Whiz (n): abbreviation for wizard. A person who is unusually intelligent, clever, or successful, especially at an early age.  

     This lexical definition effectively describes the young man G-Whiz, who is affectionately called Whiz by those whom know him best. 

Born in New London, CT in 1979 and raised across the bridge in Groton, the journey through the  hip-hop wilderness of the 80’s did indeed begin at an early age for G-Whiz. Having first touching turntables at the bright-eyed age of 8 in a live setting and rocking his first party by the age of 11, it was easy for the young man to see what his destiny would be. Having a father and a brother whom where successful DJ’s by the time he was 11 might have helped also (James Gregory and Squared, respectively).

Coming to his own in high school with his craft, while rocking house party’s on the weekends and slinging mixtapes in the school hallways during the week, G-Whiz always had something itching inside of him, making him feel incomplete: he needed to make beats.

-“You have to understand, being an 80’s kid when hip-hop really hit us all hard, the DJ – the selekta - was also the producer. For instance Rakim had Eric B. behind the boards, C.L. smooth had Pete Rock, Guru – Premier, etc. For me to be a complete hip-hop instrumentalist, to me you’ve gotta have credentials and talents in both areas.”

     While this feeling urked him through his later years in high school, Whiz decided to pick up the Technic 1200’s and headed south for college, at the University of Maryland’s main campus in College Park, MD. There he met the aquiantance of heads that were just as much in love with the music as he is, including Caliber and Quartermain of Critically Acclaimed, Stan Ip, DJ Roz, DJ Kenwood, amongst others.  Due to some of the encouragement and admiration of artists like Quartermain, Kenwood, and Kev Brown , and other folks he has come in contact with in the “Muryland/D.C. Urea”, the beat making itch came back.

     The only thing that kept him away from beat making was the dough so he began stacking his pennys until, in 2001, Whiz copped the Akai MPC 2000XL, which is still his mainstay in his studio since. Designing his style after what he came up on – hard drums and melodic baselines and melodies – G-Whiz has come up with a style that is his own. After coming back home to hone his skills in 2002, he began selling to local artists and making a name for himself as the master mold of hip-hop instrumentation in New London County.

     He would later have a monumental meeting with his brothers in beat Kemistree in 2005. Kemistree would then began touring the state with there   music from college to bar, wowing crowds with there mastery over drum and samples. This would be the beginning of the formulation of Kemistrees SoundClash Beat showcase. Due to the success of the sound clash events, Whiz was granted the ability to befriend, work, and perform with artists such as Thorobread, Emilio “Raksone” Rojas, Substantial, Gnormen the Insanity bates, Khrysis of the Justus League, Oddissee of Low Budget, Illmind of G-unit Hassaan Mackey an many more. In the meantime, G-Whiz was honored as winner the Connecticut Beat Battle in 2005 as well as a battle in his birth Town of New London, CT to substantiate his position as one of the states greatest producers.

     Currently Whiz has finished work on Barak Yalad’s brilliant, 2007 Rawkus Records submission, “A Loss For Words” as well as providing heavy instrumental messages for his next album TBA. Also, G-Whiz and Kemistree have provided rhythms for  Hassaan Mackey, S-Roc, Little Brother, Ken Starr, and more. With the kettle now boiling be on the lookout for this new upstart. The best is yet to come!

Contact:

G_Whiz@4080music.com