Career
He has collaborated numerous times with many fellow Boston rappers such as Edo G, Guru, Slaine, M-Dot, 7L & Esoteric and Termanology. He is also a part of the hip hop collective named The Perceptionists with Mr. Lif and DJ Fakts One, which released Black Dialogue in 2005.
In 1998, Akrobatik released his first single, "Ruff Enough", on Boston"s Detonator Records label.
His second single was released on the independent New York label Rawkus, "Internet MCs", and later released "Say Yes Say Word". Akrobatik"s music has appeared on Home Box Office’s The Wire, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network’s Playmakers and in films such as Date Movie and Wholetrain.
He is also featured on Snacky Chan"s album Participant of the Nation, as well as in the games National Basketball Association Live ’06, Frequency, Need for Speed Most Wanted and the PlayStation 2 game, Amplitude, where he raps in the song, "Out the Box", as well as providing voiceovers for tutorials. He released the solo album, Balance, on Coup Doctorate"état in 2003.
Akrobatik raps the daily sports news to Boston via the "Sports Wrap-Up", broadcast on the Ramiro and Pebbles Morning Show, on Boston hip-hop radio station JAM"North 94.5.
In December 2005, Akrobatik signed to Fat Beats Records. The Brooklyn-based label released his second studio album, Absolute Value, in 2008. lieutenant received positive reviews from Allmusic, HipHopDX, Okayplayer, and PopMatters.
Akrobatik"s 2014 album Built to Last was named one of the 40 Best Hip Hop Albums of 2014.
In 2014 and 2015, Akrobatik served as a visiting lecturer for the University of Massachusetts Boston Honors College. He co-taught a course titled, "Hip Hop: History and Practice" with Department Chair and Professor of American Studies Rachel Rubin.