CONNECT WITH
ACEDAWG
ARTIST BIO
ACEDAWG: "ACE" OR "ACEDAWG", WALKED AROUND EAST OAKLAND, CA STREETS MAKING BEATS WITH HIS MOUTH AND HANDS ON TABLES IMITATING BIZ MARKIE, DOUGIE FRESH, AND THE FAT BOYS. IT WASN'T UNTIL MICHAEL JACKSON'S "THRILLER" ALBUM THAT AJ REALIZED HE HAD AN EAR FOR MUSIC AND HE WAS MULTI-TALENTED. IN ADDITION TO BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR, ANTHONY SET HIS GOAL TO PUT OUT HIS OWN MUSIC AND LYRICS AT THE AGE OF TEN. INFLUENCED BY MICHAEL JACKSON, MARVIN GAYE, NEW EDITION, TONY TONI TONE, KEITH SWEAT, AL B. SURE, BABYFACE(THE DEAL), GUY, AND OTHERS SEEM TO GIVE HIM THE GUIDANCE HE NEEDED. THEN IN 1991, AJ MOVED TO VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, A MOVE THAT WOULD CHANGE HIS LIFE FOREVER. MOVING FROM A CITY OF WELL KNOWN ACTS LIKE TOO SHORT, DIGITAL UNDERGROUND, AND HAMMER, TO VA BEACH WHERE ONLY TEDDY RILEY WAS KNOWN AT THAT TIME DID NOT BOTHER AJ AT THAT TIME. IT WOULD ONLY MAKE IT HARDER TO BE HEARD BY THE MASSES BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED EXPOSURE. SO AJ DECIDED TO COMBINE EAST AND WEST COAST MUSIC WITH HIS DOWN SOUTH ROOTS TO CREATE HIS OWN SOUND. TURNING POETRY INTO SONGS AND PERFORMING COVER SONGS BY R. KELLY, A SUCCESSFUL PRODUCER/SONGWRITER/SINGER, HE BECAME HIS NEW MODEL TO FOLLOW. IN 1993 AJ HOOKED UP WITH FOUR OTHER GUYS TO CREATE THE SINGING GROUP CALLED "HARMONY" AT THE CAMPUS OF VIRGINIA TECH IN BLACKSBURG, VA. THROUGH 1996 THEY MADE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES BEFORE THEY WENT THEIR SEPARATE WAYS, BUT AJ WAS DETERMINED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO HE RETURNED HOME TO VA BEACH IN 1996 TO PURSUE HIS DREAM. AFTER PURCHASING A YAMAHA DIGITAL 4-TRACK AND BOSS DR-5 DRUM MACHINE, AJ EXPANDED HIS TALENTS TO ENGINEERING AND PRODUCTION. OTHER EARLY INFLUENCES LIKE DRE, TIMBALAND, J. DUPRI, AND RZA BEGAN TO SHOW THEMSELVES IN HIS MUSIC. SINGING BACKUP FOR S.O.B., WHO OPENED FOR REDMAN /KRS-1 /AKANELLE, IN 1997 AT THE HAMPTON CONVOCATION CTR. ADDED 1ST MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT TO HIS RESUME. STARTING HIS OWN COMPANY IN 1998, "ACE DAWG PRODUCTIONS" HAS CREATED A NAME FOR ITSELF IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
(source: reverbnation)
