Apple Juice Kid | |
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Birth name | Stephen Levitin |
Occupation(s) | Producer, DJ, drummer |
Associated acts | Wale, Camp Lo, Azealia Banks |
Website | www |
Stephen Levitin (aka Apple Juice Kid) is a music producer and eight-time beat battle champion. Winner of the iStandard NYC Beast of the Beats, Apple Juice Kid's production has been heard on songs by Mos Def, Azealia Banks,Wale, Camp Lo and MC Lyte. He has released several jazz remix albums with support from Okayplayer including Miles Davis Remixed and Frank Sinatra Remixed.
Apple Juice Kid is also recognized as an accomplished DJ and drummer. Sponsored by the music software companies Ableton and Reason, he has been a guest DJ on Mark Ronson’s East Village Radio. He has performed as a drummer in the studio with Timbaland, and on stage with The Foreign Exchange and The Jungle Brothers.
Levitin co-founded the Beat Making Lab, an innovative class in the Music Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His latest projects include a DJ event with drummers called Big Beat Dance, and developing Beat Making Labs internationally with the support of PBS.