After suffering a career injury playing college baseball at Duke, Mike turned to music to ease the pain and boredom of being stuck at home, while his teammates travelled the country hitting the field. Literally, overnight, the rapper/singer put up a Youtube video and the song went viral- first at Duke, and then throughout the world. Currently, he’s been on a 40 city tour and getting ready to launch his “real life Entourage” show Who Is Mike Stud? on the Esquire network. Watch the full interview above to figure out who exactly is Mike Stud?!

“Everything happens for a reason.”