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Michael Januario (born in 1984) is a hip-hop artist from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, better known by his stage name M-Dot. Before becoming a rap musician, Januario was a widely sought after high school basketball player. Later playing in college at BHCC & MCLA respectively.

Career
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, M-Dot...regularly tours to Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Having toured Europe with Lawrence heavyweight Krumb Snatcha. An underground audience from frequent collaborations with a varied assortment of legendary & buzz-worthy rap groups, & consistently touring Europe, have built M-Dot's following.

In 2008 was named to Stuff Magazines Hot 100  M-Dot performed at the 2010 Winter XGames in Tignes, France. M-Dot won both major hip-hop music awards in 2010: The Boston Phoenix Best Hip Hop Act, and Boston Music Awards Hip Hop Artist of the Year. He then went on to win Hip Hop Dependancy "Artist of the Year 2011"

M-Dot reached number 2 on RapAttackLives.com college radio charts and finished fifth in vinyl sales in 2010 at undergroundhiphop.com.

In 2008 M-Dot was given the honor of "2 Dope 2 Sleep On" by 2dopeboyz.com. He went on to receive excellent reviews for his mixtapes Money Doesn't Own Thought (2009) from DigBoston.com and Making Doubters Over Think (2010) from the Boston Globe. His third installment in his acronym series, More Doubters Over Thinking was also well received.

M-Dot garnered more accolades for his collaborative effort, Run MPC, with DJ Jean Maron.

M-Dot can also be seen acting in the comical sitcom "What it is", which stars & is also produced by Makzilla & Krizz Kaliko (of Tech N9ne's Strange Music).

Albums

 * Run MPC (2010)

Mixtapes

 * Money Doesn't Own Thought (2009)
 * Making Doubters Over Think (2010)
 * More Doubters Over Thinking (2011)

Appearances

 * Snowgoons - “Hate on me” from Trojan Horse, Album (2009) Baby Grande Records
 * Commonwealth Records presents - “No Money Down” from A Boston State of Mind (Compilation), Album (2010) Commonwealth Records
 * Snowgoons - “The Real & The Raw” from Kraftwerk, Album (2010) ihiphop Distribution/Goons MuSick
 * King Syze - “History in the making” from Collective Bargaining, Album (2011) Enemy Soil
 * DJ Whiteowl - “Nothing To Fool With” from Drop that pt. 189 Holiday Hustlin' Edition 2, Mixtape (2011)