Culture Shock was born with music running through his vains, August 23rd 1987. Although his parents never married and their relationship ended only months after birth, they both shared the love of music and concert going. Each show Culture Shock tagged along to fed his passion for music in all genres, but he especially related to reggae and hiphop. Through elementary school Culture Shock moved several times giving him taste of different cultures and musical experiences. As a child, being the white minority in the schools of D.C. and Florida gave him perspective and had a huge influence on who he is and how he views life. His interest in the music industry started as a teen, when he got his first set of turntables. He would save his pennys to buy records and play around, but with the distraction of school, sports, and girls, time didn't allow for any serious effort. During his late teens he traveled to South Africa and Jamaica, at which point, dancehall and electronic music became very influencial. At 20, he started to dj with Zion Souljahs, primarily mixing dancehall. Although he was limited to the genres chosen by the clubs, he continued experimenting with wider spectrum independantly. He got married at 23 and shortly after welcomed his first son. Beginning this new journey, money became more important than his local, underpaid gig djing. Working a very hard year of concrete, progressing with music and having a child not only exhausted him, but also gave him a reason to push harder. At 24 and still independantly, Culture Shock started producing electronic remixes, as well as, hiphop and dancehall beats. After hearing low quality underground tracks he decided to start working with his brother-in-law producing hiphop music. Using social media as his prime outlet source, he started networking with many other artists and creating a name for himself. Just over a week before his younger son turned one, on February 12, 2014, he released his first full production track, "I Won't ft. St. Paul, Antoine Alston & majik". The song was such a hit that in April, Culture Shock and St.Paul met Antoine Alston in New York City to shoot the video in Times Square. Immidiately after the video was released they had lots of positive feedback and considered it a success. Since then he's had several new releases such as, St.Paul - Let It Go, Willy Whatever - Brighter Day, Wiz Khalifa - We Dem Boys (Culture Shock Sounds remix), along with many others. He produced a free beat giveaway callab, Bonkerz City. It was a beat given out with a hook, and 9 different artists who submitted individual parts. Now, along with some local projects, he's working on a few songs with out-of-state artists. The first one is featuring Aitch who lives in Dallas, TX. Another featuring Feezy YF from Pittsburg, CA and Nina Tha Queen out of Denver, CO. And last but not least, he has a few projects with Onirose from Barbados in the works. The last few years have progressed and gone by very quickly. Culture Shock is very excited and inspired to continue his growth, but proud of the past and how far he's come.
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