Eyenine

Eyenine
Eyenine performing at Port City Music Hall
Background information
Birth name	Michael Gene Dionne
Born	(1985-09-04) September 4, 1985 (age 39) Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
Origin	Dover, New Hampshire, United States
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper, musical artist
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Flyrock Records, Real Hood Music LLC
Website	www.eyeninemusic.com

Michael Gene Dionne (born September 4, 1985), better known by his stage name Eyenine, is an American hip hop recording artist from Dover, New Hampshire.

Eyenine began writing and recording music at the age of 16, being heavily inspired by acts including Eyedea, Sage Francis, Adeem and Atmosphere. In his twenties, Eyenine began touring the country with such acts as PT Burnem, Paulie Think, Ecid, Prhym8 and Farout. He helped found an upstart recording label called Flyrock Records which released multiple albums from various New England artists including The If In Life, Rio Bravo, The Nasty and others. After years of freestyling at the weekly Rap Night in Portland, Maine he entered and won two separate Ruckus Cup Classic battle tournaments.^[1][2] He also went on to win two separate Church of Providence battle tournaments hosted by B. Dolan and refereed by Sage Francis^[3] and later came out of battle rap retirement to win the first ever Overcast battle championship in Cincinnati, OH, the birthplace of the Scribble Jam, in 2018.^[4] Eyenine is currently under Real Hood Music LLC, a brand of Wu Tang Management and has shared stages with artists such as RZA and GZA.^[5]