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Brief Bio
Son of James & Jillian, Champion Everlast, Incomparible Inspirationalist, Em Sea Oceanic, Hip Hop Hero & Head Harbinger. Rap Veteran Cooly Haste was born & raised on the West Bank of the Medina. Inspired by The Golden Era of Hip Hop as a teenager to produce funky & conscious music for more than 20 years.
Along with Super Producer Randy Bones, Scratch Wizard DJ Mewtant & Bass Legend Max Brennan he has performed at Bestival '05, '06 & '07. They have supported Ugly Duckling & Giant Panda (twice), People Under the Stairs, The Cold Crush Brothers, Halfway House Emcees, Percee P, Peanut Butter Wolf, Guilty Simpson & Aloe Blacc. (Big Up Happy Feet & The Chancers).
Godfather & leading light in the Isle of Wight Hip Hop community. Founder member of The Wight Style Collective along with Blank Beats, Born in a Barn & Julio Peculio with whom Cooly has performed at numerous live shows across the South Coast & beyond. (Nuff love to Rude Dog, Wiser Vice, Bring The Noise, Model of Society, Gleem, UDY & the whole Portsmouth & Southsea Massive).
Cooly Haste has recorded & performed in the Bay Area CA with Inspector Double Negative & The Equal Positives. He has also collaborated with Pompey's Pimpernel Jones, Manchester's Tropical Soul and LA MC Swiss Precise.
The band have had airplay on WRYR, WMUC & WRYR (DC Area), WFMU (New York), Isle of Wight Radio and have twice been live in session on Portsmouth's Express 93.7 FM. In 2006 they had a track on the Bring the Noise mix CD, and a song on The Pipes Project compilation CD from Ventnor based Match My Foot Records.
Right now the band are busy recording their eagerly anticipated first album, whilst continuing to perform their acclaimed dynamic live show to their ever growing fan base.
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