Secret Agent 23 Skidoo

Secret Agent 23 Skidoo (or SAS23) is a Kid-Hop musician from Asheville, NC, United States. Known as "The King of Kid-Hop", Secret Agent 23 Skidoo has been performing on the Children's Music scene since 2008. SAS23 introduces kids to hip hop music and tours with his daughter, MC Fireworks and his wife, Bootysattva. The caravan also includes his DJ, Mr. Strange, and his right hand man, Santos.

After a decade touring nationally as a rapper and producer in Granola Funk Express,^[1] and sharing the stage with the likes of Run DMC, Mos Def and P Funk, he released his first Kid-Hop album in 2008. He has been on the kindie rock scene ever since and has celebrated reviews and features on NPR’s All Things Considered^[2] and in Time Magazine, Parenting Magazine, Cookie, USA Today and on kid-blogs including Zooglobble.^[3] His songs speak of dragons, bluegrasshoppers and talking clouds and convey positive messages and simple life lessons through hip-hop.

Secret Agent 23 Skidoo serves as the official spokesman for the New York State Library System Children’s Summer Reading Program and is the 2010 and PSA spokesman for the US Library System's Collabrorative Summer Library Program. He can be heard and seen in radio and TV commercials nationwide promoting summer reading programs at libraries. He has performed for kids in libraries and schools across the country.

Albums

He released two albums with Happiness Records, 'Easy' (2008), and 'Underground Playground' (2010).^[4] Secret Agent 23 Skidoo has had three #1 radio hits on XM/Sirius Kids Place Live! and has played prestigious venues including Kidzapalooza, Austin Kiddie Limits, The Winnipeg Folk Festival, The Philadelphia Zoo, NYC’s Irving Plaza and the Smithsonian Museum.

Easy, his debut album, encourages kids to be themselves, overcome fears, appreciate family, value healthy living and above all else, “Have Fun”. On Underground Playground, he encourages kids to respect uniqueness and live life to the fullest. The album includes songs such as “Ride the Butterflies”, “Chase the Rain”, “The Whalelephant”. “Speak the Truth” features Gift of Gab. The national board of judges for Fids and Kamily poll named Underground Playground as #5 for Best Kids and Family Music of 2010.^[5]

Discography

• 2008 Easy
• 2010 Underground Playground
• 2012 Make Believers

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