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Over the course of about ten years Michael has moved from written poetry to rap performance to a combination of written and spoken word.
A local boy, he recorded and toured with Midlands Hip Hop collective Deprogrammed whilst studying undergraduate English at Nottingham Trent University. He went on to study postgraduate Creative Writing at Trent, and just scraped a distinction for his poetry dissertation under Mahendra Solanki.
In 2008 Michael released two collections, Being that person and This side of poetry, through Time Travel Opportunists – an East Midlands based publishing collective. That year saw him resume gigging in Derby, Nottingham and Leicester, and he was even taken down to London by Apples & Snakes to support Ty.
Michael has led a handful of workshops on poetry and creative writing, and is a member of East Midlands literature development organisation Hello Hubmarine. Having recently returned to the region after a 14-month hiatus, Michael has resumed performing in the local area and is plotting the release of another collection of poetry.
In writing poetry, Michael takes influence from Rap figures such as Tupac Shakur, Atmosphere and Slick Rick, alongside inspirational poets such as Adrian Mitchell, Michael Rosen, Taylor Mali and Rives.
Michael enjoys eating cheese and Party Rings, and wishes he were a superhero.