Bio
Boston, a native of the Roxbury/Dorchester areas emerged from the front
steps of his Roxbury slum after serving two and a half years behind the
wall for committing violent crime. Mike bore a hole into the local hip-hop
scene when he decided to become a DJ and raise up local talent, something
he’d not seen done before. "I got to the hearts of the people around me
by rhyming" says Boston, which transformed his ability of expression to
freestyling and distracting on-lookers from noticing the true shy inner
persona of himself. The overwhelming response from the overcrowded jail is
what led Boston to believe he had something to say that the people wanted
and needed to hear.
He has been deeply involved in the national service movement and through
civic engagement Mike became a role model for young people. He has been a
spokesperson for multiple non-profit organizations from New York City to
Soweto, South Africa where he accompanied President Bill Clinton and
President Nelson Mandela on a fact-finding mission.
