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Today's Producers often group after success, accolades and major accomplishments, but for "Chairmen of The Boards" there history starts from highschool, midi programs & mutual friends. The group consists of Choirboy (25),Phuture (21),Street Orchestra & Canaryhef(26). In 1996 Choirboy majoring in band,and Canaryhef majoring in vocals, began to learn the structure and format of making a track through midi setups. Thanks to Newark's Arts Highschool's new, fully furnished music lab,the freshman & sophmore spent most of there school time in the lab. They rocked before school,during lunch periods and after school for three years together. Battling to see who could make the hottest track in the shortest amount of time just seemed to be a frienldy competition at the time, which turned out to become a friendship and major respect for one another as producers.




"Hef" (26) growing up in a single parent home in Newark N.J. and with his father living in New Orleans, he was basically a kid who stayed to himself having no siblings till the age of 8. "My Pops is the youngest of his family so most of my cousins on his side were all older than me." Also with his grandfather being the 1st cousin of George Clinton he has creative music running throughout his bloodline. Between ages 9 to 14 he had traveled across waters to Australia,New Zealand and Canada with his school,the prestigous "Newark Boys Chorus School." There he was trained in music theory,piano and vocals along with school work two grades above the normal public school. "The NBCS was crazy cause there were no broads,strictly dudes and we spent 3 hrs. a day,5 to 6 days a week, singing and performing for 5 years straight. We were young as hell with alot on our plate and were treated like adults if we didn't see it through. That was a hell of an experience for me." By 16 he was conducting his highschool choir, inducted into The National Honors Society for music and steps ahead of his collegaues due to his previous training. With 10 years of music schooling under his belt he was now ready to see what the world had to offer.




After graduating highschool in 1999 Canaryhef went on to pursue his dream as a rap artist with his group "Chane Reaxion" for many years. Coming close to his dream with Untertainment/Epic Records he was shattered when he had learned that the label had been dropped in the same week of arrival. Being the optimist he is,Hef and the group kept working and searching and found themselves before Tony Dofat(Chinatown Music Group and Bad Boy Records). While working with the superproducer Dofat, Canary started to play around with the drum machine and keyboards as he did as a youth in highschool.After a year or so, once again Hef and his group ran into another dead end with Dofat and were forced to change paths. After the Dofat situation He vowed to stop rapping and place focus on producing because he felt he had a better chance helping his fellow group members/child hood friends on this route.




In 2002 Canaryhef signed to Jimmy Henchmen/Bryce Wilson's Czar Entertainment as a producer. Wilson ,whom he had met in 97 as a rapper had kept in contact with Hef and the group over the years and decided that he wanted to help mold the 21 year old(at the time) and have him as a partner. That deal much like the others didn't go well at all being, for those 3 years Hef had no tracks placed,little money and working a 9-5 to support his daughter. His reality soon became when the contract was over he had to do something. "I'm not mad at the situation like I was at the time because I learned alot ,met alot of talented people and got my weight up as a producer. I mean Bryce believes in me & is still my homie to this day,so when I win he wins ," Hef proclaims.




The next member of the "Chairmen",Choirboy (24), the son of 2 ministers of Newark, NJ native has had a passionate love affair with all things musical since joining his first choir at the tender age of eight. Going on to graduate from Newark's Performing Arts H.S. in 2000, Choir Boy became an accomplished musician who not only learned how to read and write music but is also a sterling vocalist as well as a proficient organ, piano, guitar and percussions player. Winning the Connie Woods Jazz competition and performing with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra are just a few of the many musical accomplishments this prodigy has under his belt. In 2001, Choir Boy (at the time Mic Jones), signed a production deal with Bankers Entertainment, a subsidiary of Interscope Records. There Choir Boy would produce tracks for various artists including Ox (Lotto from Eminem?s 8 Mile film) and J-Mello (formerly of Def Jam) but he had yet to find his niche. After the production deal with Bankers Entertainment fell through, Choir Boy began to re-evaluate his approach towards penetrating the music industry,eventually resolving to diversify his repertoire by adding emcee. However, it was not until a chance encounter with Frank Mesa, CEO of MIH GROUP INC., a NYC based full service, management company, that the multi-faceted emcee/producer/singer/musician The Choir Boy would be brought to fruition.




Under the tutelage of Frank Mesa, Choir Boy the emcee, renounced the carefully crafted, gangsta faade chosen by many of his cohorts; choosing to create socially conscious music that would address real issues plaguing the ghetto such as the AIDS virus on the groundbreaking, self-produced track I Know Yall Heard of Me (Good Mourning America album). Coining the phrase Be.Utiful Music in the midst of an interview on the WB Channel 11 evening news broadcasted in NY,NJ,CT in 3/04 with more than 30 million viewers watching, Choir Boy decreed Im the best at being myself and I will sell a 100 million records as a result! Fortunately for Choir Boy, the industrious emcee/producer/singer/musician is living up to his declaration and steadily working towards making it happen!




With the release of two mix-tapes All Questions Answered and Good Mourning America which collectively sold upwards of 5000 units independently,New Clap Muzik Mixtape, features in Source Magazine (Unsigned Hype , 9/05), hiphopgame.com (10/05), and the NJ Starledger (1/06), national and international radio spins (Japan, Scandinavia, Greece, the Netherlands, US-NY, NJ, LA, PA, etc.) in addition to performing over 25 shows across the US including at world renowned venues such as SOBs (opened for Grammy Award winners Arrested Development) Joes Pub, 40-40 Club (NYC), The Roxy (LA), furthermore producing various tracks for signed and unsigned artists most notably Joell Ortiz, Tom Gist, Phenom, Chink and will soon record with Kanye West, this rapper/producer/singer/musician dubbed the 90 Second Beat King for creating outstanding beats in 90 seconds or less is well on his way of achieving his dream of selling a 100 million records by just being himself!




Last but not least is the V.A. born, youngest of the team "Phuture." Like many people , Phuture draws inspiration from hard times. "When I'm broke, or cats fronting on you it makes you get better". While the Virginian beat maker may only be in his beginning stages, he has been working hard behind his keyboard for the last three years to get his name out there.




Starting out playing the drums at age 15, Phuture nurtured his talent playing alongside a team of musician weekly in church. After being lent a "little keyboard" by a fellow church musician, he did what most kids do when they get a new toy. Never stop playing it. By the time he was in high school he joined the marching band which he never learned how to read music because he started late. His band teacher never knew because he would listen to the marching band performances on tape to learn his parts every night.It was there Phuture was introduced to melodies, different musicial instruments and what they do.




Still making beats in his room every night, Phuture improved on his talents and started making beat tapes to take to school the next day. "Everyday at school or wherever I was I told people about my beats" he says. Soon Phuture had a "little buzz" in the streets and then teamed up with high school friend to form Da YoungStarrz a production team. Phuture now currently in Jersey has teamed up with The Chairman Of The Boards LLC has been grinding to get his beat game up. "With these two dudes y'all gone know why they call him THE PHUTURE".




So there you have it, Choirboy with his live drum playing experience,guitar know how and major keyboard presence,Hef's drum programming and sound manipulating fingers & Phutures, "Phuturiztik" sound, the trio can't help but to win in 2006 till the end of there reign. " You see Donlad Trump & his board members in a penthouse office wearing suits, sitting in the best leather chairs around a huge table making decisions and creating new ventures? Well we do the same in jeans and hoody's ,in leather chairs with our feet on studio boards, rockin' bathing apes. The studio is our place of business and feel we deserve to be at the table with the greatest producers, so after we've shown and prove others will agree and see that we are truely THE "CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARDS ! " -Canaryhef

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