318:. Though Gholson earned good grades, he was expelled from school in 2004 due to lack of attendance. The cash flow from his music production company was so strong that Gholson pulled $ 20,000 per month where he eventually realized that he had no reason to stay in college. His father challenged him, in an effort to convince him to return to college, to earn $ 100,000 within 12 months to prove his independence. Drumma Boy earned $ 100,000 within 10 months. Though Gholson never returned to the University of Memphis, he and his father established the James and Christopher Gholson Scholarship Fund, a scholarship that goes towards undergraduate and graduate students studying music at the school, furthering his father and his family's commitment and values towards education and cultural literacy.
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savvy. Gholson also attended college to satisfy his father's belief that a college degree was a ticket to a solid and stable career. Following his father's advice and by his junior year, Drumma Boy established a name for himself and was quickly becoming the most sought-after producers in
Tennessee. He spent much of his spare time outside of classes on the keyboard and drum machine making hip hop beats in his room. In between attending classes, he would shop his homemade beats to local Memphis rappers such as
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designated strictly for creative professionals, artists and painters to hone their talents. Gholson also launched a film production and distribution division called Drum Squad Films subsidiary within his company, Drum Squad. One of the first few independent films called "Chapters" was launched through Drum Squad films in 2012, of which
Gholson did additional film scoring for. "Know your History" was another independent film released by Drum Squad films documenting on history of the city of Memphis.
270:. His paternal grandfather was a high school principal and has a high school named after him in Washington, D.C. The rest of his extended family including grandmothers and aunts were also musicians and taught music in the schools. Drumma Boy says he had a recorder in his hand at age 3 and a clarinet at age 5. His father was instrumental in teaching him about traditional classical music yet it was his mother that introduced him to
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several athletic scholarships. He was offered a position in the
Memphis Youth Symphony Orchestra as well as being offered college music scholarships. As an amateur producer during his high school days, he began charging $ 200 for each beat that he made and eventually earned $ 500 per track by the time he graduated from high school.
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this track, bitch". He is also known for the origination of extending sounds at the end of a verse and his use of a rise effect before the beginning and end of every verse and hook. He also utilizes his ad-lib of "Yeah Boy" and a young reverbed female voice saying "Drumma Boy" before the beginning of a song.
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Gholson uses a variety of production equipment to compose hip hop drum beats for hip hop songs. He primarily uses an Akai MPC 4000, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Roland TR-808 and electronic keyboards manufactured by Roland, Korg and Yamaha. Gholsons's signature drop on his beats is a voice saying "listen to
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Gholson has worked with an array of acts from hip hop, R&B, and reggae. Gholson relocated to
Atlanta in 2004 and set his sights to become a professional music producer and entrepreneur. Citing his sense of business acumen from his mother, a professional accountant, Gholson founded Drum Squad, an
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ATL beat maker Drumma Boy nominated for "Producer of the Year" at Ozone Awards 2008 alongside nominees Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, T.I, Plies, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Jeezy, Soulja Boy & Andre 3000 as the classically trained musical prodigy holds chart topping singles "Put On" for Jeezy & Kanye
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Producer of the Year" consecutively at the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Southern Entertainment Awards. He received a nomination for "Producer of the Year" at the 2008 Ozone Awards and at the 2010 BET Hip Hop Awards. His beats assisted with two nominations during the 2009 Grammy
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University of Memphis as a Music Business major, matriculating in 2001. Due to the pressure from his parents to achieve academically, his father advised him that a college degree would open more doors for career advancement, and his mother stressed the importance of financial
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and received the top grade for the class. Gholson started making hip hop beats at the age of 12 and scored his first production placement on local radio with
Memphis rapper Tela's "Double Dose". He produced an entire album at age 14. During high school, Gholson played basketball and was offered
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In 2013, Gholson released his own line of luxury wine called Moreno BHLV. Gholson has also opened "G Factory"; a 20,000 square foot creative studio in his hometown
Memphis, for film and TV show production that will eventually encompass a wood shop, and car detail crew where the space will be
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independent umbrella entertainment company that encompasses Drum Squad
Productions, a music production company that represents producers and songwriters, Drum Squad Records (a record label), and Drum Squad Films, a film production and distribution company.
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one of the 4 hottest producers "driving the city" in
Atlanta, describing his sound as "a busy bee swarm of synths overlaid with brash bass injections that's equal parts Memphis and Atlanta". He was quoted in the January 2010 issue of
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West, "What's Up" for T.I., "Tomorrow" for Rocko and upcoming tracks for Ludacris, Akon, Monica, Nelly, Brandy, Keyshia Cole, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, Raheem Devaughn, Goapele, Dionne Farris, Keri Hilson and more
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Gholson was a featured guest at The Heart of God Foundation's "City of Atlanta Neighborhood Revitalization Ball, an organization dedicated to raising funds to provide for the city's homeless.
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Awards including his work on T.I.'s Paper Trail (Best Rap Album) and "Put On" by Young Jeezy & Kanye West (Best Performance by a Rap Duo.). Drumma also produced "Stranger" off
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