Boss Trivia
![]() ![]() ![]() Taken from Blues & Soul magazine December 1982 Taken from Blues & Soul Magazine June 1987 Capital Radio mug shot ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a promotional poster for Ice T's 1987 album 'Rhyme Pays', you can see the poster has been signed for Mike by Ice T, the message reads "To my Homeboy Mike Allen, Squeeze The Trigger, Ice T, Rhyme Syndicate 87". In the late 1970's Mike Allen was involved in drag racing, he and his team had a car especially built, the name of the car was 'American Dream I', below are a couple of pictures of the car, you can see Mike's name along the side of the car along with the Capital Radio logo.
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![]() This is an advert from Blues & Soul magazine from August 1982, it seems Mike was a name on the club circuit.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mike with Grandmaster Richie Rich in 1986
Point Blank MC's In 1987 the Point Blank MC's released the record 'Hard to the Body' on Beauty & The Beat Records, at the end of the record there is a shout out to 'The Boss' himself Mike Allen. This was probably due to the fact that Duke Bootee who owned the label had been a guest on Mike's show a year earlier, he probably figured by name checking lots of DJ's they would play the record. Mike did indeed play the record and was obviously aware of his name check as he cut the record immediately after his name. ![]() Grange Hill In 1987, in the 11th series of the long running BBC children's show about a London comprehensive school a Hip Hop storyline was introduced, who else but Mike Allen was asked to be the "Hip Hop Adviser". Thanks to Repo for spotting this one. ![]() UK Fresh 86
Here are some choice snaps of Mike at the UK Fresh 86 concert on 19th July 1986:
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