About CRASHprez
CRASHprez (born Michael Penn II) comes from lonely musings in a suburban basement in Prince George’s County, MD. The “CRASH” originates from a poetry event in Baltimore in the summer of 2010: he almost passed out from dehydration and the homies clowned him for it, giving him the nickname. The “prez” comes from his time at Kettering Elementary: the school nurse told him he could be president one day. CRASHprez is a hip-hop project rooted in the traditions of protest music, remix culture and digital DIY.
