Versifier | Manifesters Timeline: 1993 - February 1999 [Pre-Manifesters Era]

 Versifier | Manifesters Timeline

 1993 - February 1999

[Pre-Manifesters Era]

 

March 1, 2023 will mark Manifesters' 24th anniversary. The complete timeline and history of all that has occurred since I started the group/crew on 3-1-99 is an extensive and on-going project, to be available in its' entirety in due time. However, I'd like to share a condensed history of the time period prior, 1993 to February 28, 1999, what I consider the 'pre-Manifesters era'. This block of time covers me learning how to rhyme, becoming an emcee, taking the name Versifier, and starting the Hip Hop Manifesters student organization. From Day 1 to the day before Manifesters was formed/born. 

 

 

Contents

Time Period Breakdown

Timeline Image 1 of 2

Timeline Image 2 of 2

Developing Versifier's Style

Photos 

*Click on each image/photo to enlarge

 

 

Learning to Rhyme      1993 - August 31, 1996 

Becoming an Emcee    September 1, 1996 - April 30, 1998

Versifier                       May 1, 1998 - Current

Hip Hop Manifesters   January - May 1999

Manifesters                  March 1, 1999 - Current 

 

 

 

These two images provide a condensed, yet extremely informative, history of the 1993-Februray 1999 time period.

 

 

Photos

December 25, 1995

Wrote and spit a Christmas-themed rhyme for my family

It was the first time I spit a written rhyme in front of other people

 

 

 

 

October 1997

Lenny, Sgt. Green (not pictured) & I performing at Lenny and I's homecoming pep-rally our senior year of high school

 

 

 

 

January 1998

DaJuan, me, Lenny & DJ rockin' a Friday night "booster dance" at our high school
 

 

 

 

 

June 1998

DaJuan & I performing at our high school graduation Baccalaureate Ceremony
 

 

 

 

January 28, 1999

Article about the Hip Hop Manifesters Student Organization published in the Minnesota State University, Mankato's MSU Reporter newspaper

 

 

 

Shout outs and thanks to everyone during this time period who:

*I freestyled with

*I wrote with

*I cyphered and/or performed with 

*I discussed & critiqued Hip Hop and rhyming with

*Supported me

 

DaJuan Gibson (R.I.P.)

Lenny McQuen [aka L, aka Don't Sleep]

Ruckus Squad 

Steve Kim

David Thomas

Katie Piper

Kris Odem

Sgt. Green of the US Army

Bobby Hatfield 

Chris Gillum [aka C.L.]

DJ Stage One

Alicia Adams

Joe Fessler [aka Online]

Mom and Dad (R.I.P.)

Zavier Smith [aka Nazareth, aka Mesia, aka Mannyfacez]

Dan Schweizer [aka DJ Slow Motion, aka Shape II]