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Maxim Reality |
His real name is actually Keith "Keeti" Palmer (don't ever call him
Keith, he hates it!). He went to Jack Hunt secondary school
in Peterborough. Maxim was often seen at soul all-dayers at Nottingham's
Rock City. Keeti was originally an MC for a London reggae group, who
presumably sank without trace.
He began MC-ing at the age of 14, when he used to watch his brother
(MC Starky Ban Tan) MC-ing also on the raggae scene.
Keeti has written tons of songs and lyrics, most of which have never
been released.
In 1990, Maxim was founded by friend Ziggy, who was managing a rave
act in Essex, which needed an MC for their live show. Since then,
Maxim has developed his own distinct MC-ing style: short snappy lines
directed toward getting the crowd going. It often difficult to interpret
what he is actually saying, since it is mostly encoded in 100+ decibel
screams. Maxim is the band's voice. Though he performed the vocals
on some Prodigy tracks, his real talent is shown in his way of boosting
the live shows. With him, the live songs get a feel totally different
from that of the album tracks.
The reason why he chose his alias (Maxim Reality) was that at that
time the stuff (lyrics) he was writing ”was all about real-life”.
”I didn’t pick the name because I thought it sounded cool. It was
because of a reason.”
Keeti is a really strange figure – for example sometimes he wears
a green skirt (because it’s comfortable) and has gold braces over
his teeth, just to mention a few of his crazes. Actually it’s a Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde thing with him – he can completely transform his
”real” self into a ”monster” who likes to intimidate people... ”The
transformation takes place gradually as I get changed. But it’s totally
different personality.”
Maxim, according to his own words, has always been writing music.
He has filled cassettes and cassettes with music, and written tons
of lyrics, yet he didn’t disclose any of his works for a very long
time. He has written tons of songs and lyrics, most of which have
never been released. In fall 2000 he released his own hip-hop style
solo album. Maxim is married and has a child called Kai, who was born
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