Michael D. Ellison

Michael D. Ellison (aka MIKE-E, Mike Ellis, Michael Ellison) is an African American recording artist. He is well known for his slam poetry performances and his involvement with the Detroit Concert of Colors annual event.

Biography Ellison was born in Ethiopia to expatriate African American parents who lived and worked in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa.

Performance work Ellison is noted for his slam poetry and hip-hop performances, which he performs under the name MIKE-E as well as with his group called AfroFlow. He has performed in several venues such as HBO's Def Poetry, for the National Football League, for Toyota, and for the NAACP.

Ellison had a narration role and also appeared in the film Standing in the Shadows of Motown. One of Ellison's performances called Stepping into Destiny demonstrated various transitions in American music from field holler work songs to blues and featured performances from Kenny Watson, saxophonist DeShawn Jones, and drummer Eric Gaston. In 2007, the ACS partnered with MIKE-E, sponsoring the Afroflow Tour. MIKE-E also wrote, produced and appeared in a series of public service announcements for the ACS, one of which (Victorious) features his aunt, a cancer and heart transplant survivor.