Royce the 5'9, real name Ryan Montgomery, was born in Detroit Michigan on July 7, 1977. The 5'9 comes from Royce's height, five feet, nine inches. Royce began rapping at the age of 18, during his last year of high school, and has been dropping lyrics ever since.

Royce met up with Eminem at an Usher concert before Eminem was with Interscope and Aftermath records. Eminem was there selling copies of the Slim Shady EP. Royce and Em just sort of clicked and started working on projects. In late 1998 they released the 9 track promo, Bad Meets Evil. The promo contained 3 songs, 'Nuttin To Do' and 'Scary Movies' which were done by both Royce & Eminem and "I'm The King", a solo Royce track. 

After Eminem had signed to Aftermath, he released 'The Slim Shady LP'. Royce has an appearance on track no. 19  'Bad Meets Evil'. The album went triple platinum and gave Royce some exposure.

Although Eminem and Royce are a dope combination, Royce's main group was 'Wall Street'. Wall Street was made up of six members: Royce 5'9", Jah 5'9", B.O., Fuge The Wiseguy, X-Government Agent, and the Hobit (Producer). They were managed by Kino Childrey. At a point Royce moved away from the group and the other 5 members haven't really be heard from and haven't made an impact in the music business since.

After being part of 313 Entertainment Group, and then Tommy Boy Entertainment, Royce finally settled with Game Recordings in early 2000. Royce has an album in the pipeline and no doubt Eminem will be on it somewhere. There is a 'Scary Movies 2' track Featuring Em planned, which should be really hot. Also expect Bad Meets Evil to release an album sometime in mid-2001.