Bio

Chiljon Hooghart also known as Madchillyred(MCR) is born on august 15th in 1982 in Amsterdam. This upcoming producer/mc has been into music sinds he was 21. He first discovered he wanted to become an artist after he was a DJ at the local youthcenter called Club Jaco. At that time he worked together with DJ’s like Genairo Nvilla and DJ Abstract The turning point in his career came when he was invited to a performance of ‘Tha Groove Click and “Sayan Supa Crew’ After he saw their show he was so inspired with the way they worked with the audience, he decided that was wat he wanted to do;To move and influence the audience. After he being present from workshop after workshop he soon developed his own style. This style is a mixture of hip hop, funk and clever punchlines with a rawness to it. During these workshops he also worked with a lot of great artists like Pete Philly, Complex, Too Tall and Deams. He discovered that one of his best friends had also started rapping so they started working together. Chico (his friend) and Madchillyred performed on stages at Melkweg, Paradiso and 030 and many more.After a while he started making his own beats. He started to experiment with hiphop funk sounds and especially the 8-bit sounds. He got inspired by artists like Teddy Reilly and Pharrell