Michael "Richard" Rushden grew up along the Thompson River where he was raised in a modest sized camper on the beach. Raised by his uncle Dale and his dog Bingo, Michael learned at an early age that his passion in life was motorcycle repairs.

While he spent his teenage years working in the local junkyard, his dream came to a halt when he botched the repair of a classic Indian motorcycle for a well known motorcycle gang leader.

In the summer of 1997 he packed his belongings, left the Stove Top dinners behind as he headed to the big city to pursue a career in rap music. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.