Kenshin Iryo more known as Million Stylez was born june first 1981 in Stockholm, Sweden. He grew up in a working class part of town called Sollentuna. Raised by a french mother and a japanese father and grew up with friends mainly with foreign backgrounds due to the very immigrant-dense area. Kenshin started experimenting with Hip Hop at the young age of nine, recording rap tunes in swedish on his cassette deck player. After a couple of years he started to write lyrics in english but it was not until he turned 18 that he moved on to dancehall and reggae. It was only a natural step for him due to the fact that reggae always been there as he was growing up. He is one out of the few out there who can master so many different styles such as singing, deejaying and rapping. Million was self-taught and never had any musical schooling but still doesn´t see any boundaries musically.
In the summer of 2005 he went to the Big Break finals arranged by Irie FM (Jamaicas no 1 radio station). It is an annual talent competition for upcoming artists in Jamaica with more than 1200 talented applicants. After live performances in St. Elizabeth, Montego Bay and Kingston, TV and radio-interviews he ended up in a honorable fourth place. He was also the first non-jamaican that ever had participated in the competition.
2006 march first, saw the release of his breakthrough smash hit Miss Fatty. It was distributed by german Soundquake and was their number one selling song for several weeks. It was also recieved very well by radio stations like Hot97, Shade 45, BBC1Xtra, Kiss FM, NRJ, Voice, P3 etc. It has also been the number one track/video on Trace TV/Radio that covers over 50 countries around the world. Dj´s of all genres from all around the world start playing it in the clubs and they still do frequently up to this day. It was the biggest dancehall song worldwide for 2006 and you can actually say that its a timeless classic today. The video was shot in Cuba and has over 15 million views on youtube so far and its increasing rapidly.
Just to mention a few of the artists that Million has worked with over the years there are big stars like Beyoncé, Bounty Killer, Beenie Man, Gentleman, Peetah Morgan (Morgan Heritage), Akae Beka (Midnite), Don Carlos, Loon, Smif N Wessun, Mr Vegas, Busy Signal, Bunji Garlin and the list goes on. In the beginning of his career he also got to be the opening act for Sean Paul, Elephant Man, Ne-Yo, Fabolous, Ryan Leslie among others.
Million Stylez has now been performing in every continent independently and the touring continues frequently. He is currently working on his fourth full length album and an EP while he is recording singles for various producers worldwide. What more is there to say? Million has a million things going on.