(Drum Squad Records) featuring the multi-platinum beat maker Rapping, singing and producing alongside Rich Boy, DJ Drama, Greg Street, Bobby Valentino, Rocko, Three 6 Mafia, Yo Gotti, Young Buck, Gucci Mane, Eightball & MJG, Jazze Pha and more while the classically trained musical prodigy who will appear in an upcoming segment of the highly rated reality show "Real Housewives of Atlanta" (Bravo TV) alongside Kandi Burruss also boasts production work for Rick Ross (Deeper Than Rap) and six albums in the Top 35 Soundscan Charts including T.I, Young Jeezy, Souljah Boy, Plies, Gorilla Zoe and Bow Wow
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Los Angeles, California – April 29, 2009 – Talent can be defined in a myriad of ways. It can be an innate gift or a learned proficiency but occasionally, it's a potent mixture of both, which happens to be the case with Christopher Gholson, the southern-reared producer and visionary who goes by the pseudonym Drumma Boy. Born and bred in Memphis, Tennessee, Drumma Boy's destiny was solidified as a young child with a mother who was an opera singer and a father who was a professional clarinetist and music professor at the University of Memphis, the first African-American man to hold the 1st chair position in the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.
Influenced by Beethoven, Dizzy Gillespie, Mozart, Three 6 Mafia and Scarface, Drumma Boy who is best known as one of the South East region's most highly prized producers will step to the mic to deliver both lyrics and vocals on his new mixtape Welcome to My City (Drum Squad Records). The project consists of an all-star line-up featuring the "whose who" in down South Hip-Hop including Rich Boy, DJ Drama, Greg Street, OJ Juiceman, Rocko, Three 6 Mafia, Yo Gotti, Young Buck, Gucci Mane, Eightball & MJG, Bobby Valentino and Jazze Pha to name a few. For the young virtuoso who originally inherited his moniker in high school due to his uniquely formulated drum patterns, Drumma Boy has taken his talents to an unprecedented level. Currently he boasts a total of 16 tracks and 6 albums on Soundscan's Top 35 selling records including T.I. Papertrail (#9 – 1,858,063), Young Jeezy The Recession (#31 – 850,273), Plies Da Realist (#35 – 322,407), Souljah Boy Isouljahboytellem (#21 – 191,214), Gorilla Zoe Don't Feed Da Animals (#15 – 57,685) and Bow Wow New Jack City II (#5 – 30,944). With a gift to manufacture inimitable sounds the young virtuoso has been recruited into the studio recently with a wide range of artists including Lil Jon', Mya, Nelly & St. Lunatics, Snoop Dogg and The Game while recent singles include "Day Dreaming" (DJ Drama f/ Akon, T.I. and Snoop Dogg,) "Pole in my Basement" (Bow Wow), "Face" (Rick Ross f/ Trina), "Lost" (Gorilla Zoe) and "Echo" (Gorilla Zoe f/ P. Diddy.)
During the recent 2009 Grammy Ceremony Hip-Hop music from the South took over the list of nominees with artists like Lil Wayne, T.I., Young Jeezy, Ludacris, T-Pain, Andre 3000 and Flo Rida. Drumma Boy who worked with all the aforementioned artists as well Yung Joc, Rick Ross, Paul Wall, Gorilla Zoe and Plies received two Grammy nominations for his musical ingenuity last year. The nominations included T.I.'s platinum selling Papertrail (Best Rap Album) where the young Atlantan beat maker produced a total of four tracks on the fourth highest debut album of 2008 including the hit single "What Up, What's Happenin" as well as "My Life Your Entertainment" f/ Usher, "Ready for Whatever" and "You Ain't Missin Nothin" while T.I. called Drumma Boy "the next big thing." Drumma Boy composed the blazing track "Put On" f/ Young Jeezy and Kanye West (Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group). The song which became the hit anthem of the summer reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks and Mainstream R&B/Hip Hop charts. Other accolades include a recent win for "Indie Producer of the Year" at the 6th Annual Southern Entertainment Awards 2009 and a nomination for "Producer of the Year" at the Ozone Awards 2008.
Drumma Boy and Jazze Pha recently teamed up on the American Idol-esque show "Welcome to Dreamland" which aired on Peachtree TV/Turner Broadcasting and was recently picked up by BET Networks The two multi-platinum Atlanta based producers competed to see who could develop the best act as the show followed new artists through an intense development process with producers, songwriters, stylists, designers and photogRaphers in their quest for musical stardom. This Season he will appear on the highly rated reality show "Real Housewives of Atlanta" (Bravo TV) where he can be seen working in the studio alongside Kandi Burress, formerly of the female group Xscape.
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