DJ Q-Ball
| Federal Moguls | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Hip hop, Alternative, Dance, Rap Rock, Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, singer |
| Labels | Sunset Records |
| Associated acts | Bloodhound Gang, Troy Walsh, Sunset Records, Burblife Records, JJ Sinatra, Dave Vegas, InnerPartySystem |
The Federal Moguls are an eclectic hip-hop duo from the suburban Philadelphia area consisting of Q-Ball (DJ/producer and vocalist for Universal Records artists The Bloodhound Gang) and Troy Walsh (Burblife Records, Sunset Records, The Weekend Warriors). Federal Moguls is also the name of a hypothetical investment agency, administered by the duo.
The Federal Moguls were inadvertently born when a simple mixtape collaboration between Walsh and Ball ended up yielding almost an album’s worth of material. After reviewing the music created in this collaboration, the two executives realized the potential of their endeavor and decided to establish their own investment agency.
In early 2008, Federal Moguls opened their doors to the public and digitally released the initial version of their debut record High Risk Investment Planning for free download. Later that year, Federal Moguls were approached by Don Lichterman (president and owner of Sunset Records) in regard to releasing the Moguls products and services worldwide. Shortly thereafter, an agreement was reached and their debut LP was set for a December 16, 2008 international release.
DJ Q-Ball was born Harry Dean, Jr on October 8, 1974 in Limerick, Pennsylvania. He is both the DJ and background vocalist of the band The Bloodhound Gang. Q-Ball graduated from Spring-Ford High School in Royersford, PA. Q is one of the three members of the band who interact with the fans online, along with lead guitarist Lüpüs Thünder and bassist Evil Jared Hasselhoff. He, like Hasselhoff, does not have high hopes for the band. To this end, he is currently studying to be a real estate appraiser. Q-Ball is also one of the three members of the band to have college degrees. In the One Fierce Beer Run DVD, he "mistakes the tour bus for his old frathouse", to quote Evil Jared.
...
Wikipedia