Before They Were Famous

He was actually a bit of a trouble maker getting himself locked up in his early twenties and raised alarms for his abilities to hack complicated software when he was only in his early teens. Ya, the man was a smart cookie scoring 1590 out of 1600 on his SAT’s yet still decided to drop out of Harvard.

He was actually a bit of a trouble maker getting himself locked up in his early twenties and raised alarms for his abilities to hack complicated software when he was only in his early teens. Ya, the man was a smart cookie scoring 1590 out of 1600 on his SAT’s yet still decided to drop out of Harvard.

Elvis grew up in the deep south, where his family would survive an F5 tornado in 1936. His father struggled to pay the bills—so much so that his financial problems would land him in jail. Elvis would then be raised by his mother, and be a shy, bullied loner throughout high school.

Elvis grew up in the deep south, where his family would survive an F5 tornado in 1936. His father struggled to pay the bills—so much so that his financial problems would land him in jail. Elvis would then be raised by his mother, and be a shy, bullied loner throughout high school.

Joel Zimmerman grew up in Niagara Falls and early on showed an interest in electronics and mechanical things. He spent his youth dismantling machines and putting them back together, and became obsessed with video games. But when his parents divorced in his teens he took to raving as a form of expression. A habit that didn’t go over well with his parents. Joel always seemed to be ahead of the curve, advocating for computers in music production long before anyone considered it. He was a wiz kid on the computer and would spend his time in chat rooms back when the Internet was in its infancy. When a dead mouse caused his computer to crash that story evolved into his online username. After high school he moved to Toronto and befriended a fellow programmer and the two made a joke track that jabbed at how formulaic house music was. What they hadn’t counted on was it becoming a huge hit.

Joel Zimmerman grew up in Niagara Falls and early on showed an interest in electronics and mechanical things. He spent his youth dismantling machines and putting them back together, and became obsessed with video games. But when his parents divorced in his teens he took to raving as a form of expression. A habit that didn’t go over well with his parents. Joel always seemed to be ahead of the curve, advocating for computers in music production long before anyone considered it. He was a wiz kid on the computer and would spend his time in chat rooms back when the Internet was in its infancy. When a dead mouse caused his computer to crash that story evolved into his online username. After high school he moved to Toronto and befriended a fellow programmer and the two made a joke track that jabbed at how formulaic house music was. What they hadn’t counted on was it becoming a huge hit.

Dr. Dre has had a lengthy and successful career since his initial launch to fame. There was his turbulent partnership with SugeKnight which resulted in Dre walking from Death Row Records and his 50 Million dollars in shares. There was his life long friendship with Snoop Doggand his beef with TuPac, the discovery of Eminem and the two of them asking the world who ‘Forgot About Dre’ ?

Dr. Dre has had a lengthy and successful career since his initial launch to fame. There was his turbulent partnership with SugeKnight which resulted in Dre walking from Death Row Records and his 50 Million dollars in shares. There was his life long friendship with Snoop Doggand his beef with TuPac, the discovery of Eminem and the two of them asking the world who ‘Forgot About Dre’ ?

Thomas ‘Wes’ Pentz grew up in south Florida and worked in a bait shop with his dad with the dream of one day becoming a paleontologist. But his proximity to the Miami music scene exposed hm to another passion and he enjoyed travelling the world in search of music rather than studying dinosaur bones. It took him some time to find his audience working a bunch of random gigs while he moonlit as a DJ building a loyal fan base. His eclectic taste was soon noticed by London rapper M.I.A. Whom he would enter into a long term relationship. Together and with the help of DJ Switch, the three rose to fame in 2005 with the track ‘Paper Planes’ which earned for them a grammy nomination and from there will the man has had his hand in some of the most popular hits of the last decade.

Thomas ‘Wes’ Pentz grew up in south Florida and worked in a bait shop with his dad with the dream of one day becoming a paleontologist. But his proximity to the Miami music scene exposed hm to another passion and he enjoyed travelling the world in search of music rather than studying dinosaur bones. It took him some time to find his audience working a bunch of random gigs while he moonlit as a DJ building a loyal fan base. His eclectic taste was soon noticed by London rapper M.I.A. Whom he would enter into a long term relationship. Together and with the help of DJ Switch, the three rose to fame in 2005 with the track ‘Paper Planes’ which earned for them a grammy nomination and from there will the man has had his hand in some of the most popular hits of the last decade.