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DJ Godfather is considered one of the founding fathers of the genre we now know as Ghetto Tech.

He started DJing at the age of 15 with the help of, now business partner, DJ Dick. Within a few months of getting his turntables, Godfather was already playing in nightclubs and afterhour parties all over Detroit. He started producing at the age of 17 for his first Miami Bass style group Bass Association. With the buzz of a few singles off the Bass Association album on 3 Detroit radio stations, Godfather made his first solo record at the age of 18 on the now Twilight 76 Records entitled "Work Dat". Taking his turntablism skills and mixing Detroit Techno music with Miami Bass music, and new sound was born, Ghetto Tech.

With the formation of their new record label Twilight 76 with partners DJ Dick and Brian Gillespie, he took his talent and turned it into an entire business creating 3 other labels known as Databass Records, D.E.T. Only (An exclusive label with only 1000 copies of each release), and Juke Trax (A label dedicated to the Chicago style of Ghetto House and Juke music).

With all 4 record labels combined, Godfather and his partners released over 130 vinyl and mix CD releases, selling over 500,000 units worldwide. DJ Godfather has played across the globe numerous times in cities all over Europe, Asia, Australia, United States, Canada, and South America and now receives worldwide recognition.

You can hear DJ Godfather tracks on the 2 videos games, NBA 2K6 and NBA 2K7 on 2K Sports. He was also the first DJ to be released on the Serato digital mix CD series, using Scratch Live technology and tracks only available digitally for a mix cd entitled "For The Freaks". With 12" vinyl record sales slowing down over the past few years, Godfather and his partners stopped pressing vinyl and embraced the digital download world.

With releasing over 500 digital songs throughout hundreds of online stores, and selling thousands of downloads, they decided to start their own online store as well, Electrobounce.com. A store dedicated to promoting underground music such as Ghetto Tech, Juke, Electro, and Techno. With the birth of this new online music store and distribution, DJ Godfather plans to push it onto the world.