I continued to make it grow more when I came to SJC. My first touch into the hip hop culture was as a graffiti artist in 1988 and that was quickly ended by my parents when I got into many legal woes due to graffiti being seen as a crime. I then started rapping in 1989 at age 11-12 and I say this honestly, not to make it sound like I've been rapping for many years. I came into the world of being Style M.I.S.I.A, pronounced Messiah, which stands for Myself I Speak Intellectual Aspects, in 1992-1993. I got much more serious in the Underground Bay Area Hip Hop Scene when I started working with crews such as Minds In Unison since 1993-Present, Gypsy Cab 1996-97, Daysmen Empire 1996-Present, New Moon 1999-Present and the Constylations(Daysmen Empire & New Moon). Most of the people in these crews have helped me pave my way into this hip hop scene. We went from slanging tapes out of our back packs in High School, to doing tons of free shows at crappy talent shows. Without state-of-the-art equipment, we recorded our music on analog 4-tracks and composed music with synthesizers, keyboards and samplers in the early to mid-90's. My crew Daysmen Empire went on to opening shows for Hieroglyphics, DEL, Casual, Saafir & Hobo Junction, Aceyalone and Abstract Rude and many other Project Blowed Affiliates. Aside from my solo albums I have put out, I have produced tracks for most of our group albums, then myself, Ray(Piseas) and Paul(Amorphous) created a group called New Moon in late 1998. I have produced all 3 New Moon albums. Aside from my main camp, I have produced countless tracks for Scarub of the Living Legends/Melancholy Gypsys. My intent is to make a mark as both an artist and a music producer. With many more obstacles to encounter, I will continue to release music and get the word out to the rest of the world.

Instruments Ensoniq EPS w/ 8-out & 4x MemExp, E-Mu Planet Phatt Midi Module, Cubase VST32 5.0, Pro-Tools Digi 001, 2 Technics MK-1210's, Vestax 06 mixer, Alesis 16 Track Mixer, Equitek E-100 Studio Mic, 2 Midi-Verb Effects Processors and over 5000 classic pieces of Soul/Funk/R&B/Jazz/Hip Hop/Rock vinyl.

Albums Life: An Ethics of Non-Fiction(1998 1st Solo debut), "The Promise" b/w "Awakening" single(1999), The Alibiez(2nd Full LP Not yet Released)

Additional Info Daysmen Empire EP(1997), Gypsy Cab-"Mind Travel"EP(1996), "Persuasion of Art" Compilation-ToiletWorldwide(1999), "Strictly Indee" Compilation-Below the Surface(2000), New Moon-"New Moon Jargon"LP(1999), New Moon-"Starry Night"EP(1999), New Moon-"Beyond Common Era"LP(2000), Scarub(SIAM)-"Answer 2 tha Meaning"LP(1997), Scarub(SIAM)-"Heavenbound"LP(2001), CleverMC-"Maze of Life"LP(Fall 2001)

Location San Jose, California - USA

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