I’m a D’N’B Mc from Medway in Kent and I go by the name of Dan-D.
I started going raving in 1995, when i was taken to a world dance at lydd airport. It was bonfire night ! BANG ! Then i was hooked, i wasn’t interested in being either a dj nor mc. Until i first came across the legend that is STEVIE HYPER D !!!!
I was totally mesmerized by this bundle of energy, n started to learn is lyrics just by going raving and listening to tape packs.
It wasn’t until after hyper d’s sad death in 1998 that i was encouraged by pals i had a talent to mc. I just didn’t have my own material/bars yet.
Time moved on again, then one night at atomics i met IC3. I’d been writing a little by then n chatted at friends flex’s but nothing major.
I brazenly went up to IC3, introduced myself, told him of my ambition etc and to my astonishment offered me the opportunity to chat on his set that night, which i took!
I then turned from raver to budding mc and started networking as much as i could.
I was knocking about with mc fever by now and had started gradually getting bookings with the likes of BEST OF BRITISH, ONE NATION, BATTLE OF THE MC’S AND THE MIGHTY PURE SCIENCE alongside other local Kent events.
It was around this time in 2003 while having after parties i passed the mic to my spar,
Karl Spendlove who loved a DRAMA...
Something happened that day. We didn’t know what at the time, but we’re pleased to say we have a recording on dat the first time we ever flexed together on the mic.
He was given the name mc drama by myself so we became dan-d and the drama.
However.
Life got in the way, i went off the radar, had kids etc. Went to the odd rave.
SO now we come to 2020, two years ago our good friend and brother mc geronimo was taken suddenly from us in a cruel accident.
This gave us that (light on moment) let’s do this one more time and give it a proper go !
One last chance 2020 this is us now we are the products of our environment.
Dan-D & The Drama .