Michael “Mikey J” Asante
Michael “Mikey J” Asante
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As co-founder and co-director of Boy Blue, East London-born Michael “Mikey J” Asante is credited with the conception and composition of Outliers (2018), Blak Whyte Gray (2017), The Five & the Prophecy of Prana (2013), Touch (2011), Pied Piper: A Hip-Hop Dance Revolution (2007) and Legacy.
At dance rehearsals with the troupe Ruff Stuff, then 13-year-old Asante met Kenrick “H2O” Sandy. The two formed Matrix with a group of friends, inadvertently sowing the seeds for Boy Blue.
Asante created the music for the films Street Dance 3D and All Stars. His session work and production work have been with artists such as Delilah, Raleigh Ritchie, Estelle and George The Poet. However, it was his collaborations with Kano that put Asante on the map in 2005.