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IT’S AN AVERAGE DAY IN THE CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA BUT NOT FOR ONE IT’S RESIDENTS, MICHAEL “MIKE STYLLZ” ROBINSON IS PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON HIS FRESHMAN RELEASE 1LOVE A PROJECT THAT’S BEEN TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING. “ I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT I PUT MY BEST FOOT FORWARD WITHOUT COMPROMISING MY IDENTITY” STYLLZ SAYS WITH A HALF SMILE ON HIS FACE.

MIKE STYLLZ WAS BORN TO ELIZABETH ROBINSON A SINGLE MOTHER WHO WORKED AS A SOCIAL WORKER WORKING WITH AT RISK TEENAGERS. MUSIC WASNT ALWAYS MIKES FOCUS, “I JUST SANG TO IMPRESS GIRLS” IT WASN’T UNTIL HIS MOTHER PACKED HIM AND HIS SISTER UP AND MOVED TO PALATKA FLORIDA TO BE WITH HIS SICK GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS STRICKEN WITH BRAIN CANCER THAT MIKE DECIDED TO TAKE HIS TALENT MORE SERIOUSLY.

“I DIDN’T KNOW ANYONE SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ALONE LISTENING TO THE RADIO IMITATING MY FAVORITE ARTISTS”. AS TIME WENT ON MIKE WORKED ON HIS WRITING AND PERFORMED AT VARIOUS TALENT SHOWS AS A PART OF A GROUP CALLED THE “SCHOOL BOYZ” “I CAN HARDLY SAY THE GROUP NAME WITHOUT LAUGHING WE THOUGHT WE WERE BOYZ II MEN FOR REAL” STYLLZ SAYS BETWEEN LAUGHTER.

STYLLZ JOINED THE MILITARY AFTER HE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL BUT CONTINUED TO FOLLOW HIS DREAM. HE WAS EXCEPTED INTO THE ARMY BAND AND CHORUS WHERE HIS ONLY JOB WAS TO SING AND PERFORM ALL OVER EUROPE AND THE STATES.

THE MILITARY BROUGHT HIM TO NEWPORT NEWS WHERE HE HAS SINCE GOTTEN OUT OF THE MILITARY AND IS NOW CONCENTRATING ON HIS MUSIC WITH THE SUPPORT OF HIS WIFE AND SON. “I'M HAPPY WITH MY FAMILY, I'M HAPPY WITH MY MUSIC AND I'M WITH MY LIFE AND I KNOW IT WILL COME THROUGH IN THIS PROJECT”.

THERE IS NO TURNING BACK FOR ME.....