“…a style that brings to mind the likes of RZA and MF DOOM.” – The Japan Times

Born in Brooklyn and raised in Long Island, MeccaGodZilla (formerly known as RAVAGE or ADUM⁷) is a music producer, MC, visual artist, activist, United States Cultural Ambassador of Hip-Hop to Uzbekistan, Niger, and Nepal, in addition to being the founder of indie record label MANAFEST VISION.

Working alongside Omowale Adewale, m1 of dead prez and Immortal Technique, MeccaGodZilla got his start in NYC’s underground Hip-Hop scene as a founding member of the nonprofit Hip-Hop union G.A.ME (the Grassroots Artists MovEment) which made free healthcare, free dental, free legal advice and show bookings available to independent Hip-Hop artists from New York and Philadelphia.  Forging countless relationships with both underground and top 100 artists yielded MeccaGodZilla’s first music production placement on Rodan’s “Theophany: The Book of Elevations” album (featured on allhiphop.com).

Described by The Japan Times to have “…a style that brings to mind the likes of RZA and MF DOOM,”  MeccaGodZilla featured in Black Enterprise magazine after being the first rapper in NY to successfully complete a Kickstarter campaign to create the Street Fighter “Hip-Hopera” album “PERFECT 天” under the moniker RYU BLACK. Musically he has worked with NIKE, Capcom, Spike, Universal Japan, Warner Japan, Armani Exchange Japan, and Eric Bobo of Cypress Hill while moonlighting to model and secure sponsorship opportunities in Tokyo, Japan. Formerly known as MeccaGodZilla (of the Monsta Island Czars), MeccaGodZilla went on to receive 1 Million plus downloads on the Mininova torrents for “American Monsta: the Jay-Z American Gangster Remix album.” In 2012, the success of his efforts as an indie artist, as well as his collaborations with artists in Asia, Canada, Europe and more led to a collaboration on Capcom’s 25th anniversary box set for the legendary video game Street Fighter II.

In 2018, is a United States Cultural Ambassador for Hip-Hop via Next Level USA which is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Meridian International Center whose mission is to use Hip-Hop music, dance, and art to foster cross-cultural creative exchange in diverse communities, promote understanding and conflict transformation in these audiences, and support the professional development of artists in those communities. MeccaGodZilla participated in the Next Level USA Uzbekistan residency and is scheduled to participate in the Next Level USA Nepal residency.

Currently MeccaGodZilla releases music through his indie label MANAFEST VISION, runs the music production house Kreative Kaiju, owns a streetwear brand called arigatz, and is an organizer for the vegan activist movement/network Black VegFest.

MeccaGodZilla aliases: RYU BLACK, RAVAGE, ADUM⁷ (A Dream Universally Manifested)⁷