Mike Baggz

Micah Brown (born Micah Rickenbacker, January 5, 1987), better known by his stage name Mike Baggz, is an American rapper and songwriter who grew up in Brentwood, New York. He is best known for his appearances on various mixtape projects/compilations & radio single releases.
Early life
Mike Baggz was born and raised in Brentwood, New York. His original last name Rickenbacker, was changed after he was adopted by Gerald & Carlyne Brown at the age of 11. Baggz was raised in the middle class suburbs of New York in a small town called Islip, which is home to many influential artists such as Keith Murray, EPMD, LL Cool J, & Craig Mack.
Baggz graduated from Brentwood High School, which is located in one of the most populated school districts in our country. Baggz also attended Suffolk Community College in Brentwood, Long Island. Mike appeared on his first mixtape compilation project "Its Afficial vol. 1" hosted by Dj Deal$ in 2005 while still attending Brentwood high-school. Even though he had a rough childhood, Mike decided to pursue music and choose a more positive route to ensure a successful future.
Baggz was adopted at the age of 11 with his older brother Malik, a prominent night club DJ in New York, to a family in Brentwood, Long Island. Baggz started having a more positive outlook on life and decided to pursue a career in music and used music as an escape from his life's instabilities, insecurities & anger. Baggz credits his success on the decisions he made to leave the streets alone and focus more on his career.
Musical notoriety
Baggz charted for 8 weeks nationally on the Digital Radio Tracker Top 200's chart with his radio single Toniht in Old English (feat. Ashley Martinez) which gained him national notoriety peaking as high as #85 and in the top 50 independent charts consecutively. Mike received various accolades with the release of his first official mixtape on Datpiff in 2012 titled Catch22 which won a bronze trophy for receiving over 20,000 downloads. He also started a popular mixtape series entitled "Unsigned Hype" that has helped to gain notoriety to unsigned artists.
Discography
Albums
*The Beauty Of Money (2015)
Mixtapes
*Catch22 (2011) Certified Bronze on Datpiff
Appearances
*Young Jeezy, Return of the Snowman (2011)
*D-Block, Discipline Mixtape (2013)
*Lil Wayne- No Ceilings Bonus Edition (2013)
Notable singles
*Dirty Mouth (Feat. One Direction) (2014)
*Toniht In Old English (feat. Ashley Martinez) (2013)
*Late Nights (2012)
*Live My Life (2014)
*Hideaway (Feat. Mike Baggz) (2014)

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