Mic Righteous is a British rapper prominently known for his angst-ridden social commentaries and his collaborations with household names such as Emeli Sandé and Ed Sheeran. Born Rocky Takalobighashi and raised in the seaside town of Margate, he quickly experienced success, with his mixtapes receiving downloads in the thousands and his tracks becoming hits on YouTube. His aggressive style was encapsulated in his first official independent release, the Open Mic EP in 2013. The release received widespread acclaim, garnering stylistic and lyrical comparisons with such heavyweights of hip-hop as Plan B and Eminem. In 2016, Mic Righteous released his debut full-length Dreamland.