Fort Minor emerged in 2004 as the acclaimed hip-hop side project of Mike Shinoda, the multi-instrumentalist, producer, and rapper best known as a core member of the global rock phenomenon Linkin Park.

It happens on track 13 of The Rising Tied, “Kenji.” It’s the definitive moment on that project, the 2005 release by Fort Minor, that Mike Shinoda takes center stage and appears with no one to back him ...

Back in 2005, the debut album from Mike Shinoda's hip-hop side project Fort Minor was released. The Rising Tied spawned the Top 5 pop single "Where'd You Go." Nearly a decade later, Shinoda returns ...

Fort Minor, the hip-hop side project of Linkin Park vocalist Mike Shinoda, reappeared last June after a nine-year hiatus with surprise single “Welcome.” Shinoda’s creative rebirth has yielded a second ...

Various signs are pointing towards a comeback from Mike Shinoda's hip-hop-based side project, Fort Minor. Earlier today, the group's blacked-out Facebook page sparked to life with a picture that reads ...

The sign of a real musician is when they ve reached great success but they keep stretching musically --- not content to rest on their laurels. Mike Shinoda is one of those people. His band, Linkin ...

Linkin Park side-project Fort Minor have announced their first London show in a decade. The solo project of Mike Shinoda, Fort Minor will play London’s Scala on September 8. It will be his first show ...

Fort Minor is the hip hop side-project of Mike Shinoda, the vocalist, guitarist and songwriter of the alternative rock band Linkin Park. Though it was technically Shinoda's solo project, the members ...

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