Michael Sneed

The song-singing rapper, Michael Sneed, sells nostalgia, joy, and magic in his music and hopes to reintroduce childhood lessons to his peers. Apart from his solo career, he is apart of the DMV based collective Very Cool Radio (along with frequent collaborator Griffin). 

Michael knew he wanted to pursue music as a career at 5 years old. After years of performing Jackson 5 songs with his cousins at his aunt Deborah’s house and watching biopics with his mother, Michael finally felt it was appropriate to abandon his unrealistic dream of becoming a Batman and decided that he would grow up to become a performing artist instead.

Oakland raised Michael to take initiative. At 16 he taught himself how to produce using maschine, in college he performed throughout the DMV open mic circuit, and at 18 he opened up for names like Big Sean and A$AP Ferg with his former rap group Rebel Culture. Now he’s ready to reintroduce himself to the world as a solo artist.  

Inspired by the sounds of Kirk Franklin Frank Ocean, Kanye West, and Lin Manuel-Miranda, Michael has created a sound that is soulful, musical, spiritual, and unapologetically hip-hop. Michael is on a mission to provide “soulful music experiences” that will help people cope with the struggles of life while also inspiring them to chase their dreams.

He is currently collaborating with producers like Wax Roof and J. Grant to cultivate his upcoming project which is scheduled to release the end of 2017. 

Michael has been featured on blogs like Huffington Post, Ok-Tho Magazine, and Drama Like The DJ.