Background
Mike Baggz was born and raised in Brentwood, New New York
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Mike Baggz
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Baggz graduated from Brentwood High School, which is located in one of the most populated school districts in our country. Baggz also attended Suffolk Community College in Brentwood, Long Island.
Career
He is best known for his appearances on various mixtape projects/compilations & radio single releases. His original last name Rickenbacker, was changed after he was adopted by Gerald & Carlyne Brown at the age of 11. Baggz was raised in the middle class suburbs of New York in a small town called Islip, which is home to many influential artists such as Keith Murray, EPMD, LL Cool J, & Craig Mack.
Mike appeared on his first mixtape project "Its Afficial volunteer 1" hosted by Dj Deal$ in 2005 while still attending high-school. Even though he had a rough childhood, Mike decided to pursue music and choose a more positive route to ensure a successful future.
Baggz charted for 8 weeks nationally on the Digital Radio Tracker Top 200"s chart with his radio single Toniht in Old English (feat Ashley Martinez) which gained him national notoriety peaking as high as #85 and in the top 50 independent charts consecutively.
He also started a popular mixtape series entitled "Unsigned Hype" that has helped to gain notoriety to unsigned artists. In September 2014 Mike Baggz announced on Twitter he will be working on his first LP titled The Beauty of Money.
On October 16, 2015, Mike released his project via. Datpiff for streaming.
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Purple Heart
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the United States. military.The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the United States. military.