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Mickey Avalon
Avalon's family upbringing was tumultuous; both he and his parents used drugs. [1] Avalon's paternal grandparents are Holocaust survivors who endured lasting injuries from their imprisonment at Auschwitz. By his early 20s, he had married, had a daughter, and moved to Portland, Oregon, where he turned to prostitution to fund his heroin habit.[2]
Upon moving to Los Angeles, he was befriended by ex-MTV VJ Simon Rex (aka Dirt Nasty) who encouraged Avalon to rap and collaborated with him. The two began passing out demos to Hollywood clubs and soon developed a following among fans of the Los Angeles nightclub scene. Mickey also attended college at Webster University in St. Louis, MO for a brief time before he signed with Interscope Records. Mickey has a unique rhyming style and raps mostly about his experiences on the streets, with drugs, and prostitution. He is a member of the Dyslexic Speedreaders, a rap group, whom also includes rappers Dirt Nasty, Andre Legacy, and Beardo. Dirt Nasty, Beardo, and Andre Legacy all appear in Avalon's recent music video, "Fuckin' 'Em All".
In recent years Avalon toured internationally, appeared on an episode of The Simple Life, and appeared in a Boost Mobile commercial with Young Jeezy and Jermaine Dupri. He is currently working with Travis Barker of +44 and Blink-182 on his new album.
Avalon's song "My Dick" (also featuring Dirt Nasty and Andre Legacy) was featured in the 2008 movie Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay. "My Dick" can be found on Avalon's self-titled (Mickey Avalon) album as a hidden song on track 69.
His song "Jane Fonda" was featured briefly in an episode of Entourage (Episode: Strange Days).
He collaborated with the Happy Mondays on their 2007 album Uncle Dysfunktional, providing vocals on the track "Deviants".
Avalon co-wrote Unwritten Law's radio hit, "Shoulda Known Better," and also provided vocals for a remix version which has been released on Unwritten Law's "best of" album, The Hit List.
Avalon is also a member of the legendary Los Angeles-based graffiti crew CBS (Can't Be Stopped / City Bomb Squad).
Dirt Nasty
Rex was born Simon Rex Cutright in San Francisco, California and is the only child of Paul and Zoe Cutright, a relationship coach and an environmental consultant. At the age of seventeen, Rex was sent to a juvenile facility.[2] In 1995, MTV kept Rex on the air for over a year after his solo adult video work, (Brad Posey's Young, Hard & Solo), became known, and as his notability and popularity increased. After being let go by MTV during an update to its VJ line-up, Simon began to pursue acting and in 1999 was cast in the television show Jack & Jill, which ran for two seasons. He appeared as "Eli" in the TV show Felicity and television guest appearances followed including Baywatch, Everwood, and Summerland. In 2002, the pilot for the show What I Like About You was picked up by The WB which now has become The CW. Rex only starred in the first season. He later appeared on the Lifetime show, Monarch Cove which ran for 11 episodes in 2006.
Rex has appeared in The Forsaken, Scary Movie 3, Scary Movie 4 and The Karate Dog. He also starred in National Lampoon's Pledge This! with Paris Hilton. In the movie, the two share a sex scene. He also briefly dated Jaime Pressly.
Rex's rapping career is popular on MySpace and YouTube as "Dirt Nasty." He appeared on Paris Hilton's My New BFF in his "Dirt Nasty" persona. He tours with his group Dyslexic Speedreaders along with Mickey Avalon, Andre Legacy and Beardo. Rex is also the co-owner of the semi-private New York nightclub The Plumm, along with Chris Noth, Samantha Ronson and Noel Ashman.
Rex appeared as Dirt Nasty on Ditch's "Never Gonna Stop"
