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In the packed confines of clubs around their hometown of Chicago and throughout
the world The Cool Kids' irresistible, hooky rhymes and club cramming beats seamlessly
bridge the old and new schools of hip hop while assuring them a sure-fire path
to world-wide attention. In their short amount of time as a duo The Cool Kids
have been featured in Rolling Stone, XXL, The Source, Spin, Paper Magazine, CBS
News, The New Yorker, The Fader, and on the cover of The Urb - all without a single
release to their name!
Chuck Inglish (23) and Mikey Rocks (20) met on MySpace in 2005
while Chuck was attending Illinois Art Institute in Chicago and
Mikey was still in High School. In August 2006, under a year from
their formation, the duo began performing at venues and parties
around the city. They grabbed the attention of breakout DJs Flosstradamus,
who were responsible for a much-hyped monthly dance night at the
Town Hall Pub in Chicago. They invited The Cool Kids to appear
and word of their energizing performances spread quickly. In March
2007 The Cool Kids joined Flosstradamus and other Chicago artists
for a show at SXSW. Following this performance and an appearance
at the WMC in Miami with A-Trak, The Cool Kids began grabbing
the attention of national media.
After hosting reviews of several of their mp3s,
Pitchfork offered The Cool Kids a coveted spot at the 2007 Pitchfork
Festival, where they shared the stage with De La Soul and Clipse.
Impressed by their talents, DJ Benzi gave the duo space in a track
entitled "Getting It" where the two decidedly hold their
own pitted against Lil Wayne, one of the most inventive, competitive,
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Their songs "Mikey Rocks" and "88" have been
featured in the HBO series Entourage and the game NBA Live08,
respectively. The video for the debut single "Black Mags."
was featured on MTVu's Freshman Five. They concluded 2007 with
a 30-day, sold out tour with M.I.A., bringing their tally of performances
to over 150 for that year.
Early on The Cool Kids established their own "Creating
Art for Kids Everywhere" recordings - the label under which
the duo have written, record, and produced all their own music.
Initially, the duo planned to release their own album on C.A.K.E.
in July 2007. Due to such tremendous success in such a short period
of time the release date was pushed back. "We thought we'd
only need to press up a thousand CDs at best," said Mikey.
"But when we started getting messages from Sweden, Iceland,
France and Germany we knew this may be bigger than we can handle
at this stage." Last October The Cool Kids signed a deal
with Chocolate Industries. The highly anticipated debut EP "The
Bake Sale" is expected early Spring 2008 on C.A.K.E. / Chocolate
Industries.
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