Statik Selektah

Establishing a spot among the ranks of East Coast hip-hop's seminal figures, DJ and producer Statik Selektah utilized his turntable skills and ingenuity in promotions to break some of the region's most promising artists, exerting an influence on the national mixtape circuit. Born January 23, 1982 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Patrick Baril was exposed to production equipment at a very early age, tinkering with his parents' eight-track machine, cassette recorders, and turntable. By middle school, he was already DJing school functions, but he was inspired to be a true wheels-of-s...