Tommy
Evans lives in London but was born and grew up in Leeds. Tommy was
introduced to hip hop in 1984 through Run DMC's "Walk This
Way" and Roland Rat's "Rat Rappin’." After
spells of casually breaking and graf writing, Tommy started rapping
seriously in 1995 and linked with various crews on the Leeds scene.
In ‘96 he formed the duo of Junkyard Tactics; their career
highlight supporting De La Soul in ‘97. Tommy went solo in
‘98 linking with the then Huddersfield based YNR crew making
his recording debut in 1999 on Jehst’s "Deadly Combination"
on the "Premonitions" EP.
Tommy's
collaborated with some of the top producers, MCs and singers in
the country on material that's out there or in the pipeline: Neneh
Cherry, Stereo MCs, Nightmares On Wax, Martina Topley-Bird (Tricky),
Task Force, Lewis Parker, Jehst , Harry Love, Mark B, Braintax,
Karl Hinds, Apollo, Mr. Wiz (Krispy), Diablo (Terra Firma), Bone
Idols, Beyond There, Ayaman (The Planets), Foreign Beggars, Dark
Circle, Ricochet, Dupa Styles, Doc Brown, LG & Lopez, and of
course, all his YNR bredrins like Usmaan, Asaviour, Evil Ed and
Cee-Why.
To date 'Move Move' (produced by Mark B) is probably his best known
track.
Current project is 'Odyssey' with beats from Mr Thing and special
appearances from Mic Assasin, Wordsmith, Redskin and features an
8 MC possey cut.
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