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Sha Money XL , Island Def Jam’s Senior VP of A&R, took some time out of this day to impart wisdom on some aspiring musicians from Jay-Z’s old middle school in Brooklyn. The students from IS 318 ages 11 to 15 met the executive at the SAE Institute , a world-renowned audio engineering school. The founder of G-Unit records told the children about how he started out playing piano as a pre-teen. “I was once like ya’ll wanting to be in music…I tried to rap but I needed beats,” he said. “No one had beats for me so I started making music. But I realized my calling wasn’t to be a rapper. Thanks to the piano lessons I knew chord progressions and added what we learned in hip-hop and I became a producer.” Sha also shared the story of meeting the late Jam Master Jay and how the legend introduced him to 50 Cent . After the talk some of the students performed songs that they’d prepared for Sha to critique. “I’m inspired by their hunger,” he said afterward. “I learned a lot from the questions they asked. It goes both ways.” Watch the video below: RELATED POSTS: Former G-Unit Pres. Sha Money XL Joins Def Jam Records VIDEO: Q-Tip Honored By Sha Money XL EXCLUSIVE: Sha Money XL Blacks Out On Interscope!
Sha Money XL Speaks To Music Students About Record Business [VIDEO]
