Trackademicks is an American Hip-Hop artist. He was born and raised in

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and is also part of the San Francisco-Bay Area music collective, the Honor Roll Crew.

Biography

Trackademicks was born in

, to a Filipino American father and African American mother. He began playing the saxophone in fourth grade and continued throughout high school. During high school, he joined

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where he met the founding members of the Honor Roll. Trackademicks began making music while attending the

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. After graduating, he began to work with Mistah F.A.B., whom he produced six songs for on the rapper's sophomore release, ''Son Of A Pimp'', released in May 2005. In 2006 he produced an unofficial remix of "

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" by Bay Area rapper

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, garnering widespread popularity. In 2009 Trackademicks was featured in the song "Gary is a Robot" featuring Amp Live & Mr. Micro. The video was shot and released in the same year. Trackademicks has collaborated with many other artists including

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of Little Brother and grammy nominated

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. He has also done remixes for notable artists such as

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, and

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Discography

* The eixtape (2005) * The Spring Progress Report (2006) * The eixtape Vol. 2 (2007) * "Enjoy What You Do"/ b/w "Topsidin'" (12" Single, 2009) * The eixtape Vol. 3 (2010) * State Of The Arts (2011) * Fresh Coastin' (2011) * Cherry 2000 (2011) * Breeze Mobbin' (2012) * Secret of My Success (2014) * HNRL presents 'The Champagne Room' (2014) * 7th Heaven (2015) * The eixtape Vol. 4 (2016)

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20080424155027/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/track_review/31144-tell-me-when-to-go-trackademicks-remix-ft-keak-da-sneak * http://www.alamedamagazine.com/media/Alameda-Magazine/March-April-2008/Around-Town/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20080706171844/http://xlr8r.com/features/2006/07/trackademicks * http://www.sfweekly.com/2007-02-07/music/producer-remixer-mc/ * http://www.eastbayexpress.com/music/melted_vinyl__smoking_beats/Content?oid=317532 American hip hop musicians Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{US-hiphop-bio-stub