Mic-Jay

Get to know the elevated mind of Michael Joachim, a self-made, young entrepreneur, who was raised in the confrontational streets of Mattapan in Boston, Massachusetts.

Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Michael Joachim experienced loss and pain at a very early age. In the late 80’s his mother moved him to Boston in effort to escape hard times.

It was here, where he developed his alter ego “Mic-Jay”, who is both, street smart and a real Hip Hop head. In times of trials and tribulations, Mic-Jay began to pen his street life experiences and participated in any “open-mic” event he came across. Eager to use his abilities to be credit to Hip Hop, he succeeded to grab the ears with his reflective lyrics, wit and clever word-play.

In January 2008 Mic-Jay decided to move to Atlanta in order to pursue his musical ambitions and network within the industry.

Atlanta opened many doors and opportunities and he teamed up with manager and image consultant Josh Leak and producer/engineer Clef. Under their wings, his knowledge of the music industry evolved and he was given valuable advice on how to navigate through the industry, avoiding profiteers.

After a couple of successful recordings it did not take long before the record deal offers came in. Instead of putting his signature under a contract that might restrain him creatively, Mic-Jay decided to move back home to the Bean in order to master his own sound.

Mic-Jay is clearly a man with vision who knows what he is capable of and he will not settle for anything less.

Encouraged by his newly gained insight into the music industry, he built a studio and office in his hometown, an accomplishment that is yet another testimonial of his professional growth as an artist.

He created his own label and is now the CEO of “Elevated Mind Records”. Mic-Jay proves that he is not a businessman, but a business man.

Keeping in touch with his music network, ranging from Atlanta to New York’s major labels, beat makers and sound engineers, Mic-Jay is willing to work with those, who can contribute to his music projects and to “Elevated Mind Records”.

“One of A Mind” is his debut album and it is sure to captivate the listener with its diversity in sound, the dexterously lyrical content and Mic-Jay’s remarkable “do-it-yourself-swag”.

Be sure to keep your ears in tune for this Boston artist/lyricist/poet and CEO of Elevated Mind Records.

[done by Alexandra Paschalidis]