Christopher Michael Gaines aka ILL Ruckus is a HipHop artist from Lexington Park, Maryland. Born as Christopher Michael Gaines in Baton Rouge, LA, he moved to Maryland with his family. Always being musically inclined, as a kid growing up, SIDD would memorize rap songs and recite them as they were playing. Eventually he started writing his own rhymes and began creating his own style that he calls ILL Ruckus, which includes sick rhymes and hyper active delivery.