Event

MYKA 9, Paranoid Castle, Graves 33, Dj Factor

Originally known as Microphone Mike in the 1980s, Myka 9 was a member of the MC Aces with Aceyalone and Spoon Iodine. As a co-founder of Freestyle Fellowship, he was instrumental in the scene at the Good Life Cafe in the early 1990s. Timetable contains some of his live recordings from the Good Life Cafe open-mic.

Released in 1993, Freestyle Fellowship's second album Innercity Griots is one of the landmarks of Los Angeles hip hop. Their videos for "Inner City Boundaries" and "Hot Potato" brought them to the attention of a wider audience. Myka 9 was also featured on two tracks on Project Blowed compilation in 1994. In the late 1990s, Myka 9 came together with Aceyalone and Abstract Rude to form Haiku D'Etat. They have released two albums. In 1998, Freestyle Fellowship reunited to record Shockadoom. They released The Promise in 2011.

Myka 9 has collaborated with Prefuse 73, Daddy Kev, Busdriver, Blue Sky Black Death, K-the-I??? and many others. He has worked extensively with producer and trumpeter Josef Leimberg, who produced the majority of It's All Love: American Nightmare and A Work in Progress.

In an interview, Myka 9 stated that he ghost-wrote two tracks on N.W.A.'s debut album N.W.A. and the Posse in 1987.

HHR Boise 6th month anniversary show!
Featuring:

Myka 9
Paranoid Castle
Graves 33
DJ Factor
Oso Negro
Moxii Hub
Exit Prose
P-Dirt
Zabian
Holistic Meditation
& DJ AUZ