Mike Cross 

CEO and Founder of "The World's Largest Rap Network" 

Michael Cross, graduated from Friendly High School, former bass player of the Prophecy Band. Also brought to life MC Sounds, where he ran sound for many up and coming bands, but eventually evolved into a recording studio for starving Hip Hop & R&B artists. Imagine, Is Michael Cross? No one big in the music business yet, but someone who knows where he’s been and where he's going. At the age of seven, Mike's music career began with a small past time family band, which started with instruments that were left under the Christmas tree by Santa. With father on bass, mother singing into an extra drum stick, brother on drums and Mike Cross on lead guitar, the family band sounded pretty good, with lots of help from the latest song playing loudly on the old turn table. With imagination, Mike would play all the instruments, not including mom’s drumstick, to make sure they were all in tune. Once Mike formally introduced himself to all the instruments, he realized that his instrument was the hardest to play, which led him to play with the other instruments, instead of his own. After a family announcement, made by the family leader, "Mom", that no one was to play on anyone else's instrument but their own, Mike had no other choice but to learn how to play his hard to understand lead guitar. Because of the many complaints from his brother about Mike playing on his drums, Mike Cross would spend more time on the lead guitar, as well as his father’s bass. Since Mike's father did not mind so much that Mike was playing his bass, at a young age .

As a result of him mastering the bass, he was able to play in many local bands. With Mike on bass and his brother on

drums, they formed many neighborhood bands, and entertained friends and family members. In school, Mike and his brother would play in many talent shows, they were so good that even after transferring to a different school, the principle of their old school would pick them up so they could play in the marching band parade. After winning second place in the parade, Mike continued to play in school bands.

 

 

In Jr. High School, music class was an everyday learning experience for Mike, because he had a chance to experiment with other instruments. At times he and his brother would show off, by playing all the latest songs for the other kids. In High School Mike participated in all genre's of school bands, to include Jazz, the Marching Band and the High School Orchestra. During High School Mike played in a small but popular Go-Go band called Eastside. At the time, the only position open was lead guitar, so with the help of the band manager, who was the music teacher at Eastern High School in Northeast, Mike Cross learned more about playing the lead guitar. After practicing from sun up to sun down, Mike got the spot playing in the band. Mike evolved at playing the bass, and eventually got a spot playing bass guitar for a more popular band called Prophecy Band. Mike Cross was given this first break when Michelle Lynn Johnson, better know as Me'shell Ndegocello vacated the position of bass player. With Prophecy, Mike gained stage presence, and he learned the in's and out's of the Go-Go show business, from beginning to end. He also learned how to run live sound, to include mixing. Playing with Prophecy introduced him to famous people like Doug-E-Fresh, Heavy D., Max Kid and Me'shell Ndegocello (Formerly of the Prophecy Band). Mike continued to play with Prophecy Band for 5 years, until the band broke up in the early 90's. When the band broke up, Mike had no choice but to go out on his own, so he formed his own recording studio, which he called MC Sounds.

Mike ran sound, using his own sound system, for many local groups and bands, to include such names as Chuck Brown, as well as the Queen of Gospel Merna Summers. Things were going well for Mike until he had a break-in, which cost him all of his equipment. Mike didn't have many choices at that time, so he humbled himself, and went back to work with the former drummer of the Prophecy Band, Kevin Jackson. Although this was hard for Mike, it was a very educational experience, as Kevin had formed one of the most successful recording studios in the DC Metro area, called Night Flight Studios. While working with Night Flight, Mike was able to go on the road and work with famous recording artists such as Stacy Lattisaw, Tonya Blunt, the Zip Band and Mikki Howard. After absorbing all of these experience like a sponge, Mike decided to give MC Sounds one more try. It was a big success!

Now Mike Cross is walking by faith as he works with non-profit groups and fund raising organizations. After learning how to walk in faith and to trust in the Lord, many wonderful things have started to happen in Mike's life. Such things, as doing live recordings at a large AME church, working with Kirk Franklin, and the opportunity to engineer at Heaven 1580 Gospel radio station. Mike Cross also had a chance to act out a very small roll in a stage play called "Thy Kingdom Come", but played a much larger roll in producing several songs on the sound track for the play, which were very well perceived. With all this experience and faith in the Lord, Mike's up and coming project is sure to be a success.

The first major record label in Washington DC, how will he do this? Through faith, hard work, strategy, planning and persistence, he believes very strongly in getting it done! He is now putting all of his time in putting together... THE WORLD'S LARGEST RAP Network!!! This is the system that help rappers and all others who are looking to get into the business of music afford it. All members can make up to a six figures income. Read more to HELP MIKE CROSS MAKE IT A SUCCESS by Donating!!!