MPiece, a known Producer, Rapper, Singer and Songwriter, is originally from Lagos and grew up in South West London (GB).
As a child growing up MPiece was mostly influenced by groups like New Edition, Grandmaster Flash, Curtis Blow, Keith Sweat, Musical Youth, to mention a few. At the early age of 11, he founded the then London Boy Group Classics alongside with B-Nice and two other members, which was the beginning of his musical career.
Soon afterwards MPiece moved to the States to pursue his education, with music still on his mind. He did a lot of studio sessions, working alongside famous artists in the likes of Prince, 2 Low 4 Zero, Racquet etc. In the States he founded the group L-Zone, which stands for Lagos-Zone and also a special style of singing which was called the LZ PASSI.
After graduating, MPiece went to London, where he fully concentrated on the group L-Zone, still in the search of a Label. The group did a lot of concerts on festive periods and clubs. On this occasion, L-Zone met Chris Flanger, who invited them to Germany to work with him on a project. During a session Get Down On It was recorded, which was then signed on to the Label BMG Hansa as "Chill Out featuring L-Zone.
The Maxi CD GET DOWN ON IT was released in February 1999 with a video concept, which enjoyed airplays and hit the JAM FM TOP 40. The group also had a couple of TV Shows on GIGA (NBC) and CHART ATTACK (ZDF). HAND IN HAND CONCEPT took over the EXCLUSIVE BOOKING and over 120 shows followed alongside other top artists like NSYNC, EAST 17, 4 THE CAUSE, 2-4-FAMILY, OLI P., SASHA and many more.
MPiece is currently living between Germany, France and UK, where he is working on his solo project and trying to set off his Label DEF RHYTHM. At the same time played in his first major movie AND THE KOLANUT SAID NO in which he is the main actor.
Since 4th of April 2009, the new album "Heavy In Da Game" is available for digital download. The album release date has to be changed to spring 2010.
you can buy this song online at Amazon, iTunes, etc.!
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