BORN AND RAISED IN EAST ELMHURST/ CORONA QUEENS, NEW YORK (THE OFFICIAL HOME OF THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS) COMES A VERY FAST UPCOMING DJ NAMED FINE$$E. HE WAS GIVEN THAT NAME DUE TO THE WAY HE QUICKLY LEARNED AND FINESSED THE ART OF DJing.

IN 1996 INSPIRED BY HIS FATHER (OLD SCHOOL DJ) WHO BOUGHT HIM HIS FIRST SET OF DJ EQUIPMENT AND TAUGHT HIM HOW TO MIX ON THE TURNTABLES, CUSTOMIZE HIS OWN SPEAKERS AND HOOK UP EQUIPMENT TO GET THE BEST SOUND, FINE$$E BEGAN TO LEARN AND KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A DJ.

IN 1999 INSPIRED BY DJ K-BLACK AND HIS PARTNER DJ ONPOINT HE BEGAN WORKING ON A MIXTAPE, HE DROPPED HIS FIRST MIXTAPE CALL “CAN IT BE, ACT LIKE U KNOW”. A MONTH LATER HE DROPPED HIS FIRST BLEND CD CALLED “MURDA BLENDS”. A PERIOD OF TIME WENT BY BEFORE HE RECORDED HIS NEXT CD DUE TO WORK AND SCHOOL WHICH DIDN’T GIVE HIM MUCH TIME TO SPEND ON PUTTING TOGETHER AND MASS PRODUCING CDs.

IN JULY OF 2000 HE DROPPED HIS SECOND BLEND CD CALLED “THE TRUTH” JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING TO JUST KEEP PEOPLE ROCKING DURING THE SUMMER.THE YEAR 2001 IS THE YEAR THAT HIS CAREER BEGAN TO GROW IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS AS A DJ AND RECORDING AND PRODUCING MIXTAPES.

IN JANUARY 2001 HE DROPPED A BLEND CD CALLED “LET’S GO” REMINDING PEOPLE THAT HE WAS STILL SPINNING. THE GREAT RESPONSE FROM THE STREETS WAS A COMPLETE SELL OUT. HE THEN DROPPED PT.2 THE NEXT MONTH. AT THIS POINT HIS NAME WAS WELL KNOWN ON THE STREETS. THE NEXT STEP WAS TO DROP AN R&B CD. THE R&B CD LAUNCHED HIS CAREER IN THE MIXTAPE BUSINESS. FROM THIS POINT ON THE DECISION WAS TO DROP A NEW R&B AND BLEND CD EVERY MONTH. SUMMER 2001 FINE$$E WENT FROM SELLING 200 CDs IN JANUARY TO 800+ BLEND CDs AND 800+ R&B CDs EACH CD DROPPED.

SEPTEMBER 2001 FINE$$E INTRODUCED HIS FOLLOWERS TO SLOW JAM CDs. FIRST ONE WAS CALLED “PLATINUM SLOW JAMS” SOLD 800+ COPIES IN 1 1/2 WEEKS. AFTER THAT HE RECEIVED RE-ORDERS FOR MONTHS PUSHING THE AMOUNT SOLD TO OVER 1000+ CDs. THIS IS WHEN HE DECIDED TO STICK WITH MAKING SLOW JAMS AND R&B CDs. FINE$$E’s CDs BEGAN TO BE SOLD NATIONWIDE AND IN THE CARRIBEAN.

OCTOBER 2001 HE COLLABORATED WITH HIS PARTNER DJ ON POINT WHO ALSO MAKES MIXTAPES CONSISTING OF HIP-HOP & INSTRUMENTAL CDs. THE CD WAS A BLEND OF HIP-HOP AND R&B CALLED “THE TAKEOVER”.

WENDY WILLIAMS HOSTED HIS NEXT CD ENTITLED “JEALOUS ONES STILL ENVY” RIGHT AFTER HER RETURN TO NYC RADIO. THE CONTROVERSY BEHIND HER RETURN TO RADIO AND SOME FOR FINE$$E DUE TO HIS ABRUPT AND FAST PACED RISE IN THE MIXTAPE INDUSTRY HAD THAT CD BEING SOUGHT BY EVERYONE.

NOVEMBER 2001 FINE$$E WAS NOMINATED FOR BEST R&B MIXTAPE DJ. THIS COMES AFTER HIS FIRST YEAR OF DROPPING CDs MONTH AFTER MONTH WITH COMPLETE SELL OUTS AND RE-ORDERS. HIS NAME WAS STILL AN ITEM WHICH LED TO BEING NOMINATED AGAIN IN 2002.

AS OF MARCH 2003 FINE$$E HAS DROPPED 37 CDs SELLING OVER 30,000 + CDs NATIONWIDE AND STILL GOING STRONG!!!. SO NEXT TIME U R LOOKING FOR THAT NEW R&B OR SLOW JAMS SONG BE SURE TO ASK FOR FINE$$E. HE HAS DEFINITELY EARNED THE TITLE OF “THE UNTOUCHABLE R&B MIXTAPE KING”

ALSO BE SURE TO LOOK OUT FOR THE UPCOMING COME BACK COLLABORATION BLEND CD WITH DJ FINE$$E & DJ ON POINT IN STORES SOON!!!!!.