artist Admiral Crumple

Torontos Independent Emcee known as Admiral Crumple is a hardcore Hip Hop artist, with a refined writing style. He is recognized across Canada, Europe, New York, California, England and Australia. Crumple has sold hundreds of albums in Europe, New York and Canada. His album Interfuse brought forth his original style of hardcore, deep, storytelling and fun style of Hip Hop. Crumple brings his work to a fan base that grows with each new release. Admiral Crumple was born and raised in Toronto He has been writing and releasing music since the mid nineties. In 1996-1999 you could have caught him freestyling with his crew the Altered States in the Bergamot projects. The writing doesnt stop at hip-hop lyricism. He is also involved in many short story and poetic projects. Artists like Run DMC, Redman and the whole form of independent hip-hop influenced him. The Beatles, Aldous Huxley, Bruce Lee, Gandhi, and David Letterman etc also inspired him. The love for hip-hop switched from consuming product, to creating and giving back to the community. Admiral has been involved in many projects and has worked with many artists including Kinetic (Altered states), Savilion Toad One (Creaturebox), Duncan (Torontos best known Speedbass artist and co-founder of the legendary Smirk parties), Last Poet (Altered States), First Aid, Romulus, Anonomix, etc. As Admirals Knowledge, wisdom and understanding evolve through time, so does the Cataphonic Empire and all affiliated emcees.

Damien Barker Artist/producer