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. He released his debut EP "Sophisticated Ignorance" in 2016. In 2017 his collaboration with Far East Movement and Savage, Push, was used in the trailer for the upcoming "

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Early life

Calleja was born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia

Music career

2013–2015

In July 2013, Kronic was placed the 49th top ranked National DJ in Australia by the 'In The Mix Awards'. In January 2014 Kronic was hand picked to remix

's second single 'Do What You Want' from her third studio album

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(2013). on July 22, 2014 'Bend Ova' was released as a single by American rapper and producer

as the follow-up to his highly successful single "

Turn Down for What "Turn Down for What" is a song by French DJ and record producer DJ Snake and American rapper Lil Jon released on December 18, 2013. The song and its viral music video popularized the use of the phrase. The song was particularly successful in Nort ...

". The track features a guest verse by American rapper

Tyga Michael Ray Nguyen-StevensonMicheal Ray Stevenson ...

and was produced by Lil Jon and Australian DJ and producer Kronic. On July 15, 2015 Kronic released 'Beast" alongside Lil Jon Feat. Señor Roar. In November 2015 Kronic was chosen by

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to mix the 'Annual 2015' alongside Ember and Dom Dolla, which was listed as number 10 on the 2015

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albums compilation chart. In 2016 he was chosen by

to mix the 'Annual 2016' alongside Ember and Dom Dolla again, which was listed as number 17 on the 2016

albums compilation chart.

2016–2017

In 2016, he released his latest EP ''Sophisticated Ignorance'' which was featured on highly acclaimed blogs such as Pilerats and

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. The First single that came off the EP: Sophisticated Ignorance was 'Blood In The Water' Featuring Nikki Jean. In 2016 it was announced Kronic had been working on new material with Justin Bieber, the project is still unreleased. In July 2016, Kronic released 'Bad Bitches' alongside Lil Jon feat. Keno. In March 2017 Kronic produced "Sexy Body" (with

) and "Dedicated" (featuring

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and

) on

's tenth studio album ''

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''. In April 2017 Kronic released 'Rendezvous' featuring

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Film and television

In 2016, his tracks "Feel That" and "Bad Bitches" were featured in the second season of HBO’s ''Ballers'' In 2017, his 2015 collaboration with

Far East Movement Far East Movement (abbreviated FM) is an American Hip hop music, hip hop and electronic music group based in Los Angeles. The group formed in 2003 and as of August 2018 consists of Kev Nish (Kevin Nishimura), Prohgress (James Roh), DJ Virman (Vi ...

and

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, Push, was used in the trailer for ''

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'' film, which premiered to over 100 million viewers during this past January's

. Kronic's 2016 collaboration with

was featured in the 2017 Film Girls Trip

Sup Girl Records

In 2014 Kronic teamed up with Krunk to launch their own record label, Sup Girl Records, which has released music from artists including

, JaySounds,

, G-Wizard, Spenda C, and others. Sup Girl Record label is a joint venture with the Australia-based EDM label Central Station Records which is based out of the Australian

Early life

Music career

2013–2015

2016–2017

Film and television

Sup Girl Records

Discography

Artist / Production

Remixes

References