Members:
* Ryan Maginn (Ryu)
* Takbir Bashir (Tak)
* Colton Raisin Fisher (DJ Cheapshot),
* Vin Skully (Jason)
Styles of Beyond are an underground rap group from Los Angeles, California. The group came together in 1995 when the two aspiring MCs met and freestyled together while on a break from class at Pierce Community College in Woodland Hills, California. released their first single, “Killer Instinct,” independently on Bilawn Records in 1997. They released their first album “2000 Fold” in the summer of 1998. They are currently signed to Mike Shinoda’s (Linkin Park Vocalist) Machine Shop Recordings label. They were also heavily featured on Shinoda’s side project group called Fort Minor’s “The Rising Tied”.Ryan Maginn also provides vocals on “Name of The Game” and “Ready For Action” singles by The Crystal Method on their album Tweekend as well as the group collaborating with other artists such as Linkin Park and Awol One. Their song “Shapeshifter” was featured in the game Need For Speed: Most Wanted and another one of their songs will be featured on the soundtrack for the film “Redline”. They have released 3 albums so far and their fourth official release entitled “Rocket Surgery” will be released sometime in the summer of 2007.
-Thanks to http://www.wikipedia.org and 2006 All Media Guide for biography information.
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