Mikal

 Mikal Amin Lee (Brooklyn, NY) is a New Jersey-born emcee who has resided in Brooklyn, NY, since 2000.  Since 2008, Mikal has facilitated thousands of workshops worldwide including at the African Diaspora Conference in Brazil, The Shoko Festival in Zimbabwe, The Golden Era Conference at Indiana University, and The University of Dortmund in Germany. Performing internationally on five continents and in twelve countries, he has headlined The Azgo, Bushfire, and Hip-Hop Kemp festivals performing alongside Toshi Reagon, Nona Hendricks, Rhymefest, Slick Rick, MC Lyte and J-Live. He is an associate editor and contributor of Hip Hop peer reviewed journal Word Beats & Life, and the Rap Laureate Magazine. He has published in the Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, the blog “The Counter Balance” with essays available in 2024 on Intellect Books and a chapter in the Hip Hop Pedagogy handbook on Bloomsbury Academic.