MASTER SPLNTA (MSSSPLNT), is a recording artist and hip-hop activist based out of Columbia, South Carolina. As a cornerstone of South Carolina hip-hop, MASTER SPLNTA began his career in the late ‘90s as a member of the Columbia-based rap group, Streetside. By 2012, he was an established solo act, releasing his acclaimed Da Cold War album trilogy under moniker FatRat Da Czar. With a total of eleven studio albums, SPLNTA  is widely recognized as South Carolina’s godfather of hip-hop and has opened for national acts to include Notorious B.I.G., Snoop Dogg, and Lauryn Hill.