Mike Shinoda is a Japanese American musician, record producer and visual artist from Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his vocal and musical endeavors with his band Linkin Park and solo project Fort Minor. Linkin Park is currently touring in support of double-platinum-selling album MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT and new top-ten hit single "Leave Out All The Rest.” Shinoda’s band has won two Grammy Awards, sold more than 50 million albums (their Diamond-Certified debut Hybrid Theory has sold more than 18 million copies alone), and built a die-hard worldwide fanbase through relentless touring and powerful online presence. According to the IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry), Linkin Park was 2007’s best-selling rock band, with MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT moving 4.8 million units worldwide. The band’s charity organization, Music For Relief, has provided relief efforts in the wake of natural disasters worldwide, and climate crisis education efforts. The organization is currently focusing on post-earthquake reconstruction in the Sichuan area in China.

Shinoda was the youngest of his graduating class from Art Center College of Design in 1998, with a B.A. in Illustration. He has a hand in most artistic facets of Linkin Park's print and online imagery. In 2004, Shinoda started a college scholarship at his alma mater, and proceeds from majority of his individual artistic endeavors go to this scholarship. Shinoda’s artwork has been on display in various gallery exhibitions, most notably “Diamonds, Spades, Hearts, Clubs” at Gallery 1988 (featuring collaborative artwork with Gary Baseman, graffiti artist SEEN, DALEK, Greg “Craola” Simkins, and Linkin Park’s Mr. Hahn), and “Glorious Excess (Born)” at the Japanese American National Museum. The second installment of the “Glorious Excess” exhibit will be on display in January 2009.

Mike can be found online at www.mikeshinoda.com and www.linkinpark.com.