Mike. at The Factory in Deep Ellum

Most hip-hop stars don’t get their start playing college baseball, but Mike Stud is one MC who used his downtime from the diamond to hone his rhyming and rapping skills. On 2013’s Relief, he balanced raunchy, party-friendly songs with more reflective ones, a style that soon led to chart-topping success with the following year’s Closer. He continued to expand his style on albums such as 2018’s 4THEHOMIES, his final full-length before changing his name to mike.

– allmusic.com