Born and raised in New Bedford, Mass, J-Statik has been producing music more than 10 years now. In 1996 his music career started off by attending Massachusetts Communications College (now known as The New England Institute of Art in Brookline, Mass) to study and receive his Certificate in Recording Engineering. It was here that he met P.O.R.D. and started a small independant record label, Rabbid Rottie Entertainment. They have recorded several different artists including Siniz-ta of the W.O.L.V.E.S., Rae Boogie of the Ruff Ryders and Bella-T. The duo first started recording at Waltz Audio with their teacher and mentor, the legendary Boston Engineer Pete "Boardz" Peloquin, then moved on to record at their own studios. In August of 2007, after much studying and mastering of his craft, J-Statik has moved on to set-up his own studio, Sidewayz Soundz Studio. It is here where he can record, mix and master all his projects in-house. J-Statik's studio is based around Mac computers and runs Pro-tools, a MPC 2000xl, and his DJ tables with a vast array of vinyl to dig through. His music is all original, he never downloads music off of the internet and resells them as his, as some so-called "Producers" do. J-Statik's philosophy is there is there is more to being a producer and then just crafting beats. Beatmakers create the music you listen to while a Producer will mold the sound to the artist to create the final version of a song.

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