Birth name Michael Buchanan Years active 1994–present Genre Midwest hip-hop | Occupation(s) Producer
DJ Record label Tres Records | |
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Also known as HouseShoes
Smokey The Cat Origin Los Angeles, California, US Genres Midwest hip hop
underground hip hop Albums The Gift: Volume Seven, Let It Go Similar Guilty Simpson, Black Milk, Quelle Chris, Nottz, Elzhi Profiles | ||
Michael Buchanan, better known as House Shoes, is an American Detroit-born hip hop producer and DJ, who currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. He served as a producer on albums by Phat Kat, Proof, Elzhi, Pumpkinhead, Marv Won, J Dilla, Danny Brown, and Quelle Chris among others. He's a two-time Detroit Music Awards winner for Outstanding Hip-Hop DJ (in 2005 and 2006).
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Career
Buchanan grew up in Lathrup Village. He went to Southfield-Lathrup High School and Eastern Michigan University.
He was a resident deejay at the hip hop staple St. Andrews Hall from 1994–2004. He worked at a number of record stores, including Melodies & Memories, Street Corner Music and later also worked as a manager for Fat Beats.
As a DJ, Buchanan has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe with artists Guilty Simpson, Illa J, Exile, Aloe Blacc, Percee P, Phat Kat, Slum Village and Elzhi, to name a few, as well as on his own. But he has garnered the respect of acts far outside the scope of Detroit hip-hop. Most recently, Buchanan performed as tour DJ on Mayer Hawthorne & The County's Spring 2010 16-city headlining tour.
House Shoes founded Street Corner Music in 2013.
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Extended plays
Instrumental albums
Mixtapes
Hosted & unsorted
Songs
The Makings2010
Dirt / JeedoLet It Go · 2012
Goodfellas to Bad Boys / DankLet It Go · 2012