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To go back to the main page, click here. Mission Man's real name is Gary Milholland. He is 17 years old and currently lives in Oxford, Ohio. He was born January 19, 1979 in Dayton, Ohio. He lived in Oxford from the age of 5 until he was 13 years old, and then moved to Orlando. That's where he met Cleveland "Baby Jordan" Fuller. Gary was 13 years old when he first learned to rap. He was walking to the University of Central Florida with B.J. (Cleveland Fuller), to go play basketball, and B.J. told him to rap. Gary said he didn't know how, but he tried anyway. He started off with "turn on the stereo, kick up the bass" and finished with "don't mess with my mind/ cause I got you beat every time." That rap turned into the song "Inventor," the thirteenth song on Mission Man's first professional album, "Intro to my mind," recorded on Wakefire Records. "Inventor" was first recorded when Gary was 13. Gary and B.J. recorded it, as well as 7 other songs, at Gary's home on his sister's tape recorder in the summer of 1993. Gary and B.J. were known as the Multi-Culturals at the time, but never found a way to get their music out to the public. They tried sending their demo tape to 102 Jamz in Orlando, but it never got played. Nor was it even recognized by 102 Jamz that they received the tape.

After a little under two years, Gary was forced to move back to Ohio when his mother developed colon cancer, and she moved in with her sister. Gary could only see his mother on the weekends because his Aunt lived in Indiana, and he lived in Ohio, and the trip was too far to make after school every day. Sadly, the trips stopped in September of 1994 when his mother passed away. He was devastated by this, but he had to move on and get a job to help support his family. At the age of only 15 years old, he got a job working at McDonald's, and played high school basketball at the same time. It was a very trying time for him, and took so much out of him, that he had thoughts of suicide. His love for the rest of his family kept him alive though. Through the entire time, he still had dreams of being a professional rap artist.

Gary survived that time, and went on to college the next school year, at the age of just 16. He attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and still goes there now. The summer after his freshman year, he stayed with his friends, the Keene family and Eric Kingsley, for 3 and a half weeks. While he was there, his brother came down, and because of his brother, Gary decided to start a record company to get his music out. He wrote fourteen songs over the next few weeks and recorded 13 of them in Liberty, Kentucky at Apple Barn Studios. Gary had recorded his first professional album, under the name Mission Man. The album is called "Intro to my mind." It is the first project recorded under Wakefire Records, and is scheduled for release sometime in late October. In the album, Mission Man raps about many things, including safe sex, working hard, lifting weights, playing basketball, and just being yourself. Gary chose the name Mission Man because he is on a mission to change things in this country and this world by rapping about real life, and how to get through many of it's problems. Gary got sick of hard core rap because he decided that people needed to be educated on how to change things and not just be educated that something was wrong. Gary is hoping people will listen to what he has to say, and not just to his beats and his rap style. Mission Man wants to make a difference with his music, and isn't in the rap game just for the money. That's why he is keeping the price on his album down. He doesn't feel a CD should cost $16 dollars, especially if the CD has a message behind it and it's main goal is to educate people.

To order the album, call (513)524-4425 or click here for the order form. The album is $8 plus tax, plus shipping and handling, for a total of $9. The album is not in stores yet, but it is finished, and you can order it here. I have to get UPC stuff straightened out before I can put it in stores.

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