Introduction

Mike Stefani is an emerging recording artist on the Hip Hop scene, with two albums published in 2008 through his own record label, BouncerPac Productions, and a third album already in progress.

His first album, Real Life Happenings, was inspired by the 9/11 World Trade Center tragedy. Featured songs are “Real Life Tragedy,” depicting the sense of loss, anger, confusion, and despair felt by families and individuals affected by the 9/11 tragedy, and “Don’t Matter,” which encourages people to live together as one, despite our cultural, race, and religious differences.

Mike describes the purpose and mission of Real Life Happenings:

“Have you ever lost someone you really care about? I have, and I know it was hard for me, as it probably was for you. Let’s look at this from the eyes of a child. Imagine what it would be like if your mother or father went to work and never came home again. That’s what happened to every child whose mom or dad died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Can you imagine the emotional pain that these children have to deal with for the rest of their lives?

A close family friend, Andy, was a survivor of 9/11. Andy was on the 95th floor of the second World Trade Center building when the second plane hit. He had just returned to work after ACL surgery and was on crutches when he took the last elevator that made it to the ground floor. During the initial rush of people to the doors, he grabbed onto a column and held on, eventually made it out of the building, and then hobbled 12 blocks on crutches to his apartment, where he collapsed. Andy was traumatized over the loss of many close friends and business associates. He now volunteers at the Comfort Zone Camp, a series of weekend camps in the New York/New Jersey/Virginia area whose purpose is to help children who have lost their parents or loved ones in tragedies such as the World Trade Center.

My mission is to produce music to benefit the children attending the Comfort Zone Camp, and to inspire any other children who have lost loved ones. I want to help these kids to move on, and be ready to face the world confidently.”   — Mike Stefani, 2008

Mike’s second album, Cash Money Chronicles, is a compilation of club and mainstream Hip Hop music. Featured titles on this album are “Whatever,” “Hardcore,” and “Get that Hot Chick.”