Mr. Mike

Mr. Mike
Birth name	Mike Walls
Born	December 10, 1972 (Age 41)
Origin	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper
Years active	1987–present
Labels	Suave House, Priority
Associated acts	South Circle

Mike Walls (born December 10, 1972), better known as Mr. Mike, is an American rapper best known for his time spent with Suave House Records from the mid to late 90s.

Mr. Mike first started with Suave House as one-half of South Circle with Thorough.^[1] The duo released their debut album, Anotha Day Anotha Balla, in the summer of 1995. It became a minor success on the Billboard charts, but the duo disbanded shortly after its release. After South Circle, Mr. Mike embarked on a solo career. His debut album, Wicked Wayz, debuted in the top 40 on the U.S. charts, peaking at 29 on the Billboard 200 in the summer of 1996.^[2] Despite the album's success, Mr. Mike left Suave House and joined Priority Records, where he released his second album, 1999's Rhapsody. The album failed to match the success of Wicked Wayz, only making it to 172 on the Billboard 200,^[2] and Mike was dropped from Priority. In 2003 he presented and featured on the album Rude and The Gulf Coast Wise Guys - Hard Life, Hard Times. In 2003 Mr. Mike released an independent album entitled Piping Hot, featuring Bun B, MJG, JT Money and Big Gipp but he has been rarely heard from since. He featured on Hilda Lamas song Green Eyes in 2006 and Point Blank's album Ganxstaz Only in 2012.

Discography

Year	Title	Chart positions
		U.S.	U.S. R&B
1996	Wicked Wayz Released: July 30, 1996 Label: Suave House	29	5
1999	Rhapsody Released: September 7, 1999 Label: Priority	172	36
2003	Piping Hot Released: 2003 Label: Yes Yes Y'all Entertainment	It's Going Down Released: 2010 Guess Appearance Bossolo	Convicted Released: 2014 Guess Appearance Bossolo

References

1. Stanley, Leo "Wicked Wayz Review", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-06-19
2. "Mr. Mike Charts & Awards", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-06-19