Hailing from Cranston, RI, Mike Stud has been steadily rising in the industry. An unsuccessful comeback from Tommy John surgery lead the former Duke pitcher from a future in baseball to a career in music.

Stud released his debut mixtape, A Toast to Tommy, in 2011 after the success of his first viral single, “College Humor.”. TTT peaked at #2 and #3 of the iTunes US and Worldwide Hip-Hop charts, respectively.

Several collaborations and #SundayStudDay releases later, Stud released his debut album, Relief, on 5/13/13. It was highly successful right off the bat, reaching #1 on the Hip-Hop charts and #2 overall within a few hours of release. The sudden rise to fame landed Mike a feature in Billboard magazine.

Just over a year after the release of Relief, Stud released Closer, arguably his most successful and advanced project to date. The album’s titular track has been referred to by Mike as the most personal track he’s ever written.

Following his release of his project 4THEHOMIES, Mike really started letting his true colors show. Versatility surfaces more and more as the tape runs on, and he didn’t plan on stopping there. 2019 marked the end of an era for him (literally and figuratively), entering the new year with a rebrand of just “mike.” This is a raw, unfiltered rendition of the previous Mike Stud. His 7 song EP Uhyuready? gives a great taste of this brand new, incredible sound, as well as his four later singles, 2 birds, been thinking, rodman, and in & out.

Stud also began offering exclusive releases of new music on Grouped, and in 2020 he came out with a clothing brand called Stevenson Ranch.