MC YOGI (aka Nicholas Giacomini) grew up in Northern California, painting graffiti, listening to hip hop music and spent most of his high school years at a group home for at-risk boys where, inspired by artists like the Beastie Boys & Run DMC, he began writing and performing his own raps for friends at house parties. At age 18, on a whim, he joined his father for a yoga and meditation intensive with a famous spiritual teacher from India.

Deeply moved by this unexpectedly powerful experience, MC YOGI devoted most of his free time to learning everything he could about the ancient discipline. He spent the next two years studying the physical forms of yoga as well as meditation, philosophy, and devotional chanting.

MC Yogi’s dedication to yoga did not diminish his lifelong love of hip hop. Now, by combining Indian music and mythology with infectious hip hop beats, MC Yogi creates an exciting new sound for a new generation of modern mystics, urban yogis, and conscious hip hoppers. “MC Yogi channels the ancient devotional spirit of India in a completely original way with love, respect, humor and joy.” says Krishna Das, World Music Pioneer