Nu Jerzey Devil

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Name = Nu Jerzey Devil


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Origin = Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
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Genre = Hip hop
Occupation = DJ, Rapper, Producer
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Label = Black Wall Street, Livelihood Ent.
Associated_acts = The Game, Lil Wayne
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/nujerzeydevil Myspace]
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Anthony Torres, better known by his stage name Nu Jerzey Devil is a music producer born in the South Bronx region of New York City on January 10th. He is The Black Wall Street's head producer and his family lived on a street called Cedar Avenue, later in his life he would move to Compton, California on Cedar Block where his arrangement with Black Wall Street began. [ [http://www.rapweekly.com/news.asp?id=1586 Black Wall Street’s Head Producer, Nu Jerzey Devil, Sets to Take Over 2008] Accessed August 4, 2008]

Early life

At the early age of four his mother and six siblings moved to their new hometown of New Jersey. The youngest of the children, Torres emulated his older brothers every move and soon caught on to their influences in hip hop.

At the age of seven Nu Jerzey Devil began rapping and by 18 he traded a friend a .45 caliber gun for DJ equipment. Jerzey soon bought himself a Dr. Rhythum beat machine and a Yamaha DJX keyboard and started his own production.

Career

Within two years Jerzey was contacted by Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins of Darkchild Productions. Rodney was quickly impressed and took Jerzey with him to Miami for a few meetings. Upon arriving back he immediately joined the Darkchild team and scored and laced the soundtrack for the 2003 Jessica Alba film Honey (Universal Pictures). From there the pair moved to Los Angeles and worked on My Baby’s Daddy (Miramax Films) starring Anthony Anderson, Eddie Griffith and Method Man.

After linking up with Phat Rat, another member of the Darkchild team, Nu Jerzey Devil was introduced to the Dr. Dre protégé, The Game. After hitting the studio they recorded “The Black Wall Street Anthem” – most notable on The Black Wall Street’s intro on their official webpage. The chemistry bubbled as the two continued recording – while in the meantime The Game was in the works with creating The Black Wall Street label. With no hesitation, Nu Jerzey Devil was the first to sign to the newly founded label.

Nu Jerzey Devil continues to produce and record with The Game along with the rest of Black Wall Street. In the meantime he continues to hit the mixtape circuit and plans to drop a solo album summer of 2008.

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