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Scott Storch Birth name Scott Spencer Storch Born December 16, 1973 (Age 37) Long Island, New York, U.S. Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Genres Hip hop, R&B, Pop Occupations Record producer, songwriter, Instruments Keyboards, Piano Years active 1993–present Labels Storch Music Company, Tuff Jew Productions Associated acts The Roots, Dr. Dre, Christina Aguilera, Fat Joe, Game, 50 Cent, Paris Hilton, Nox, Nu Jerzey Devil Website Scott Storch on Myspace Scott Storch is an American record producer. He produces a variety of music, particularly hip hop, reggaeton, and R&B. His label, Storch Music Company (formerly Storchaveli Recordings) responsible for signing Brooke Hogan and Nox. He also has his own music production company called Tuff Jew Productions LLC which is published by Reservoir Media Management.
Early life
Scott Spencer Storch was born in Long Island, New York on December 16, 1973.[1][2] His mother, Joyce Yolanda Storch, was a singer signed to Philadelphia's Cameo-Parkway Records under the stage name Joyce Carol, and is of Lithuanian Jewish heritage.[1] His father, Phil Storch, was a court reporter.[3] His uncle, Jeremy Storch, was a founder of soul-rock band The Vagrants and wrote songs recorded by Dave Mason and Eddie Money[1] Storch's parents divorced in 1983.[1] Storch attended elementary school in Sunrise and middle school in Davie, Florida. In the middle of his freshman year, he left South Florida to join his father in the Philadelphia area, and attended high school in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.[1] After dropping out of high school in the ninth grade, Storch was expelled from home at the age of 16.[3] He made his first big step in his professional music career in 1991 when he became one of the first members of the hip hop group The Roots as a keyboard player. Storch's first big commercial hit was when he collaborated with Dr. Dre and helped produce the riffs for the song Still D.R.E.. Storch's most successful commercial hit was Lean Back, a 2004 single by Fat Joe.
Scott Storch discography
Main article: Scott Storch discographyReferences
- ^ a b c d e Garcia-Roberts, Gus (Apr. 10, 2010). "Scott Storch raked in hip-hop millions and then snorted his way to ruin". Miami New Times. http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2010-04-22/music/scott-storch-raked-in-hip-hop-millions-and-then-snorted-his-way-to-ruin/. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
- ^ Chuck "Jigsaw" Creekmur (July 25, 2011). "Scott Storch: Phoenix Rising". http://allhiphop.com/stories/features/archive/2009/12/30/22079418.aspx.
- ^ a b Touré (June 29, 2006). "Scott Storch's Outrageous Fortune". Archived from the original on April 19, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080419055040/www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10699242/scott_storchs_outrageous_fortune/print.
The Roots Black Thought · Captain Kirk Douglas · Damon "Tuba" Bryson · F. Knuckles · Kamal Gray · Mark Kelley · James Poyser · Questlove
Owen Biddle · Hub · Ben Kenney · Malik B. · Rahzel · Martin Luther · Dice Raw · Scratch · Scott StorchStudio albums Organix (1993) · Do You Want More?!!!??! (1995) · Illadelph Halflife (1996) · Things Fall Apart (1999) · Phrenology (2002) · The Tipping Point (2004) · Game Theory (2006) · Rising Down (2008) · How I Got Over (2010) · Wake Up! (2010)Live albums The Roots Come Alive (1999) · Jay-Z: Unplugged (2001)Extended plays From the Ground Up (1994) · The Legendary (1999)Songs "The Next Movement" (1999) · "You Got Me" (1999) · "The Seed (2.0)" (2002) "Wake Up Everybody" (2010) "Doin' It Again" (2011)Related articles Discography · Late Night with Jimmy FallonCategories:- 1973 births
- Living people
- American hip hop record producers
- American keyboardists
- American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent
- American rhythm and blues musicians
- Interscope Records artists
- Jewish American musicians
- Musicians from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- People from Broward County, Florida
- People from Long Island
- The Roots members
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