Rising Son began his career in the late 90’s as part of the group P.G.M (A Phu Good Men) who’s name became synonymous with the underground music scene. Rising became well known among "UK Hip-Hop" enthusiasts, and well respected among the community of artists and emcees. Known for his hard hitting pictorial lyrical style, packed with punchlines and metaphors which were not only very humorous but also contained meaning and substance. Together with his producer/collaborator DJ Phusion, they were among the first in the UK to set up their own independent record label "Undisclosed Records". After a very successful launch party at Scala, Kings Cross in 1999 they released their first project "The Truth Is Right Here EP". In 2000 they then released their second project "The Key" on 12 inch, both releases garnered critical acclaim and firmly placed Rising Son & P.G.M among the greats. Due to creative differences the group split up in 2001 and Rising Son began to record as a solo artist.
In 2003 Rising took time out from writing, recording and permanently left London to become a farther for the first time. He settled in the West Country where he discovered a small underground music community in Glastonbury. He joined a Hip-Hop group called D.B.D and began to record with them. The group quickly gained local notoriety in the Somerset and surrounding area. In 2004 they were asked to perform at Glastonbury Festival and were the opening act on the Glade Stage. Later that year Rising entered and won the Sony Records ‘Rhyme With Nas’ competition. Rising was hand picked by Nas from over 5000 worldwide entrants to feature on the official remix of his underground single ‘Thief's Theme’. The track was included on the UK release of his platinum selling "Street's Disciple" album.
In 2005, after going on tour across the UK with Nas Rising left D.B.D and set up his own independent label ‘KMC Records’. That year he released his first solo project ‘Hoodstarr vol 1: The Gift Tape’. The project included a now notorious lyrical assault on US artist Common entitled "Dear Common". The track featured UK veterans Yungun and Doc Brown and they publicly address Common over his comments concerning mixed race relationships which the trio (all being mixed race) found discriminatory and offensive. The track received daytime radio play on 1Xtra and caused much controversy. Rising's verse was archived by the "British Centre for Political Song" to be studied by students and be the subject of their critique. After going on tour and performing in cities across the UK Rising then released his second solo project ‘Hoodstarr 2: Blood, Sweat & Beers’ in 2008.
In August 2009 Rising welcomed his son to the world. Later that year he dropped in to Tim Westwood’s radio show to freestyle alongside long time friend Redskin. The video to that legendary session has now had over 18,000 views on YouTube. Shortly after that, Rising took time out from the music scene to concentrate on being a father.
Rising is born recording artist and performer and just cannot stay away. He has been back in the studio and is set to release a series of free EPs to the public starting with ‘Check Me Out’ which is available now here.
