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Michael Thomas Volpe[1]

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(1987-05-12) May 12, 1987
Nutley, New Jersey, U.S.

2008–present

Career[edit]

A resident of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, Volpe got his start in music tinkering with keyboards while he was a student at Nutley High School.[13]


Volpe's official debut EP Rainforest was released on Tri Angle Records in 2011.[14] His Instrumentals mixtape was released on March 7, 2011,[15] followed by the release of Instrumentals 2 on June 5, 2012[16] and Instrumentals 3 in 2013.[17] The mixtapes were distributed for free through his website.


Volpe contributed a score for Locomotor, a work choreographed by his cousin Stephen Petronio released in 2014.[18] He released his debut studio album 32 Levels through Columbia Records in 2016. He followed it up with his Instrumentals 4 mixtape, released in 2017.


In April 2020, Clams Casino cleared the Imogen Heap sample for his instrumental "I'm God", which first appeared on Lil B's 2009 album 6 Kiss.[19][20] The song remains his most popular, with over 25 million views on YouTube.

Musical style[edit]

Volpe's music has been described as "[bringing] together conventional hip-hop drums, a sensitive ear for off-to-the-side melodies, and an overdose of oddly moving atmosphere."[21]

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