>who you are (if you've got a crew, shout 'em out here):
Kkon El, 1/8 of the Young City Bandits

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>where you rep:
Stedman, NC originally, but I now live in Richmond, VA

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>what type of music you make:
Hip Hop, some Soul and R&B

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>what you use:
started with a Korg Trinity, then an ASR X-Pro, then Fruity Loops. Now I mainly use my trusty MPC 1ooo, Numark TT2oo, Numark D950 mixer, more crates than a coffin factory

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>how long you been doin it:
pause tapes since 1986, actual equipment since 1997

>what you wanna do with it:
aside from expressing myself, helping other people express themselves

>inspiration:
I don't draw on one person or thing for inspiration, if I had to narrow it down I'd say I'm inspired most by the simple things in life

>if you could learn under the tutelage of ONE person, be it a
>producer, vocalist, instrumentalist; and have them teach you
>all they know, who would it be?
wow, that's a hard one. I think it would have to be between Son House and Duke Ellington