Chapman, of the East Lansing-based hip-hop duo I=mc2, think they've found the winning formula.
national online contest organized by mtvU, a branch of MTV aimed at college students. The winner of the Best Music on Manke, who graduated from K-Central in 1998, said I=mc2 has made it this far because he and Chapman create unique music.
2001. Chapman, 26, who is a senior majoring in journalism at MSU, was playing Tupac Shakur in his dorm room when Manke, an avid Notorious B.I.
G. fan, stopped in. Their talk in which they compared the two rival MCs sparked a friendship.
Once they moved out of the dorm, the two started hanging out small Sony recorder. Chapman remained at MSU while Manke moved to Washington, D.C.
, in 2003, returned to Lansing the next year and then moved in 2005 to Kalamazoo, where he was Since entering the competition, the two have been updating to listen to during each round of voting, Chapman said. (The ``The site is my day-to-day life,'' Chapman said in an e-mail. ``I promote it at least eight hours a day, getting as many people to vote as possible, because this is About a month ago Chapman, aka Illusion, and Manke, aka Imagry, posted the track ``mtvU Anthem,'' which But I=mc2 has a serious side, too, Manke said.
They also rap about the war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, youth and their mindset, education and global warming, among other topics.
Music on Campus contest continues through April 27. One band votes cast by representatives of mtvU and Epic.
the hip-hop-only category. Bedroxx made it to the top 10 but did not win the contest, held in January. The trio also made advance to the latest round.
Campus contest, go to bestmusiconcampus.
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