In 1980, Cheese would become inspired by Grandmaster Flash and begin to develop an interest for hip hop and purchasing and collecting official DJ equipment.
Cheese was later invited by Tony Prince to appear in the inaugural DMC DJ World Championship.
[7] From 1985-1986, under the label Profile Records, Cheese released two vinyl 12" singles with the group Word Of Mouth entitled 'Coast to Coast'[8][9] and 'King Kut'.
"[11] In 1986, Cheese headlined both performances (afternoon/evening) at the London’s "UK Fresh ’86" show at the Wembley Arena.
[15] Since then, he has spent periods of involvement in music, performing with Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, and 50 Cent.