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MC AD
Playaz, Renegade Hardware ~ UK

MC A.D. began to MC back in 1994 at the early age of 16 at one of London’s leading Pirate stations: Eruption Fm. He started working with the likes of; DJ Zinc, Loxy & MC Rage this got him to perform at various venues such as the Astoria, The Rocket and Club UN in North London over a period of time. It wasn’t long before getting his first international gig travelling to Germany in 1997. Sadly towards the end of 1997 Eruption Fm shut down but with consistent encouragement from MC RAGE, A.D. carried on trying to break through to the mainstream DnB circuit by performing in & around the UK & Europe establishing a name for himself!

1999 was the turning point of A.D.'s career whilst hosting the Renegade Hardware show on Rinse FM this created a chance meeting with Clayton Renegade Hardware. After this meeting Clayton offered A.D. the opportunity to perform at one of their Renegade Hardware tour nights with DJ Ink that soon lead onto his residency @ Hardware. Soon after DJ Ink requested that A.D. join him on his forthcoming tour of Europe & America. During a performance with DJ Ink & Loxy in the states DJ Hype was in the building & present at one of these gigs he’d heard A.D. and was truly impressed with him. On his return to the UK Hype called A.D. asking him to join the rest of the residents at Playaz and become his personal MC at the time. Following on from this he recv’d a call from Unique Artists offering him a place on the roster & to become part of the agency where at the time some of the scenes finest DJ's and MC's were based.

Now after many years & many tours for Playaz A.D. still maintains a string of UK residencies: True Playaz, Renegade Hardware (UK/Worldwide), London residencies held at: Fabric:Live, Therapy Sessions, The Monday Club, W10 Recs, Rupture & Autopsy…