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MONONEON

MonoNeon, is an American bassist, experimental musician and songwriter. He is known for his presence on YouTube playing bass guitar and known for being one of the last people to work with Prince. It was his eclectic artistry on the bass that first caught Prince's attention in 2014. Mono and Prince performed a number of concerts at Paisley Park, and also recorded and release the track, “RUFF ENUFF.” MonoNeon was the last bassist Prince hired before he passed. Recently MonoNeon has provided music for Nas, Mac Miller, Pete Rock, and more. The savant has become known for his speech to music multitracking videos and compositions. He also played with Grammy Award-winning R&B artist, Ne-Yo, on his fourth studio album. He is a native of Orange Mound, Memphis, TN.

MonoNeon tours with Ghost Note, and can be found playing for many artists, including Kat Graham, Snarky Puppy. The Roots once covered a MonoNeon composition on Jimmy Fallon’s “The Tonight Show” after Roots’ leader Questlove became an avid fan.

UNAPOLOGETIC. founder IMAKEMADBEATS met MonoNeon in 2011 at his home studio as simply “DJ” and the two have worked and played together ever since. The two have featured each other on releases, worked on an EP together as IMAKEMADNEON (unreleased), and as UNAPOLOGETIC. grew, MonoNeon became a part of the family.

Photo by Catherine Elizabeth Patton