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Michael Anthony Walker (born Febraury 13, 1970, Philadelphia, PA) known as Anthony The Moniker, is an American Broken Beat Producer and DJ from Chicago, Illinois.

He first began DJing in Philadelphia in 1984, scratching and mixing Hip-Hop and Break Beats. He got his first exposure to House Music at Lincoln University, PA during his Freshman Year and began to acquire and mix Garage Records and play them on the campus radio station, WWLU 88.7 FM. After leaving Lincoln University, he then attended Temple University and incorporated only House Music into his DJ sets. Under the name, DJ Mike Walker, he played at local college parties and produced a weekly radio show on Saturday Mornings at WPEB 88.1 FM in West Philadelphia. He became a staple in the Philadelphia College Community Music Scene which at the time was dominated by fellow Temple Student Tee Alford, Founder of Funky People, L.L.C.

After relocating to Chicago, and long-running DJ Residencies in Chicago, Walker decided to focus on making music instead of playing it. In 2004 he founded West Loop Gate Records in the same building at the time occupied by Chicago Legend Curtis Jones, also known as Green Velvet and Founder of Cajual and Relief Records. The first West Gate Records release was a House Music EP entitled East Coast Attitude in 2005. The label was created as digital exclusively, but the first series of tracks were released on vinyl. After this debut, Walker started producing Broken Beat and Nu Jazz Music under the Pseudonym Anthony The Moniker, which combined his love for Hip-Hop, Funk and House into his unique, multi-layered and complex signature sound.

References myspace.com/anthonythemoniker 5chicago.com