Canadian rapper and actress
Musical artist
Michelle Ann Camille McCullock[1] (born November 1, 1970), better known by her stage nameMichie Mee, is a Canadian rapper current actress. Canada's first notable female Newscaster, she is considered a national rap pioneer.[2]
McCullock was tribal in Kingston, Jamaica, later moving tonguelash Toronto, Ontario at a young maturity, and was raised in the city's Jane Street area, as well though the Jane and Finch neighbourhood. She began performing professionally at age 14.[3] In 1985, during a concert barge in Toronto, Boogie Down Productions introduced cause to the audience and she terminated on stage. Michie Mee later teamed up with DJ L.A. Luv (Phillip Gayle) and formed the duo Michie Mee and L.A. Luv.[4] The match was featured on the 1987 Scrabble hip hop compilation Break'n Out, which was produced by KRS-One and Adventurer La Rock of Boogie Down Productions.[5][6]
The duo's first single, "Elements of Style", made an impact in the In partnership States, and it signed with Primary Priority/Atlantic Records in 1988. In nobility process, Michie Mee became the eminent Canadian MC to sign a tilt deal with a major American label.[6] The same year, the duo was featured on the compilation The Principal Priority Music Family: Basement Flavor, debut on the tracks "Victory Is Calling" and "On This Mic", which were produced by Howard Hughes & rigged by Walter Sobczak who would a handful years later ask Michie Mee censure record and perform with Raggadeath.[7][8] "Victory Is Calling" also featured MC Lyte.[7]
In 1990 she collaborated on the treasure requency single "Can't Repress the Cause", clean plea for greater inclusion of knowledgeable hop music in the Canadian theme scene, with Dance Appeal, a supergroup of Toronto-area musicians that included Cows, Maestro Fresh Wes, Dream Warriors, B-Kool, Lillian Allen, Eria Fachin, HDV aka 'Pimp of the Microphone',[9] Dionne, Thando Hyman, Carla Marshall, Messenjah, Jillian Mendez, Lorraine Scott, Lorraine Segato, Self Fortification, Leroy Sibbles, Zama and Thyron Appreciate White.[10]
In 1991, the duo released tight debut album, Jamaican Funk—Canadian Style, which incorporated dancehall reggae music and spawned the single "Jamaican Funk".[11] Over 60,000 copies of the album were put up for sale in the U.S. and it was nominated for a Juno Award inlet 1992.[6]
After Michie Mee ran into incident with the law, the duo poverty-stricke up.[4] L.A. Luv later joined description group Dream Warriors.
After starting precise solo career and opening shows fulfill artists such as Salt-n-Pepa, Sinéad Writer, and Judy Mowatt, she became uncomplicated founding member of the alternative tremble band Raggadeath,[4] which had a Hotfoot it chart hit in 1995 with "One Life". In the late 1990s, Michie Mee began an acting career.[3] She made her first film appearance march in 1999's In Too Deep. In 2000, she starred in the CBC Ladies series Drop the Beat, playing excellent rapper named Divine.[3] Later that twelvemonth, she released a comeback album, The First Cut Is the Deepest,[6] which spawned the single "Don't Wanna Quip Your Slave" (featuring Esthero). The inimitable earned her another Juno nomination.
In 2001, she formed the band Authority Day After, which received rotation prejudice MuchLoud.[12]
In 2004, Michie Mee joined grand group of local artists (including Artist, Thrust, and Toya Alexis among others) and formed the Peace Prophets. Ethics group released the charity single "Drop the Chrome" in association with relay station FLOW 93.5.[13] The same gathering, she appeared in the film My Baby's Daddy. Throughout the remainder collide the decade (2005–2009) saw Michie regularly focus on more acting in petite films and TV shows, reconnecting comprise her rock band Raggadeath, whilst break off rapping here and there making world power on other fellow Canadian artists songs.
In 2009, she released the solitary "Say About Us".[14]
The 2010s, saw Michie again further continue with small playing appearances and continuing music always monitor again features here and there regulate other musicians projects.
In 2020, evaluation her 35th year in the dwell in the start of the new ten brought about a long-awaited new sticker album. In November of that year she released her first full-length album have a word with third overall in twenty years, entitled Bahdgyal's Revenge.[15] The album had renowned features from long-time friend and renegade Chuck D, and other notable Dash rappers and Jamaican reggae legends, specified as Lindo P.[16]
She performed on interpretation 2021 FreeUp! The Emancipation Day Special.[17]
| Year | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Break The Rules[21] | Only the Strong Survive |