UK Patriots: Profile On Spida Lee

SPIDA LEE, born Lee Roberts, started MC'ing about 10 years ago. When he was only eight years old, he performed for the first time at the Huddersfield Town Hall, Leeds Carnival and Bradford St Georges. Mostly influenced by BEAT BUTCHER, who was the first producer to take his work seriously, and SKINNYMAN since his "Council Estate Of Mind" came out, he went to college at Huddersfield where he studied music for two years in 1996. One year later, he became a "Garage" MC where he crafted his distinctive energetic live performance style. In 2001, he became a member of (PHD) PRACTICAL HEADZ, and appeared in shows all over the UK from Bradford to London. PRACTICAL HEADZ recorded an album called ‘WHO IZ IT’ that was made available nationwide through a small uk indie. The project got a lot of support so much so that SPIDA was soon noticed by RUBICON BEAT, who helped him develop his unique style of rap with both support and encouragement. In 2005, he released ‘VERBAL ASSASSIN’, a hard hitting Northern hip hop track, with a strong UK emphasis, on the RUBICON label. The track, full of energy, attitude and enthusiasm brought SPIDA LEE to the attention of the rest of the country. The video was played on CHANNEL U and MTV BASE. Following this he then went on to release the ‘VICTIMS OF SOCIETY’ EP which got played all over the country tracks like ‘U CAN’T RAP’ and ‘SICK TIMES’ featuring sparing partner J LYRICS became underground hits. Keen to build his local support base before launching onto the rest of the UK, SPIDA recently completed a three-month tour around West Yorkshire schools. Championed by SKINNYMAN, SPIDA has also been opening up shows for him, up and down the country which has helped him make quite a name for himself in the North delivering his hard-hitting hip hop beats and honest lyrics to a broader audience. On July 2nd 2007 SPIDA LEE releases his debut album ‘THE FOUNDATION which features the bangers ‘CAN’T HANDLE THIS’ ft DAVO BROWN (PHD), ‘U CAN’T RAP’, ‘ENDZ LOCKDOWN’ and ‘VERBAL ASSASSIN’ produced by BEAT BUTCHA. ‘F**K HATING’ RMX produced by SAM DA SEED (PHD), ‘VICTIMS OF SOCIETY’ produced by MIKI B of BRUTAL ARTISTRY, ‘GETTING WORSE’ produced by DJ FAIR PLAY ft TONY BEAR, MEMORY LANE produced by MR MOWGLI, MAKE MONEY featuring new singer DAVINA ALLET and WEEKEND ft BISHOP (PHD).Tracks from the album have had support from the likes of 1XTRA, BBC MERSEYSIDE, GALAXY FM, KISS FM and CHOICE FM and already received press from HHC, ECHOES, ONE WEEK TO LIVE and BIG SMOKE MAGAZINE. Video support has already come from MTV BASE, CHANNEL U, and will be broadcast on fresh new channel MUSIC FLASH TV by the end of June 2007. SPIDA LEE has laid ‘THE FOUNDATION’ for both himself and RUBICON RECORDS the only direction both of them are heading is upwards.

(Bio Courtesy Of Spida Lee's Myspace)

Victims Of Society