Scott Spencer Storch (born December 16, 1973) is an American record producer and songwriter. He started off as a keyboardist for the group the Roots.

Early life

Storch was born on Long Island, New York. He was raised in South Florida and

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. His mother, Joyce Yolanda Storch, was a singer signed to Philadelphia's

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under the stage name Joyce Carol, and is of

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heritage. His father, Phil Storch, was a court reporter. His uncle, Jeremy Storch, was a founder of soul-rock band

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and wrote songs recorded by

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and

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. Storch's parents divorced in 1983. Storch attended elementary school in Sunrise and middle school in

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. In the middle of his freshman year, he left South Florida to join his father in the Philadelphia area, and attended high school in

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. After dropping out of high school in the ninth grade, Storch was expelled from home at the age of 16. By age 18, he was living with his father in

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. Some publications have written that Storch was born in Canada, but in 2010 the ''Miami New Times'' wrote a denial under the title "Scott Storch is not Canadian."

Career

Scott Storch began his professional music career in 1991, when he became one of the first members of the hip hop group the Roots as a keyboard player. He was heavily involved in the following two albums released by the Roots: '' Organix'' and '' Do You Want More?!!!??!'' and had involvement in '' Illadelph Halflife''. Storch, however, had a distaste towards touring and preferred creating in the studio and decided upon becoming a music producer in his own right. Storch's first two commercial hits were from the production on the track " You Got Me" by the Roots ft.

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and Eve and his collaboration with Dr. Dre for the song " Still D.R.E.". He produced " Lean Back", a 2004 single by Terror Squad. He was one of the top producers in the business, having worked on hits by

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, Beyoncé, Dr. Dre, Nas,

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and many others. Storch was also awarded

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's Songwriter of the Year award in 2006. He produces hip hop music through his label, Storch Music Company. He also had his own music production company called Tuff Jew Productions LLC which is published by Reservoir Media Management. Since filing for bankruptcy in 2015, he decided to focus on music and lay off drugs. Since then, he has worked with

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, Berner, Russ, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Crim Dela Crim, and more.

Personal life

By 2006, Storch was worth more than $70 million. His son was born April 16, 2006, with his part-time girlfriend of seven years Dalene “Daedreams” Daniel. He picked up a

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addiction. In August 2006, he "took a month off" and vacationed in

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. Friend and manager Derek Jackson said, "It was just a wonderful year, but I think it was defined by the magic month of August. He ran into the Hollywood class and when he went to Hollywood, all things changed." He withdrew from producing and focused on partying with friends at his $10 million mansion in

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. He also purchased a private jet, a 117-foot yacht, and nearly 20 luxury cars, about half of which he estimated he purchased while high on cocaine. Storch squandered $30 million in less than six months, and was in dire financial straits by January 2007. In 2008, Storch hit legal trouble after reportedly falling behind on both his child-support payments and his property taxes. In early 2009, he was arrested for

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for allegedly failing to return a

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he had leased three years prior. In April 2009, Storch checked into an intensive inpatient rehab program in

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, and filed for bankruptcy that May. In February 2012, Storch was arrested in

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for possession of cocaine and was released on bail. On June 24, 2015, Storch officially filed for bankruptcy.

Production discography

References

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