Hip Hop / Pop *Over 1 million downloads of his Hit Single, "Elevator Music", featuring Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas
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PEDDLING MEDICINE
* Produced by Printz Board, touring member and music director for Black Eyed Peas; and Keith Harris, collaborator with WILL.I.AM, Busta Rhymes, Lamont Dozier and John Legend
* Golden is featured on Airpushers "Themes for the Ordinarily Strange" Sarathan Records 2006 and Jupiter Rising's debut CD Chime/Universal 2006
* Live show includes 4-piece band
* Golden has shared the stage with Sean Paul, Chingy, Lupe Fiasco, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Black Eyed Peas, Mary J. Blige, Naughty by Nature, Ne-Yo, Tech N9NE, Bow Wow, T-Pain, Yung Joc, Tha Liks, Xzibit, Strong Arm Steady, Guru of Gangstar, Lamont Dozier and more
* 2004-2006 performances include University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, University of Minnesota--Morris, Minnesota State University, St. Cloud State University, University of Wisconsin--Madison, Butler University, Bradley University, Loyola University, Creighton University, University of Minnesota--Duluth, Macalester College, University of Nothern Iowa and the University of St. Thomas
* Opened for Black Eyed Peas World Tour
* American Songwriter Magazine songwriting finalist
* Featured artist at NXNE, TCHH, Midwest Music Summit and MMC. B96 (Minneapolis) Summer Heat 2006 and B96 (Chicago) Summer Bash 2006
Golden breaks out from the traditional "bling-bling" and brings hip-hop, alternative, and pop music into a more meaningful direction. A Reading, PA native, Golden now splits time between Chicago and Minneapolis, where he collaborates regularly with international recording artists. His debut album, Peddling Medicine, was released in 2007, in which Pulse Magazine hailed the track It Ain't Me as "an instant classic and his new single Elevator Music has been downloaded in peer 2 peer networks, over 1 Million times.
Performing in the past with Fergie, Chris Brown, Lupe Fiasco, Mary J. Blige and Sean Paul, Golden has built a well recognized reputation for his live performance with a full band. Recently nominated for 3 Twin Cities Hip-Hop Awards, including Best Live Performance, Best MC, and Album of the Year, Golden delivers substance worth the hype.
"_East coast swagger meets west coast influence and finds a home in the Midwest, and Golden is the conduit." - Industry Magazine
GOLDEN has built a devoted fan base with broad appeal for all ages. Some love his boyish good looks and piercing blue-eyes; others take one look at him and force him to win them over with his stupid-fresh flow. He does.
"_I rhyme to wrestle with the inconsistencies in society and life; I push myself to say the hard thing people need to hear in a hook or phrase that sticks in their head." - Golden
Discography
Golden, PEDDLING MEDICINE, 2007 FreeFlo
Airpushers , THEMES FOR THE ORDINARILY STRANGE, 2006 Sarathan/Fontana
Jupiter Rising, JUPITER RISING, 2006 Chime/Universal
H2O, HIPHOP IS DEAD, 2006
Interlock, CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT, 2006
DU Nation.com, VOLUME WON, 2006
Golden, IT AIN'T ME 12", 2005
Twisted Linguistics, WHAT I'VE SEEN WHAT I'VE DONE, 2005
Cheap Cologne, SOMETHING RANDOM, 2005
Out Of Bounds, HEADPHONE MUZIK, 2005
Cas, BETTER LATE THAN NEVER, 2005
Golden, THE LOCAL MIXTAPE, 2004
MILLENIUM MUSIC CONFERENCE 9 COMPILATION, 2004
NX2KN, LYRICAL STEALTH ASSASSINS, 2002
Bobby Hatfield, HOLLYWOOD HILLBILLY, 2001
S.U.S.P.E.C.T.S., DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR, 2001
S.U.S.P.E.C.T.S., MONSTERS UNDERNEATH THE SANDPIT Maxi CD, 2001
S.U.S.P.E.C.T.S., STRUCTURE, 2000
Jacques Ku' Sto, ONE DAY..., 2000
S.U.S.P.E.C.T.S., TIME WILL TELL, 1999