Biography

Statik Selektah was introduced to music at a young age, experimenting with his parents eight-track machine, cassette recorders, and turntable.[1] By middle school, he was already DJing school functions, but he was inspired to be a true wheels-of-steel artiste after hearing DJ Premier & Funkmaster Flex scratch and mix records on Hot 97fm in New York City.[2] Statik began doing radio at Phillips Exeter Academy’s WPEA, where he also occasionally DJ’ ed some of the Afro-Latino Society Parties.[3] Naming himself DJ Statik, (the "Selektah" came later after hearing a local reggae artist say it unconsciously [3]) he began to start to DJ at clubs and private parties up and down the New England Coast. In 2000, Selektah moved back to Massachusetts from New Hampshire to pursue an audio production degree at Boston's New England Institute of the Arts. Around this time, Statik started to put out his own mixtapes titled "Spell My Name Right" series. In 2003, Statik created ShowOff Marketing which has had clients such as Reebok, G-Unit Records, Virgin Records, Capital, Universal Records, Diddy’s Vote or Die campaign and many others.[3] In 2006, Statik Selektah made Showoff into an record label and put out Termanology's Out the Gate as the labels first release. In 2007, Statik released his first LP, titled Spell My Name Right and came out with a second Stick 2 the Script in 2009. In 2010, Statik Selektah dropped another album 100 Proof: The Hangover which reached 37 on Billboards Heatseeker Albums Chart.[4] Besides dropping his own albums, he also has produced on many other artist's projects. Statik currently has a show on Thursday nights on Eminem's Shade 45 XM/Sirus Radio Station.[5]

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Production credits

* Catch Wrek "Lyrical Mission", "Lyrical Mission Remix" (1998)
* Reks "Work" off Along Came The Chose (2001)
* KRS-ONE "The Cutclusion" off Keep Right (2003)
* O.C. "Intro" and "Outro" off Starchild (2003)
* Reks ft. Lucky Dice, L Tha Headtoucha "Major Threats", "Born Beggar" (2003)
* Nas "Wiseguys"(Remix) ft. Scram Jones & Capone (2004)
* Royce Da 5'9 "Watch Your Back" ft. Termanology & Ed Rock off The King Is Back (2005)
* Termanology "Can't Turn Back" off Hood Politics 3 (2005)
* Ballcklub "More Or Less", "Ballcklub Soda" (2005)
* AZ "Animal" off The Format (2006)
* Granite State "Whatup B" & "Starting Lineup" ft Termanology, off The Breaking Point (2006)
* Mobb Deep "Every Time" ft Termanology, off G-unit/The Empire Strikes' Back" (2006)
* Termanology "Think It Over" ft Trife Da God off Watch How It Go Down 12" (2006)
* Nas "The N (Showoff RmX)" & "Life Gone Low" off The Prophecy Vol 2 (Def Jam, 2006)
* Foxy Brown "Too Real" ft AZ off of Brooklyn's Don Diva (2007)
* Jon Hope "The Rap Life" & "Blue Devils" ft Termanology (2007)
* Joell Ortiz "Can't You Tell", "Ups & Downs", "Here The Next" ft Novel, "Damn Right (When It Gets Rough)"
* Consequence "There Can Only Be One", "Kissing Cousins",
* Reks "How Can It be", "The One", "Cry Baby", "Pray For Me", "Love Sweet Misery", "Big Dreamers Remix", "Rise", "Black Cream", "Day 2", "Premonition" , & "Telescopes" off Grey Hairs (2008)
* Slaine "Mistaken Identity" (2008)
* Starrs & Murph "Showtime", "Cold World pt 2" & "Untitled" (2008)
* Illa Ghee "Mad Man" (2008)
* Ali Vegas "The Future" ft. Termanology (2008)
* JFK "Baking Soda", "Road Of Sin", "You Can Get Killed" (2008)
* Reks "Play My Music", "Goodbye", "Year Of the Showoff", "Killaz On Wax" Off More Grey Hairs (2009)
* Reks "I Too America", "Self Titled", "Mr Nobody", "Hennessey" (2010)
* Quest The Young'n "To be Nice" ft Reks & Termanology (2009)
* Lunox & Astro "Forever & More" ft. Reks (2009)
* Ape & Undo "Primetime" (2009)
* Granite State "Silver Lining" & "Society's Ill" off The RE:Public (2009)
* Termanology "It's a Shame" ft. Joell Ortiz" & "Nobody's Smiling" off Time Machine (2009)
* Kali "Cali Kali", "Be Quiet", "Rock Starr", "Rolling Down The Freeway" ft Glasses Malone off Midnight Club: South Central (2009)
* Novel "So Much More" ft. Joell Ortiz & Papoose (2009)
* M.O.P. "Forever & Always" & "Crazy" ft Termanology off Foundation (M.O.P. album) (2009)
* Skyzoo "When I Rhyme" ft. Talib Kweli & Reks
* Styles P "Shadows" off The Green Ghost Project (2010)
* A.G. & O.C. "Oasis" off Oasis (2009)
* Consequence "Sounds G.O.O.D. To Me"
* Donny Goines "My Window"
* Joe Scudda "Catch Up"
* Styles P "Sellouts"
* Sheek Louche "When Night Falls"
* Consequence ft. Styles P "Don't Stand So Close"
* Freddie Gibbs "Serve Or Get Served"
* Drake "Bollywood Flow"
* Bumpy Knuckles "Put The Beats On em" & "Lyrical Workout" ft Noreaga
* Jared Evan "Not Tonight"
* 7L & Esoteric "The Most Rotten"

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