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Jul 23, 2020 · By Jan Mercker. Actor and musician Mike Ellison grew up in Reston in the 1980s, the son of a prominent African American journalist in a relatively progressive planned community. From childhood into his 40s, he has routinely heard the same backhanded compliment: “You’re so articulate.”
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- Flytanium
- Afroflow
- Tours / Fighting Cancer and Big Tobacco
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CDs: Flytanium [2014] as Mike Ellison AfroFlow II [2010], as MIKE-E AfroFlow [2007], as MIKE-E Singles: “(Ethiopia) Everything Will Be Alright” [Single 2003] as MIKE-E “Addis Ababe Bete” “[Remix/Video 2007] “Turikumwe” [Single 2011]
With the release of his third studio album, “Flytanium”, Mike Ellison reintroduces himself with a markedly differently sound, drawing on myriad influences from a vantage point of artistic confidence earned through years of creative endeavor. With musician and songwriter Mark Chu’s compositions, Ellison’s Flytanium reflects the influences of Detroit...
As MIKE-E, Ellison released the 2004 single “Ethiopia (Everything Will Be Alright)” in the U.S. and his birth-country Ethiopia, where it became an anthemic hit. His subsequent CD 2007’s “AfroFlow” (flowing from Africa), recognized the African roots of hip-hop and humanity. The CD and its 2010 “AfroFlow II” sequel featured nods to musical traditions...
Mike Ellison extended the AfroFlow concept into the multi-year AfroFlow Tour (2007 – present). Ellison’s onstage criticism of the tobacco industry’s disproportionate advertising targeting children, teens and young adults in African-American, Latino, and economically challenged communities caught the attention of the American Cancer Society (ACS). E...
Learn about Mike Ellison, an African-American artist who was born in Ethiopia and is based in Detroit. He is known for his music, poetry, acting and social work, and has appeared in films like Love and Honor and Beyond The Mask.
Watch videos of Mike Ellison, an actor and artist born in Ethiopia, raised in Reston, and transformed in Detroit. See his music video \"WEY FIKIR (Alleh)\" in Amharic and English.
Oct 24, 2013 · In addition to discussing his family's roots, Ellison performs songs from his upcoming album, Flytanium, live for the World Cafe. Watch Mike Ellison Perform 'Stepping Into Destiny' World Cafe...
MIKE ELLISON. 10,086 likes. Born in ETHIOPIA. Transformed in DETROIT. WATCH VIDEOS - www.youtube.com/user/mikeellisonofficial.
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Actor: Into the Storm. Michael D. Ellison is an actor, Emmy® Award winning producer, and a music and spoken word recording artist. Born to parents living and working in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, before the family relocated to Reston, Virginia where he was raised, Michael fully realized his calling as an interdisciplinary artist in Detroit, Michigan.
