CMJ 2012

An icon of hip-hop culture and a pivotal part of the MTV News team, Sway Calloway has been a staple within music-news for more than a decade. Already a vanguard radio personality, record producer and hip-hop artist, Sway joined the MTV News team in 2000 and has been front and center for some of music's biggest moments. | | Sway first caught the public's eye when he and his partner King Tech (Tech) staged break dancing and rap performances in and around their hometown of Oakland, California...
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Jay-Z’s GRAMMY®-nominated sound engineer and DJ | | Hailed as “The Sound of New York," Young Guru is probably best known for shaping some of the biggest talent in hip-hop as a sound engineer, producer and A&R man for the acclaimed Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings. He’s Jay-Z’s trusted right-hand man in the studio, mixing 10 of his 11 albums and earning multiple GRAMMY® nominations and shout-outs on Jay- Z’s tracks. Guru has also worked with Beyoncé, Kanye West, Drake...
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