American-born, Toronto-based Valiant Emcee has been narrating drum-n-bass music for over two decades. A flag waver for deep and futurist beats since the beginning, he cut his teeth on Buffalo’s long running Underground FM, before serving residencies at Buffalo’s seminal weeklies, The Return, and Factory at the storied OPM Lounge. After hosting sets across North America for a who’s who of drum-n-bass and breakbeat culture, including Goldie, Roc Raida, Photek, Craze, Dieselboy, Dara, Blame, Paradox, and Kenny Ken, among others, he stepped back from music and moved cross country. When he eventually came back to DnB, he did it with a bang, immediately landing sets with Ed Rush and Optical, A-Sides, SS, Bassline Smith, Makoto, Mob Tactics, and more. He established the renowned podcast, The Vocal, which was played on the legendary Kool London, and became one of the hosts for the longest running DnB radio show in North America, The Prophecy FM in Toronto. Valiant has been releasing music on Toronto’s Dutty Bass Audio and Fokuz Recordings, and he started a series of atmospheric/liquid mixes with Hospital Records ace Polaris. He’s also begun a live streamed talk show with Armanni Reign and TRAC that’s already welcomed guests such as AK1200 and Goldie. Going forward, he will be continuing his fruitful musical partnership with Toronto producer Cyber Posix and his Semper Fye colleagues, and he’s got a basketful of music in the works. Find him on Instagram: @valiantemcee and on his website: valiantemcee.com