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Mike McGee

Mike McGee is an international spoken word artist, writer, performer, speaker, slam poet and comic. He has performed in thousands of venues all over North America, and was one of the first Americans (along with Eitan Kadosh and Derrick C. Brown) to perform at the University la Sorbonne in Paris, France.

Mike began performing comedy and poetry to audiences at home in San Jose, California. As a Poetry Slam competitor in the U.S., Mike has competed at the National Poetry Slam on team San Jose 2001, 2003 and 2004. In 2003, Mike won the coveted National Poetry Slam Individual Grand Championship, besting over 300 nationally ranked poetry slammers. He has since toured over 100,000 miles throughout the United States and throughout Canada.

In 2003, fellow National Poetry Slam Indy Champ (2000), Shane Koyczan (of Vancouver, B.C.) paired up with Mike to form a spoken word duo called Tons of Fun University. Beat-boxer extraordinaire and poet C.R. Avery (of Vancouver, B.C.) joined them in 2004 and have since headlined music festivals across Canada, bringing their unique blend of poetry-hip hop-rock to massive audiences all over the great north.

As a solo artist, Mike's work and performances are unparalleled. The titles he has collected are immeasurable and the events he has performed in include all of the most notable venues across the country. As a member of the Bullhorn Collective (bullhorncollective.com) and Tons of Fun University (amokmusic.ca), Mike proves he is one of the pre-eminent spoken word performers today.

In 2005, Mike appeared on episode six of Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry Jam's fifth season on HBO. His performance was one of the highest ranked in popularity for the entire season.

Mike is on the roster with Mudu Multimedia (mudumultimedia.com) and with Amok Music (amokmusic.ca) under Tons of Fun University. He books internationally and is on tour throughout the year, with special exception to the holiday season in December.

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Mike has released five albums and four chapbooks under his own 3XMsound and 3XMpress, along with countless appearances on audio compilations and literary publications throughout North America.

Mike's hobbies include his sports collection, cooking, the internet, lip-syncing, and people. He also created and maintains his own website, MikeMcGee.net, since 2003. His sports card collection includes roughly 40,000 cards, mostly of the baseball variety, collected since 1986.

Mike was born with the birth defect Spina Bifida (sbaa.org), and is very lucky to be walking, talking, thinking and breathing. He believes everyone, especially potential mothers, should be made aware of this defect. Take your vitamins!

Mike dropped out of college in 1996 after breaking up with his first girlfriend and receiving his first and last A+ in his Beginning Screenwriting course.

Around 2018, Mike plans to run for Mayor of the city of San Jose, California, upon completion of fluency in the Spanish and Vietnamese languages.

www.mikemcgee.net

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