Scott Storch
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Scott Spencer Storch (born December 16 1973) is a Canadian[1] entertainment mogul, hip hop, pop, R&B record producer and a Jewish rapper. He has his own record label, Storch Music Company and he has produced for a variety of artists including Christina Aguilera and Chris Brown, to name a few. He plans to release a debut album called Piano Man.
Early life
Storch is the son of a Fahad court reporter and a singer, both of Jewish heritage. He eventually moved to Cherry Hill, New Jersey where he grew up middle class, and dropped out of school in ninth grade to pursue a career in music. He eventually moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and then Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He has an interest in Middle Eastern and Indian music, which comes across in some of his songs, most notably "Let's Ride" by The Game,"Candy Shop" and "Just a Lil' Bit" by 50 Cent, "Poppin' Them Thangs" by G-Unit, "Let Me Love You" by Mario, "Playa's Only" by R. Kelly (featuring The Game), Lock U Down by Mya, as well as "Naughty Girl" and "Baby Boy", both by Beyoncé (the latter featuring dancehall artist, Sean Paul).
Private life
In his private life he has been musically linked with rapper Maartinjsh Korps, chat show host Jenny Jones, video model Erica Mena, and hotel heiress Paris Hilton. He has been linked to Jade TrueLove[citation needed]. Despite his flashy appearance wearing enormous amounts of diamond jewelry [4], he prefers privacy, and is relatively shy compared to Pharrell Williams or Kanye West, both of whom have become musical stars themselves after becoming successful producers. His car collection includes 4 Rolls-Royce Phantoms , a Bentley Continental GT, a 2007 Bentley Azure, an Aston Martin Vanquish S, a Maybach 62, a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, a Ferrari Enzo, a Ferrari F430, a Ferrari Superamerica, a Lamborghini Murciélago roadster and a Bugatti Veyron 16.4 [5]. He lives in a $10.5m home in Miami with a $25m yacht called Tiffany docked behind it.[2] In mid-2006, Rolling Stone magazine reported Storch's fortune to be worth somewhere near $70 million dollars. He charges around $100,000 a track[6][7]. April 16, 2006, Scott and his on-and-off girlfriend of four years, Dae Daniel Esquire, welcomed his second son, Jalen Storch.[3] Dae Daniel filed a paternity suit against Storch, verifying that he is the father of the baby, and claiming that her only assets are valued at $21,000. She wants custody and child support. Storch did not respond to the suit and was judged to be the baby's biological father. Further judgment on money and such is yet to be determined. Scott also has a older son named Steven Bellido, who is biracial, and Scott had recently met him for the first time.
Later years
Storch's own production company is called Tuff Jew Productions. Storch also has his own record label, called Storch Music Company, which is distributed under Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. For a short while in 2005, Storch worked with fellow mega-producer Lil' Jon to produce hits for Lil' Flip, Angel Doze and Tony Sunshine among others. However, the relationship soon turned sour and ended with Lil' Jon criticizing Storch for being a "biter".
Storch made his first appearance in DJ Khaled's Holla At Me Baby music video. His second appearance was at the end of Fat Joe's music video titled Make It Rain. He has also appeared in various home videos, some of which have surfaced on YouTube. He also made an appearance in DMX's Video for "Give Em What They Want", however the video was never released. Storch appears at the end of Fat Joe's music video titled Make It Rain (Remix) and is in Birdman & Lil' Waynes video You Ain't Know playing the piano.
Controversy
Storch has been criticized by many industry artists such as Lil' Jon, Christina Aguilera, and Timbaland.
Christina "SKYE" Tuohy
Model "Skye" who was known to be a close friend of Scott's. She toured with him in previous years as his personal assistant but had a falling out due to money problems. He mentions her on a diss track "The Skye is Black".
Timbaland
Hip-hop producer Timbaland refers to Storch in his new single "Give It To Me," singing: I get a half a mil' for my beats, you get a couple grand-d-d-d-d/Never gon' see the day that I ain't got the upper hand/I'm respected from Californ I.A. way down to Japan/I'm a real producer & you just the piano man/Your songs don't top the charts, I heard 'em, I'm not a fan-n-n." Timbaland confirmed that he was talking about Storch in an interview with MTV personality Sway. He said that he would go after the trashtalkers on his new album Timbaland Presents Shock Value. [8]
Storch responded with the track "Built Like That" on February 26, 2007 co-produced by Nu Jerzey Devil, which features Philadelphia rapper NOX and will be on his debut album Piano Man). On the track, Storch claims to have been solely responsible for the production of the 2002 Justin Timberlake hit "Cry Me a River," for which he received credit as a co-writer and pianist, but production was solely credited to Timbaland. He also claims that Timbaland's production partner Danja has been responsible for his recent string of hits with Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake, and mocks the commercial failure of Timbaland's former Beat Club label.[4]
Rapper Artist D.O.E. aka John Doe (An affiliate of the Mosley Music Group) took it upon himself to respond with the song Piano Man, produced apparently by Timbaland. He mocks Storch for producing such artists as MC Hammer. Ms. Jade also released a diss track, "Beam You Up," in response to Scott's lines about Beat Club being wack and Timbo being incapable of signing talent. NOX has also released another diss track titled "1st Degree Murder."
Christina Aguilera
Storch also had a rivalry with former friend Christina Aguilera. Having produced almost 60% of her second album, Stripped, their friendship ended before the production of her third album, Back To Basics. According to Aguilera, she refused Scott's services because of unreasonable demands such as private jets in addition to his already enormous salary. Christina wrote "F.U.S.S" (Fuck You Scott Storch) which can be heard on Back To Basics. Spinner is also supported by Aguilera. There is currently a lawsuit in progress between Spinner and AAA(Aguilera and Associates).
Discography
Albums
- TBA: Piano Man
Singles
- Built Like That (Scott Storch featuring NOX)
Production credits
References
External links
- 1973 births
- Aftermath Entertainment
- Aftermath Entertainment artists
- Canadian Americans
- Canadian Jews
- Jewish rappers
- Canadian keyboardists
- American hip hop musicians
- American record producers
- Canadian hip hop musicians
- Canadian record producers
- Hip hop record producers
- Jewish hip hop musicians
- Living people
- Nova Scotia musicians
- People from Halifax, Nova Scotia
- People from New Jersey
- People from Fort Lauderdale
- People from Philadelphia
- People from Miami