About: Full name - Edwin "Krukid" Ruyonga. This emcee from Uganda, East Africa has been serious about his rap career since his teens. He got his start with a group of friends, forming Urban Thugz and winning a country wide competition in 2000 back in his home country. Since then he's performed shows in both the States and Africa. Along the way he's won the Chicago Urban League Mic Check Contest's Best Emcee Award and a certificate to have his flow produced by Ivan Dupee of Level Next Inc. This was aired on Power 92 in the fall of 2003. In 2005, Cash Hill Records released Krukid's debut album, "Raisin in the Sun," at Cowboy-Monkey in Champaign, IL.

Musical Influences: Krukid has a wide variety of musical influences, especially east coast emcees, but his sound is definitive as opposed to copying. Krukid himself points to Nas, Grafh, Jay-Z and Saigon.

Record Label: His current record label is the Indie label DLNZ Productions.

(information taken from www.krukid.com and myspace)

Christine Italia, WPGU