DJ Burn One
| DJ Burn One | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, record producer |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Associated acts | Wrekonize, Gucci Mane, Freddie Gibbs, SL Jones, ASAP Rocky, Yelawolf, Starlito, Rittz, Young Dro, Scotty, KD |
DJ Burn One, is an American DJ and record producer based in Atlanta, Georgia. As a producer and DJ, DJ Burn One has worked with a number of prominent hip-hop artists, including Wrekonize, Gucci Mane, Yelawolf, Rittz, Lil Wyte, KD, SL Jones, Young Dro, ASAP Rocky, Scotty, Pill, and more.
DJ Burn One was born in Hapeville, Georgia. Although Burn One has said that, growing up, his household wasn't very musical, he did grow up listening to a variety of musical genres -- '80s music with his mother; country music with his father—and also joined the church choir at the age of four years for several years.
In high school, DJ Burn One started to work at a mom-and-pop music store in Atlanta called Super Sounds. Burn One credits the experience with teaching him how to "sell" music, from a marketing standpoint, to an interested customer. At this time, DJ Burn One was also selling mixtapes locally, to kids at his high school, an experience that led to DJ Burn One developing his professional moniker. In a recent interview with Passion of the Weiss, Burn One stated, "So when I'd be in school and selling these CD, I'd have them for like $20-25 dollars…I tried to sell them and say, 'hey, I've got the new T.I. album, it's $25,’ and everyone would say, ‘Oh, man, come on, just burn me one, burn one, burn me one’…All day, all I'd hear is 'Burn One’…so after a while, I was like, you know what? It's kind of got a ring to it."
While in high school, DJ Burn One was formally introduced to the music industry through a chance meeting with a group named Xtaci, at the time signed to T.I.'s Grand Hustle label. The connection with Xtaci allowed DJ Burn One to spend time around the Grand Hustle label, and other artists on the label, like Big Kuntry King and Young Dro, in addition to other big name artists, like Paul Wall, watching them record, learning how to run studio sessions, and learning about the industry.
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