Open Mike Eagle
Michael Eagle II was born in Chicago in 1980. It was at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale that the aspiring MC became an RA, and after he met Hannibal Buress, the resident advisor and student became fast friends. Grad school took him to the West Coast, where he began attending Project Blowed's open-mic workshops. He founded the group Thirsty Fish with Dumbfoundead and Psychosiz, debuting with the 2007 full-length Testing the Waters. All three rappers co-founded the battle crew Swim Team, which released the mixtape Ocean's 11 in 2008. Eagle released a mixtape titled Premeditated Folly the same year, but he made his official solo debut with 2010's Unapologetic Art Rap, an album that featured college bud Buress along with left-field MCs like Busdriver and Serengeti. It was released by Mush Records, who also issued companion EP Art Rap After Party and Thirsty Fish's second album, 2011's Watergate. Eagle's Rappers Will Die of Natural Causes appeared on the Hellfyre Club label, which released a trio of EPs from the rapper, beginning with Extended Nightmares Getdown: The Blue Door and continuing with Rent Party Extension (2012) and Sir Rockabye (2013).
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