MC Mitchski

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MC Mitchski (also known as The Incredible MC Mitchski) was a Chicago-based rapper, promoter, and radio personality active during the mid-to-late 1980s.[1] Alongside DJ Pink House, he helped introduce hip-hop to Chicago radio audiences through shows on WGCI and WBMX, building one of the city’s earliest platforms for local rap talent.[2] Mitchski’s 1986 single “Kick the B-Boogie” blended East Coast lyricism with Midwest party-rap energy, reflecting the exchange between New York and Chicago’s emerging hip-hop communities.[3] Though his national visibility was brief, he remains a key figure in documenting Chicago’s early hip-hop movement and its transition from club culture to recorded music.[4]

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  1. David Toop, Rap Attack 3: African Rap to Global Hip Hop (Serpent’s Tail, 2000), pp. 242–243.
  2. Jim DeRogatis, “The Battle for the Soul of Chicago Hip-Hop,” WBEZ Chicago, September 25, 2012.
  3. Robert Pruter, “Rap Music,” in Chicago Soul (University of Illinois Press, 1991), pp. 312–314.
  4. Discogs.com, “MC Mitchski – Kick The B-Boogie (1986),” accessed November 2025, https://www.discogs.com/release/233979-MC-Mitchski-Kick-The-B-Boogie.