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Michael Januario (born in 1984) better known by his stage name M-Dot is an Italian-American rapper. Before becoming a rap musician, Januario played college basketball at BHCC, MCLA and Fitchburg State.〔(''Dashing M-Dot By Worcester Telegram )", retrieved 2012-04-10〕 ==Career== Born in Revere, Massachusetts,〔(''Leaving his mark on hip hop scene by Revere Journal )", retrieved 2012-04-10〕 M-Dot initially gained expanded exposure when touring Switzerland as the opener 〔(''Daily Item Europe Sensation )," retrieved 2012-07-30〕 for Lawrence rapper Krumb Snatcha (Gangstarr Foundation) in the mid 2000s.〔(''Hot 100 by Stuff Mag )", retrieved 2012-03-30〕 Frequent collaborations with populous respected rap groups,〔(''Boston Best Music by Time Out Magazine )", retrieved 2012-04-10〕 and consistently touring overseas, have built M-Dot's following.〔(''Emerging Lynn Rap Star )", retrieved 2012-04-10〕 M-Dot is known for a high level of productivity and his multi-syllable rhyme schemes, having attained a Bachelors Degree in English.〔(''Hustling Pays Off By Boston Herald )", retrieved 2012-04-10〕 On December 19, 2014 he dropped the single "Shine" featuring Dominique Larue, Katy Gunn and Wu Tang MC Method Man,〔(''AllHipHop Heater of the Day )", retrieved 2014-12-25〕 announcing it will appear on his debut album "Ego and the Enemy." The tracks release also confirmed a few of the rumored producers on the aforementioned album, revealed thus far as Marley Marl, Hi Tek, Marco Polo (producer), Buckwild and DJ 7L. In 2008 M-Dot was named to Stuff Magazines Hot 100.〔(''Hot Local Rapper M-Dot by Stuff Boston )", retrieved 2012-03-30〕 Also in '08 M-Dot shared the honor of "2 Dope 2 Sleep On" with Casey Veggies presented by 2dopeboyz.com.〔(''2dopeboyz )", retrieved 2012-03-30〕 He went on to receive positive reviews for his mixtapes Money Doesn't Own Thought (2009) from DigBoston.com 〔(''DigBoston )", retrieved 2012-03-30〕 and Making Doubters Over Think (2010) from the Boston Globe.〔(''Boston Globe Review )", retrieved 2012-03-30〕 Continuing with European exposure M-Dot performed at the 2010 Winter XGames 〔(''HipHopDX News )," retrieved 2012-04-10〕 in Tignes, France. For years he has solidified a fan base through local shows 〔(''Get Sprung by The Boston Phoenix )", retrieved 2012-04-18〕 and mixtapes in New England.〔(''XXL Mag News )", retrieved 2012-04-10〕 M-Dot won both major Boston hip-hop music awards in 2010: at the 22nd annual ''Boston Phoenix awards'', Best Hip Hop Act,〔(''Boston Phoenix Best Hip Hop Act )", retrieved 2012-03-30〕 and at the 23rd annual Boston Music Awards, Hip Hop Artist of the Year.〔(''Boston Music Awards Hip Hop Artist of the Year )", retrieved 2012-03-30〕 He then went on to win Hip Hop Dependency "Artist of the Year 2011" 〔(''HipHopDependency )", retrieved 2012-03-30〕 M-Dot garnered more accolades for his first EP, a collaborative effort with DJ Jean Maron, Run MPC.〔(''HipHopDX Review )", retrieved 2012-03-30〕 The Run MPC single "You Don't Know About It" Ft. Masta Ace reached number 2 on RapAttackLives.com 〔(''RapAttackLives )", retrieved 2012-03-30〕 college radio charts and the 12 inch record finished fifth in vinyl sales in 2010 at undergroundhiphop.com.〔(''UGHH Vinyl Sales )", retrieved 2012-03-30〕 His third installment in his acronym series, More Doubters Over Thinking, was also well received.〔(''Pulse Magazine )", retrieved 2012-04-10〕 In May 2012 in support of the release "Layer Cake," 〔(''HiphopDependency Review )", retrieved 2012-07-03〕 M-Dot embarked 〔(''Boston Herald, M-Dot making dash for success )", retrieved 2012-08-31〕 on a 33 day European tour 〔(''HipHopDX News )", retrieved 2012-07-03〕 with the likes of Slaughterhouse (group), Saigon (rapper) & El Da Sensei. The Layer Cake cd was also considered another example of acute lyricism.〔(''Weekly Dig Layer Cake Review )", retrieved 2012-07-13〕 Layercake 〔(''Hip Hop Heavyweight by Pulse Magazine )", retrieved 2012-11-09〕 finds M-Dot weaving a go-for-the-gold battle-rap narrative over beats from young producers 〔(''The Phoenix Layer Cake Review )", retrieved 2012-08-15〕 The 2007 Cinematic feature "Street Team Massacre 〔(''IMDB film index )", retrieved 2012-10-24〕" used songs M-Dot created for the score. M-Dot can also be seen acting in the comical sitcom "What it is",〔(''youtube )", retrieved 2012-04-10〕 which stars and is also produced by Makzilla & Krizz Kaliko. On October 11, 2012, M-Dot was featured on ABC's (New England WCVB) primetime TV show "Chronicle".〔("ABC appearance )", retrieved 2012-10-18〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「M-Dot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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