Mic Tre (Hip-Hop)
Michael I. Rosales (also known as Mic3, Mic Tre, Pinoy Pirate) is a multi-faceted entertainer. Rosales brings a unique blend of talent as rapper/actor/model framed within a 6-foot longhaired Asian build. Rosales was born to Filipino parents Jose Marquez Rosales, a Retired U.S. Army Veteran and Pilar Ilano Rosales, also retired Registered Nurse on September 30, 1980, in Heidelberg, Germany during his father’s tour of duty in the European country. In subsequent years, Rosales and his family bounced between Hawaii to Arizona, but eventually situated in Hawaii where Rosales would spend his formative teenage years.
Rosales attended Admiral Arthur W. Radford High School in Honolulu, known for its high concentration of Military kids. The unique blend of laid-back local Hawaii culture coupled with a widely diverse presence of Military students provided a unique life influence for Rosales. Impromptu performances during recess in a number of school areas from the classroom to the bathroom helped Rosales hone his adaptable and likable presence in front of his peers. However, his teachers saw Rosales anything but likable. After numerous instances of trouble with school officials and the law, Rosales parents forced him to live with family in Las Vegas in 1996 – around the same time of the death of one of his favorite entertainers, legendary rap artist Tupac Shakur. At 16 yrs old, the passing of Shakur only fueled his aggressive passion for Hip-Hop even further, igniting his desire for his voice to be heard. After his stay in Sin City, he returned to Hawaii and graduated in 1998. Faced at a crossroads in life, Rosales joined the U.S. Air Force. Around this time, Hip-Hop’s influence became more noticeable in Pop Culture. This provided Rosales even further motivation to continue to mold his skills as a young Hip-Hop emcee, trading battle rhymes with peers and studying other rappers from Canibus to Common. However, the rough influences of his past continued to stay with him. He kept a true aggressive determination for what was burning in his heart for years before and would show in years to come.
After 3 ½ yrs, Rosales exited the military, he returned to Las Vegas, NV in 2002 with a continued focus to find success as a rap artist. However, Rosales continued to be troubled by his past, including discharge from the Military and even a divorce at the young age of 22 and it reflected it in his music and life. He continued to run with people who lived the life he rapped about in his rhymes, but it also proved to be a training ground to enhance his adaptability to rise above the situations he was thrown in.
In 2005, he debuted his first album with “Supreme Lyrical Beatdown” (2005) that brought him a level of respect among the local Hip-Hop community in Las Vegas. Familiar circumstances brought him back to Hawaii, where people caught wind of his Hip-Hop ambitions. Continuing to grow and become influenced as an artist, Rosales resurrected an interest in the roots of his Filipino heritage and motherland, planted by his father during his childhood. His rediscovery of his cultural influence redirected his wild aggressive approach in life towards becoming the voice of a generation of young Filipinos. His 2nd album entitled “Respect My Pride”(2009) depicted a more mature, yet energetic “Mic3” set on focusing his energetic approach to being a preeminent voice of pride among young Pinoys and Pinays in Hawaii and the world. This desire manifested itself through his “Balikbayan” music video, entirely shot in the Philippines along the backdrop of the country’s most historical sites, during the aftermath of Typhoon Ondoy.
With his stock rising among the Filipino community, Rosales music took notice among Hawaii’s Hip-Hop community. He joined forces with up-and-coming Hawaii Hip-Hop emcees who also represent the Polynesians and Islanders World Wide: Big Mox, Krystilez, & Osna; then formed a Hawaii super group of emcees called the “Angry Locals.” Over the course of the next two years from 2009 to 2011, the group went on to release numerous YouTube Music Videos garnering millions of views, 3 albums, a tour across 3-city mainland U.S. tour (Los Angeles, San Diego, & Las Vegas) opening for Nesian9 and The Green and became nominated for a Na Hoku Hanohano award for Best Hip-Hop/R& B album, the equivalent of the Grammy awards in Hawaii and even open for Savage, Xzibit & Damian “Jr Gong” Marley, just to name a few headliners.
During his tenure as an “Angry Local”, Rosales branched out from music and became the “Pinoy Pirate” during for the release of Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides (2010, movie released worldwide 2011). His role in the movie brought him traveling around the world between Hawaii, Hollywood and London. Taking his newfound passion for acting, Rosales continued to take part in a variety of activities including independent films and numerous modeling opportunities.
More recently Rosales has completed his Las Vegas Solo EP with Bueno Beats entitled “Earth Babies”, and was featured in Urban Ink Magazine (National Syndicated Magazine, 2012), Asian Journal (NJ, SF, LV, 2011), on the front page of the Philippine Courier & Honolulu Star Bulletin (2011), and will be performing in Hawaii with the Angry Locals at the Majah Rajah (Apr, 2012) as well as performing Solo at the Pinoy Pride Celebration (May 2012).
Mic3 currently resides just outside of Las Vegas, NV and commutes to Hollywood, CA, Honolulu, Hawaii, and Manila Philippines regularly.
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Website: www.angrylocals.com
