2012 ASCAP EXPO

 Chicago’s production duo Da Internz (Ernest \'Tuo\' Clark and Marcos \'Kosine\' Palacios) have produced for many of hip-hop/R&B\'s heavy hitters such as John Legend, Mims, Greyson Chance, Rihanna and Big Sean. Their songs include Rihanna’s “Birthday Cake,” Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber’s \'Eenie Meenie,\' Big Sean “Dance (A$$),” Greyson Chance \'Waiting Outside The Lines,\' and Mims’ \'Move (If You Wanna),\' among others.

 Chicago’s production duo Da Internz (Ernest \'Tuo\' Clark and Marcos Palacios) have produced for many of hip-hop/R&B\'s heavy hitters such as John Legend, Mims, Greyson Chance, Rihanna and Big Sean. Their songs include: Rihanna’s “Birthday Cake,” Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber’s \'Eenie Meenie,\' Big Sean “Dance (A$$),” Greyson Chance \'Waiting Outside The Lines,\' and Mims’ \'Move (If You Wanna),\' among others.

 S1, aka Symbolyc One, (born Larry D. Griffin Jr.), grew up in Waco, TX, infatuated with old tunes that played on his parents’ turntable. This led him to learn the alto sax and piano through out his teen years and in church, and eventually led him to venture into the art of production and making beats. In 1999, he received his Associates Degree in Applied Science: Audio Engineering, which required him to take his music theory and ear training to another level. In 2007, S1 began...
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 Known for injecting energy into records, Robert “Shea” Taylor has engineered some of the nation’s greatest hits. Hailing from the Garden State, he began planting the seeds for his career at an early age. Bulldozing onto the scene, Shea used the recording studio as his playground and took to working with notable acts such as Chris Brown, Ne-Yo, Solange, and Rihanna. Shea’s most recent works include executive production on Beyonce’s multi-platinum album 4 and...
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 Spoken word artist Malik Yusef was born in Chicago, Illinois. He began performing spoken word in open mic venues in the late 1980s, and had his first big break in 1997 when Ted Witcher, director of the film, Love Jones, recognized his poetry and hired him to coach the film\'s lead actor, Larenz Tate. Yusef received a Peabody Award nomination in 2000 and was the Truth Award Spoken Word Artist of the Year from 2001 to 2005. He was also awarded the Best Poet award by the Chicago Music...
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