The Last Hundred Yards by Mike Petrone, 2010

Website: Mike Petrone Music

Home Base: Atlanta, GA

Genre: Hip Hop / Rap, Urban

Influenced By: Outkast, Killer Mike, Eminem, Nas, Bob Marley

Bio: It may have seemed like a lofty goal for an independent rapper to get Lil Scrappy and Iam of Soul Mafia on his first single. Not for Mike Petrone, whose breakthrough record “Crank It” is heating up the streets of his native Atlanta on the strength of spitfire verses and an insanely catchy hook.