While growing up in Durham, NC, Michael "Cypha Da Moonchild" Grissom, fell in love with music at an early age. His father, which was a local DJ influenced him to listen to all types of genres. When Cypha’s father gave him his first mixer and turntables as a teenage he began to compose mixtape to give to his schoolmates. During this time he also formed a hip hop group call United Kamikazes. He continued Dee Jaying at St. Augustine College where he got his communications degree and minor in Theater Arts and Film. In 2007 he started to pursue producing records for artist and making beats. Cypha has produced songs for independent artist and independent TV shows. Also he has done background music for MTV programming. In 2015, Cypha Da Moonchild released his global debut instrumental album “Signals from the Galactic War.”
