Rap had an immediate influence on this individual who discovered it in the early eighties. "Having a brother that was a lot older than me (me being 7,8,9,years old) gave me a chance to hear music that I wouldn’t normally get a chance to hear."
“I wasn't old enough to hear them in the clubs at the time, but my bro used to bang those in the crib and that definately started the influence".

"Temus" (per-nounced tee-muss) whose real name is James Mitchell had many different musical influences while growing up, but began writing lyrics around 1987-88). (In the early 90's Temus met DJ Shaman at 100 miles downtown who used to DJ house parties and clubs in East Scarborough and downtown areas . At any jam he was spinning at you would catch Temus on the mic. "I used to see cats like Big Sauks, Spade from Citizen Cane, Grimm Luv,Motion and Mathematiks all at these parties from time to time, even touching the same mic and it was all love.”

In 1993 Temus recorded his first track in Shaman's basement with 3 other friends and through 1995, Temus managed to record a few more songs with friends from the area just to have fun with and practice.

However, when 1996 came around, while attending Seneca college Newnham campus Temus met Christopher "Alleyne" Rudder. "We met through a mutual friend and we clicked after realizing that we seen each other before." Alleyne & Temus were cool but they didn't end up linking up untill they ran into each other a couple more times at school and started talkin'. "Once we knew we were on the same page we linked up. Little did I know that this would change my life once again".

As Alleyne & Temus started working, Temus met Alleyne’s friends Kevlaar and Snagg as well as other members of what would later become the BlackSunz. The group’s first and only album was called “Eklyptic Cypha” (1997) and was produced by Kevlaar and Alleyne. It went on to sell a few hundred copies locally. Despite the slow but progressive success, most of the BlackSunz members were still taken the bus instead of pushing a Benzie or a Beamer so they moved on.
Kevlaar, Snagg (then Sherrkaan), Shifty Karma (the Esteem), 7 (then Krayzee), Alleyne and Temus went on to form S.I.N. (Strength In Numbers) which they would be guest on each others projects.

Together with Temus, Alleyne & Temus would later go on to record four albums; “Alleyne & Temus” (1997), “Dying To Survive” (1999), “Off The Record” (2000) and “Da B-Sidez” (2004) During that time Temus recorded "Blocking out the Enemy" with producer friend Phylline as well as "Megacity 2000","Excellence" and "Nine in you" with Snagg and Kevlaar. These were all underground bangers. "Exellence" & "9 in you" appeared on mixed tapes.

In 2003 Alleyne’s career came to a sudden halt due to the diagnose and untimely death of his beloved step daughter who passed away from brain cancer in 2005. While Alleyne was dealing with that Temus worked with Shifty Karma on Shifty's solo the "Standing Ovation EP". In 2004 Temus went on to record his first ever solo, self titled EP co-produced by Kibwe Luke.
In 2006 he re-united with Alleyne for Alleyne’s solo project Everything’s Eventual (2006) and in 2007 Alleyne & Temus dropped “Collide”

The newest CD by aLLeYNe & tEMuS is the long awaited 2009 release of “Push”
“...push for something better, push for brighter days and sunny weather, yo we in this together."
This CD is probably one of the greatest works ever recorded by aLLeYNe & tEMuS. Mature, confident, aggressive and calm, smooth and bouncy all over jazz and soul over-tones proven to be the real bases of who they are. it features a new level of production by aLLeYNe with guests such as Toronto's Trane Studio performance greats (flautist) Jef Kearns & SoJay. It reunites guests from previous albums such as Kaysun, Snagg (Sherrkaan), Shifty Karma (Esteem), 7 (Krayzee, 7th Seale), 8.0.1.7.3.5. and Spoken Word talent Andrew Rudder. One of the most exciting upgrades is introduction of a new free-lance DJ, D.J. R-Double.