From the Soul.
- for the Culture.
IGI B.
Biography
After deejaying for the first time at the age of 9 and painting his first graffiti piece at the age of 10 the son of two Macedonian immigrants in Switzerland realized that there was a term for the culture that surrounded him – Hip Hop. Since that day he has become an expert in various elements of the culture and its history. With mentors such as Kurt Nice (Shades of Hip Hop), Cat22/Pone (Crime Time Kings) and Torch (360° Records / Advanced Chemistry) over the years he has shared stages together with some of Hip Hop’s Greatest such as DJ Premier, Toni L, Torch, MC Rene, Cora-E, Aphroe, Martin Stieber (Stieber Twins), Retrogott, Betty Ford Boys, Onra and others. The Winner of the 2012 King of the Beats Battle Switzerland not only brings over 20 years of experience in beat making, since 2011 he is also the co-host and deejay of the radio show “Hip Hop Lives” on Radio Stadtfilter Winterthur. His constant drive to stay innovative, his passion for discovering new music combined with his scientific approach of studying producers of the golden era of hip-hop result in beats with a mixture of hard knocking DJ Premier Drums, Soulful Pete Rock Samples, unquantized J Dilla Patterns, Song Arrangements of RJD2 and Experimentalism of DJ Shadow.
IGI B.