Born Montaigne Massac in Brownsville Brooklyn and raised in Far Rockaway, Queens by Haitian American mother, Montaigne learned to balance the values taught by his mother with street smarts impressed on him by his African American father. At a young age, his survival skills, moral compass, gift for communication, and love for organizing earned him the name “Logic” amongst his peers.

In his search for a better life, Montaigne “Logic” Massac enrolled in college at the age of 17 for Business Administration and later Business Management. With his strong social skills and his ability to organize, Logic and his newly found peers created a student organization. This collective provided students with opportunities to network with business professionals and social activists to grow a network of their own. This made it possible for him to work with and gain mentors in NYC’s “Hip Hop Underground” and small business owners. His work at the time included event planning, hosting, and promotions & marketing, for Lyrics To Go Ent, Hip Hop Political, Center for Constitutional Rights, The Legendary Lyricist Lounge and more.  During that time he produced outreach materials for his student organization leading him to learn video and audio technologies.

He would then merge his love for Hip Hop, media, and community organizing in the field of Youth Development.  He taught classes on music business in South Bronx high schools and life skills in the juvenile jail system.  He became known to the youth and social work professionals as “Mr. M” while maintaining his connections to the entertainment world. When his associate M.C. Mighty Casey, a comedic rapper featured on B.E.T. uncut, asked him to help shoot a movie, he was ready to go. He became the Executive Producer / Writer / Director and one of four main characters of Chicken & Beef Presents: Monkey Gang The Mockumentary, a satire about the state of Hip Hop. Over the past six years, Mr. M has also developed an expertise in live streaming, as he produces talk series in a virtual “shoot to edit” style, as well as virtual conferences.

Now as a film maker, Mr. M has produced several films, from documentary to romantic comedy, frequenting the film festival circuit. With his love for film and organizing, he applied his skill sets as a volunteer with the film festivals he screened at, as a way of giving back to the film community that embraced him. He now sits on the Board of Directors for the Queens World Film Festival, which he’s a three time alumni of.