Mike Hardy

Club-oriented, crowd-pleasing, and often comedic, rapper Mike Hardy broke through in 2015 when he took on all haters with his single "You Mad or Nah." Raised in Irvington, New Jersey, Hardy was inspired by a high school talent win and turned it into a dream of landing a record deal. He hit up Newark DJs for beats, then dropped the risqué single "Moan" in 2013. The humorous cuts "Ric Flair" and "2Girls 1Guy" landed in 2014, and a year later, Hardy crossed the million-view mark when he released the swaggering hater repellent "You Mad or Nah." ~ David Jeffries