Who is Michael Stipe?

Multi-talented Michael Stipe is an American singer, songwriter, musician, film producer, music video director, visual artist, and philanthropist.

He is active in the musical field since 1980.

He rose to fame as the lead singer and lyricist of the alternative rock band ‘R.E.M’.

Michael Stipe: Age, Parents, Siblings, Nationality, Ethnicity

American singer Michael Stipe was born in  Decatur, Georgia.

He was born on 4 January 1960 and named John Michael Stipe.

He was born as the second child of four children.

Heis younger sister Lynda Stipe is also a singer of her own band ‘Hetch Hetchy’.

Michael Stipe is of North American ethnicity and has an American nationality.

His father worked as a serviceman in the United States Army which is why they often relocate from one place to another.

Since childhood, he has built up a strong interest in music.

Stipe graduated from high school in Collinsville, Illinois, and attended the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia.

At the University, he studied studying photography and painting as an art major.