I WAS BORN IN A CARIBBEAN COUNTRY IN SOUTH AMERICA CALLED GUADELOUPE AND LIVED MOST OF MY LIFE UNDER THE SUN. AFTER 15 YEARS SPENT THERE, I DECIDED THAT IT WAS THE TIME FOR ME TO GO TO PARIS TO REALIZE MY DREAM AS A YOUNG BLACK MAN IN THE RAP INDUSTRY. BUT NOTHING REALLY HAPPENED FOR ME, BECAUSE I WAS TOO MUCH INTO TROUBLE. SO FROM THERE, I BELIEVE THAT THE MOST HIGH DID EVERYTHING HAPPEN FOR ME… HERE I AM TALKING TO YOU,NOW.

What can you tell us about your artist name, any meaning behind it?

WHEN I FIRST START RHYMING, I WAS 14. I WROTE MY FIRST VERSE AT 15. I WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE WERE LIVING IN POVERTY. THEN, ONE DAY MY YOUNGER BROTHER READ ONE MY LYRICS AND HE TOLD ME, I SHOULD CALL MYSELF "I MICHEL", BECAUSE EVERYTHING I WAS SAYING, PEOPLE COULD RELATE TO IT. IT`S LIKE I WAS HAVING DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES, LIVING DIFFERENT LIVES. SO FROM THERE, I CHANGED MY REAL NAME MICHEL TO CHELMEE AND THE "I" MEANING, JUST ME MYSELF AND GOD.

According to your biography you have a home in three cities, Guadeloupe, Paris and London, which of these places do you believe you most represent musically?

MUSICALLY, LYRICALLY I REPRESENT WORLDWIDE TO THE FULLEST. BUT IF I GOT TO REPRESENT WHERE I COMING FROM, IT`S DEFINITELY GUADELOUPE TO THE REALEST.

Does you international exposure have an influence in your style?

MOST DEFINITELY, I KNOW AND MET A LOT OF PEOPLE SINCE I LEFT GUADELOUPE. SO, I LEARNED HOW IT WILL BE BETTER FOR ME TO BE ON TOP OF MY GAME, BY CREATING A NEW VIBE, NEW STYLE, EXPRESSING MYSELF TO A ALL NEW WORLD.

They is also a definite reggae vibe in your delivery, is this an influence and if so what is the connection?

DEFINITELY, MOST OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW PLAY LIVED INSTRUMENTS AND I DO SO IS WELL. MOST OF THEM ARE INTO REGGAE, CALLIPSO, ZOUK...SO,I KNOW I COULD HANDLE IT WITH LITTLE BIT OF PRACTICE. THEN, I DECIDED TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF SALT TO THE MIXTURE TO MAKE IT TASTE AND SOUND FLAVOR. LET ME KNOW HOW YOU LIKE IT SO FAR?

You have two hot individual tracks on the new Social Misfits collaboration album, "Just Can't Stop" and "Ghetto Specialist", both tracks are mainly in French and Creole, so can you translate what your talking about on each track?

ON THE TRACK "JUST CAN`T STOP", IT`S JUST ME EXPRESSING MYSELF ON THE MIC. THE MIC IS MY HOUSE, IT`S WHERE MY HEART SPEAKS, I`VE BEEN DOING IT LIKE THIS SINCE I WAS BORN, I JUST CAN`T STOP SAYING THE TRUTH, SO DON`T YOU NEVER COME TO TEST "I", `CAUSE I`M ABOUT TO RUN THIS THING,NOW!!! ON THE TRACK "GHETTO SPECIALIST", I SEE MYSELF LIKE A GHETTO REPRESENTATIVE. EVERYTHING I HEARD, EVERYTHING I SEE, EVERYTHING I TOUCH, EVERY STEPS I TAKE IT`S FOR A REASON. IF YOU SEE ME BREAKING THE RULES OF THE WORLD, NOW, YOU KNOW WHERE I COMING FROM.

Though people give you much props whenever you've performed with the Social Misfits, many in the audience do not know what you are saying, how do you feel about that?

IT FEEL PRETTY MUCH BIZARE, BUT I DON`T REALLY CARE, BECAUSE MUSIC IS AN ART, I SEE MYSELF LIKE A PAINTER. BECAUSE IF YOU GOING TO AN ART GALLERY, YOU DON`T EVEN F******G UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ARTIST TRY TO EXPRESS IN HIS DRAWING, BUT YOU LIKE THE SHAPE,U LIKE THE COLOUR, THAT`S WHY I KEEPING IT FLAVOR. EVERYTHING IS IN THE TASTE.

Who are some of the artists you are feeling are feeling at the moment?

BUSHMAN, COMMON SENSE, DEAD PREZ` ,JILL SCOTT, CANIBUS, NAS, SNOOP DOGG AND A BLACK GIRL CALLED UNDERSTANDING.

When you tell the hip-hop heads of Guadelope and Paris about the Social Misfits, what do you say?

THOSE ONE OF THE REALEST CREW ON THE PLANET, WHAT!!!!

And, how long have you been associated with the Social Misfits and how did the link happen?

IT HAPPENED LIKE 4 YEARS AGO,WHEN I HOOKED UP WITH MY MAN SHIESTY DA GYPSY, WHO INTRODUCED ME TO MY MAN PRESTIGE, WHO FROM THERE DECIDED TO PUT ME ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

Tell us a little about your forthcoming projects?

IT`S GOING TO BE FLAVOR.

Okey, what one sentence describes you best?

AIN`T NO STOPPING ME, NOW!