M.A.S. is the founding member of the group Upstate Clique. He has been making beats primarily but is now ready to throw his hat into the MC ring. Born in Liberty NY a few hours outside of NYC M.A.S. aka midas touch aka money mike aka jimmi sparkz has honed his skills over the last few years. He started out exclusively making beats but eventually progressed into flowing. His unique style can not be compared with anyone else in the game past or present because M.A.S. is simply ORIGINAL. M.A.S.'s Word play is sharp and ingenious but yet simple enough for even the simplest of minds to understand. He makes u think while bobbing ur head to an ill beat. M.A.S. has not lived the hard life that most MC's claim to have lived. But make no mistake about it his life has not been easy. When times got tough he always had a strong family to support him and they still do to this day. M.A.S. is all about hard work. He has held down some type of job since the age of 13 all the way until his high school graduation in 1999. In 2003 M.A.S. joined forces with two other local MC's; Prophecy and D-net to for the UPSTATE CLIQUE. The group made countless joints together but due to the loss of their main computer all of the songs were lost. M.A.S. never gave up and started fresh and has so far put together a small collection of songs that will be used in his First ever released but technically 2nd album "The life of a Real Brother"