Mickey Factz

Although not necessarily a household name, Mickey Factz has been a notable figure in hip-hop's embrace of digital distribution. His wide-ranging career has included battle raps, star-studded mixtapes, a slot on one of XXL's first freshman classes and dalliances with major labels. Mark Anthony Williams, Jr. was born in the summer of 1982 in The Bronx, exposed to hip-hop in its gold and silver ages and absorbing his favorite singles and videos before learning to write his own rhymes. A graduate of Adlai E. Stevenson High School -- the same alma mater of hip-hop pioneer Afrika B...