MichaelAngelo Forbes

Follow us on Instagram ( mafofficial91) Michael Stark, better known as MichaelAngelo Forbes (MAF), is a genre-bending artist and fearless creator known for uniting diverse audiences through boundary-breaking music and raw emotion. Nicknamed “The Renaissance Man,” MAF blends heritage, soul, grit, and limitless creativity into every performance. His meteoric rise includes becoming a 1st Place quarter-finalist on America’s Next Top Hitmaker and nearly landing a feature in Rolling Stone magazine, being featured as a main act on stage at the MVP Arena in his home city. Along the way, MichaelAngelo has shared stages and shaken hands with artists such as Immortal Technique, Futuristic, Huey Mack, Cam Meekins, Machine Gun Kelly, and Sammy Adams—opening for some and leaving lasting impressions wherever he performs. He has entered a new era—With Austin TX as the backdrop and a full band behind him, MichaelAngelo Forbes is just getting started—this chapter is only the beginning.