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If some of you crossed big Mic-key Boston on McGill campus refrain from rubbing your eyes, indeed it is true. Big Brosky is back on campus throughout 2011 until 2013 knocking out a 2nd Master’s degree however, this time in an undisclosed faculty at the downtown campus. So how is McGill University, “Harvard North,” and […]
October 23, 2012
Mickey Boston and XEptional met in 2011, the rest is what you hear today. By age 15, the young prodigy was well on his way to crafting a gift for musicality and hiphop. By age 16 he was to produce “Tonka Truck Beat Down” which became the boombap success that it was in May 2012. […]
October 18, 2012
JOURNEYMEN HIPHOP http://journeymen.ca/ Founded in 2011, Journeymen hiphop was architect by producer John Wholetrain. What you need to know is on a need to know basis. Queens emcee Melo Malo and Mickey Boston Kovaks drop the bars mathematical hardbody. Tha Cultivator and the silent madman drop the bars on Wholetrain productions bringing a product that […]
June 1, 2012
Mickey Boston – Swag & Hard Knocks (produced by XEptional) Mickey Boston reached out to young prodigy producer XEptional to have the beat on “Swag & Hard Knocks” which was what inspired the writing of the track. In truth, had the beat not been produced by XEptional the track itself would have never been […]
April 15, 2012
Do you remember Colin Farrell in 2002s “Phone Booth” as he frantically struggles at a Braodway payphone? That was a while ago. In fact even Bollywood came out with its own rendition of the same film. In any event, I always remembered the phone booth as Clark Kent‘s closet – I always found the concept […]
January 15, 2012
2011 was another big year in Montreal hip-hop with a plethora of albums dropping. Amongst these, Hindu Kush dropped a solid album alongside my homie D-Shade, my brother Preach Ankobia, my extended family Alquimia Verbal and of course my very own friend and DJ, Mr. Conn-Shawnery. Moreover, beyond this, 2011 brought about compilations of the […]
December 28, 2011
Cpl. Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan was just fourteen years old when 9/11 happened. Residing in New Jersey, Khan waiting to be of age to finally serve the United States and head out to Iraq where he passed away in Baquba. This was the photograph that Mickey Boston crossed published in The New Yorker that prompted […]
December 23, 2011
December 17th, 2011 is a date that states that it is rather “safe” to say that the war in Iraq has “officially ended.” While some say that there was anything between 103 000 and 116 000 civilian deaths, truth be told, it is very likely this figure is a bit more higher. As I write […]
August 25, 2011
“They Say HipHop” is a track written and performed by Mickey Boston, Regimental Oneton and DJ Conn Shawnery. Recorded at studio Conn-Soul, Montreal, “They Say HipHop” was supported by CKUT‘s WEFUNK as DJ Static and Professor Groove played it on their rotation as well as shared the video clip. By consequence of WEFUNK Radio‘s support, […]
June 13, 2011
Just Another Mickey Boston Piece… While the summer edition of the 2011 Park Jams finally debut in NYC, many hip-hop heads true to the art and elements of the culture may sometimes become weary of where hip-hop is headed in context of mainstream and commercial shifts. Indeed, one may find solace in the new efforts […]
June 7, 2011
An Encounter with Deep of the 2 Hungry Brothers. Mickey Boston (Big Brosky Bidallz) first crossed the 2 Hungry Bros. back in the day after having thoroughly listened to and enjoyed their previous works. In 2006 as he browsed through the crates of what was then a hip-hop oasis, Fat Beats—and thank you Fat Beats […]
February 20, 2011
Mic-Key Boston draws words from Life and Struggle of Kanafani. “I am someone who feels a very strong need for freedom and to not allow anyone to be backed into a corner” uttered late Montrealer Lhasa de sela, an artist who adamantly believed in the call for equality between all peoples. I (Mickey Boston) routinely perform a track […]
May 9, 2013
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