Eyedea

Sharp-tongued fight rapper Michael Larsen, aka Eyedea, became a well-known force in the hip-hop circuit following successful consecutive televised freestyle competitions on the turn from the millennium. Delivering verbal knockouts on the 1999 Scribble Jam, the 2000 Rock and roll Steady Anniversary, as well as the 2000 Blaze Fight, his quick wit and heady lyrics obtained him multiple label offer provides, but he eventually chose to indication with Rhymesayers Entertainment, a home-grown Minnesotan label with underground heavy-hitters like MF Doom and Atmosphere in the roster. Larsen’s result was huge for the 2000s. He matched up along with his youth friend DJ Gregory Keltgen (Skills) for the trio of introspective hip-hop information, released material beneath the name Oliver Hart, and stepped beyond your rap genre using the jazz group Encounter Candy as well as the alt-rock music group Carbon Carousel. However, his profession was trim tragically brief when he passed on at age 28 in Oct of 2010.