The Mike Loyd Report · Volume Two
MICHAEL LOYD JR.
aka Creative Mike the Rapper
Writer. Rapper. Builder of cultural infrastructure.
A 21-year arc. The debut album was recorded in a Wake Forest dorm in 2005. The site picks up the story.
The Work
Three lanes. One through-line: culture is the product.
Books
ENEMIES OF GOD
The Holy Betrayal of Negro Jews In The Diaspora
1492. Two exiles, same year. One you’ve heard of. The other you haven’t. A reclamation of the destroyed Jewish communities of West Africa, written from the South, for anyone willing to look.
Music
Creative Mike. Eight projects since 2005.
Latest: Ghost Millennial Heroes (2025). Hip hop for the future, on Dope Coffee Music. The pen and the mic are the same instrument.
Dope Coffee
Atlanta, GA
Where hip-hop meets the coffee shop. A specialty roaster and independent record label, run with my wife Chel and cousin Stace. Family business. Cultural infrastructure.