Styles of Beyond is an
underground hip hop group from the San Fernando Valley of
Los Angeles,
California. The group consists of MCs Ryan Patrick Maginn (Ryu) and Takbir Bashir (Tak), Colton Raisin Fisher (DJ Cheapshot), and producer Jason Rabinowitz (Vin Skully). They have released two LPs, one mixtape and were heavily featured on
Mike Shinoda's
Fort Minor project in 2005. At one point they were also signed to Shinoda's
Machine Shop Recordings label, although they left the label in late 2008. They are also heavily associated with the underground rap group
Demigodz which features similar underground artists such as
Apathy,
Celph Titled, and
7L & Esoteric.