BORN IN CANADA, IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, IN THE CITY OF MONTREAL, BY A FILIPINO FAMILY WHO CAME HERE IN THE 1970'S FROM THE PHILIPPINES, IN 1984, JAN MICHAEL VINCENT ALFONSO, WAS BIRTHED IN JULY 10, IN UPTOWN COTE-DES-NEIGES. ONE OF MONTREAL'S POOR DISTRICTS, WHERE MULTI-CULTURISM IS WELL-ALIVE, WHERE QUITE FRANKLY, EVERYONE GETS ALONG, ALTHOUGH WE LIVE IN A FRENCH EUROPEAN-LIKE CITY, STRUCTURES FROM EUROPE/NEW YORK MONUMENTS. AS A CHILD, FROM THE TIME HE WAS 8-10 YRS OLD, HE WAS INFLUENCED BY MANY ARTISTS HIS PARENTS WAS LISTENING TO OLDIES AMERICAN MUSIC AND PHILIPPINE MUSIC FROM THE 1940S-1980S AND ALSO INFLUENCED BY HIS OLDER COUSINS IN THE 1990'S WHO WAS LISTENING TO KRISS KROSS, HOUSE OF PAIN, MASTA PLANN, TUPAC, KRS-ONE AND MANY MORE. 1996, HE STARTED TO RHYME AT THE AGE OF 12 IN 5TH GRADE, UNDER THE NAME "KRAZEE KILLA", HE MADE A RAP GROUP/CREW, BUT WASN'T SERIOUS UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL, INFLUENCED INTO THE HORRORCORE WICKED SH*T, SUCH AS ESHAM, HOUSE OF KRAZEES, ICP, TWIZTID AND MANY MORE. AND IT TOOK HIM A FEW YEARS TO MASTER A FLOW LIKE ALGORITHYMS AND CALCULATING SYLLABLES AND MULTI DIMENSION RHYME PATTERNS. NOW GROWING UP HALF HALF HIS LIFE IN WEST-ISLAND'S EASTSIDE PIERREFONDS/DOLLARD, HE CHANGED HIS RAP NAME TO "MYK-L", MAKING TRACKS WITH CHILDHOOD FRIENDS "CASTRO" AND THE GROUP "LYRIK-ALL", THEN AT 19, HE MOVED OUT HIS PARENTS HOUSE TO LIVE HIMSELF IN PARC-EXTENTION, THE SMALLEST NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT DRUG-INFESTED-DECAYING-GHETTO-IN MONTREAL. HE DID HIS FIRST HIP HOP SHOW IN WINTER 2004 AT COTE-DES-NEIGES UPTOWN'S ST-PASCAL BAYLON CHURCH WAS A PHILIPPINE HIP HOP EVENT WITH FLAVOUR-D, GANG GURO, KARTA NUEBE,. THEN IN SUMMER 2004, DID A BUNCH OF SHOWS AT PARC-EX WITH CODEEZ, ABDULLAH, BOO-B AT P.E.Y.O. (PARC-EXTENSION YOUTH ORGANIZATION) 2005, RELEASED HIS FIRST MIXTAPE 'NOT AN EMPTY HELL'. 2006, HE DROPPED THE NAME MYK-L, AND RENAME HIMSELF 'FLIPTHEMYK', STARTED TO BUST FREESTYLES AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY'S CKUT 90.3FM OFF THE HOOK RADIO WITH DJ BUDDA BLAZE, ORION REVOLUTION, FLOW, CHANG. MOVED BACK TO THE WEST-ISLAND MET UP DAVID HODGES, DJ TWITCH (FROM ISLAND CITY MONSTERS) UPTOWN SOUL, 7LEAF, THEN DID A SHOW WITH REBEL FACTION, K-BUCC, AND LE JOKER IN SUMMER 2006 ORGANIZED BY BLACKMACK, WITH A RELEASE CD FROM THE SHOW CALLED 'BENEATH THE SURFACE' WITH A TRACK OF ME AND JOKER CALLED 'ICITTE ILLICITE EXPLICIT'. 2006 ON AND OFF FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS DOING LOCAL SHOWS AROUND MONTREAL, (FLIPTHEMYK) WAS STILL CYPHERING AND DOING FREESTYLE IMPROVISED SESSIONS AT THE RADIO CALLING IN OR SHOWING UP LIVE AT THE RADIO STUDIO @ MCGILL UNIVERSITY'S O.T.H. CKUT 90.3 FM, FREESTYLING LIVE WITH ARTISTS AND GROUPS FROM THE DEEP UNDERGROUND HIP HOP MONTREAL SCENE SUCH AS BLACKMACK, JIBRE, KYTEO, UNKNOWN (GHOST), JOKER, 8TA, DUB, CASSE-CROUTE, PSYNLANGWAGE, MALICIOUS, LOE PESCI, THE NARCICYST, BK, CL (CRACKED LIPS), BOOM BAP CATS, LOGIC JOHNSON, MEHDI CEE, PENZO GRITTY, ROYAL PESANTS, GRYME, THERE ARE MANY MORE HE RHYMED WITH, PROPS AND SHOUTS OUTS TO Y'ALL WHO ELSE WASN'T MENTIONED. SUMMER 2008 BLACKMACK RELEASED "THE AFTER EFFECTS UNITED PART 2" WITH TRACKS FEATURING FLIPTHEMYK, BIZ MONEY, ILAH MAN, MOINES DE RUE, KELLA, DJ JUNIOR BLACK, JAY KP, CL EASY, ZER1, STAKZ, NICKOTYMUS, SHAMRUN, 8TA, DUB, KAY-O, LASTO, BLUE, TRESOR, CARINA WITHIN DOING RADIO SHOWS, AND LIVE SHOWS AROUND MONTREAL FLIPTHEMYK DECIDED TO NOT RELEASE A MIXTAPE ANYMORE, AND JUST PUT TOGETHER AN ALBUM UNTITLED 'EMPTY HELL' in 2009 WHICH WAS DIGITALLY DISTRIBUTED BY TUNECORE IN ONLINE STORES WORLDWIDE @ ITUNES CANADA, ITUNES U.S., ITUNES EUROPE, ITUNES MEXICO, ITUNES JAPAN, AMAZON, AMAZON UK, EMUSIC, NAPSTER, LIMEWIRE STORE, LALA, AMIE STREET, ZUNE. PRODUCED AND MIXED BY ME PNOYZ PRODUCT (MONTREAL), 7LEAF (MONTREAL), MACKEN COMPERE (MONTREAL), DAVID HODGES (MONTREAL), ANNO DOMINI BEATS (UNITED KINGDOM), DA CYPHA BEATS (U.S.), SHADOWVILLE PRODUCTIONS (U.S.), SIMINA BEATS (U.S.), LOCK US UP PRODUCTIONS (U.K.). FEATURING COLLABS WITH STALLZ, MACKEN, 8TA, JIBRE, K-BUCC, ILAH-MAN, ETC 2009 - TUNECORE DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION TEAMED UP WITH UNIVERSAL INTERSCOPE DEF JAM DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION, A DIGITAL COMPANY THAT HAS LISTED MANY OTHER UNSIGNED ARTISTS INTERNATIONALLY UNDER THIS CATEGORY WHICH THEY LISTED FLIPTHEMYK UNDER "INTERSCOPE DEF JAM DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION" AS UNSIGNED HYPE UNDER HIS OLD ALIAS "FLIPTHEMYK" FALL 2010 - RELEASED FOR FREE DOWNLOAD FLIPTHEMYK PRESENTS:(LOST AND FOUND FREESTYLE SESSIONS FROM CKUT 90.3 FM OFF THE HOOK RADIO) 2011 - JIBRE RELEASED HIS ALBUM "MESURES DE DEMESURES" FOR FREE DOWNLOAD ONLINE @ JIBREMONTREAL.COM WITH TRACKS FEATURING WITH ME (FTM AKA FLIPTHEMYK) AND OTHER SICK MTL EMCEES 2011 - RELEASED FOR FREE DOWNLOAD FLIPTHEMYK PRESENTS: 'F.T.M: FLIPPIN THROUGH MONTREAL FEATURING. STALLZ, UNKNOWN (GHOST), JIHAD, (INSTRUS BY IDE, KNO, SUBCORDEM, PNOYZPRODUCT, NEVAHMIND) 2012 - ALIAS AKA NAME CHANGED OFFICIALLY TO 'ALPHONSE CAPONSO' 2012 - RELEASED HIS 1ST SOLO ALBUM FOR FREE DOWNLOAD 'MIND, BODY AND SOUL' ALL ENTIRELY MIX, CUTS AND PRODUCED BY HIM (PNOYZPRODUCT) 2012 - OFFICIAL WEBSITE NOW ONLINE @ www.alphonsecaponso.com NOVEMBER 2012 - RELEASED ON THE STREETS PHYSICAL COMPACT DISCS OF NEW ALBUM 'ANGELICS AND DEMONICS' FEATURING. RANDAM LUCK (BABYGRANDE RECORDS), EL DA SENSEI (FROM THE ARTIFACTS), ANNO DOMINI BEATS, INFIDEL BEATS, STALLZ, JLB, U.G., MACKEN, DR. CREEP, SUBCORDEM, PNOYZPRODUCT. ALSO RECENTLY AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE AND BUY ON PAYPAL AND CDBABY.COM AND COMING OUT SOON IN ALL DIGITAL DISTRIBUTIONS STORES WORLDWIDE. MORE INFO ON THE FRONT MAIN PAGE @ ALPHONSECAPONSO.COM TO BE CONTINUED...