[1] Azeem, born of Jamaican and Panamanian descent started his first band, Telefunken, in 1991, which was a combination of live instrumentation and hip-hop.
Azeem's first break as a solo artist came at an open mic competition where he performed under the alias the "Invisible Man" against fifty other poets and lyricists for a spot on the Lollapolooza Tour.
1999 saw the release of his first solo EP Garage Opera (Heratik),[2] and he contributed a track to Afro-Mystik's Future Tropic album.
In early 2004 Azeem was the frontman on the VU release Mayhemystics (Wide Hive),[3] which was nominated for a California Music Award.
[4] Azeem plays the character of Johnny Burke, a struggling and slightly disturbed "Jamerican" (Jamaican-American) who works as a janitor.