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8 unusual facts about Chin Injeti


Chin Injeti

Prior to graduating from the University of Toronto, Chin Injeti, Roger Mooking and Ivana Santilli made the decision to join forces and share their creative talents with Canada, forming Bass is Base in early 1993 in their North York Suburbs.

Mooking briefly left the music business to study cooking, and now works as an acclaimed chef in Toronto.

Chin's foray into hip-hop came with great success in 2010, with Eminem's multi-platinum album "Recovery" winning the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.

Chin’s catalogue of work would continue to grow that year having co-wrote and produced a song called “Ansomnia” by Zaki Ibrahim that appeared on the major motion picture soundtrack for Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls, which starred Janet Jackson.

Injeti went on to work as a producer, bass player and solo artist; starting his production career in 2005 when he produced "hick-hop" artist Ridley Bent's debut release, Blam!

Santilli continues to work as a solo artist, having now released four well received albums.

Stepping away from his career as an artist, Chin has experienced growing success as a producer, working with everyone from country artist Ridley Bent, folk artist Zaki Ibrahim and some of hip-hop’s most notable artists and producers ranging from Dr. Dre, Drake, 50 Cent and Eminem.

One of Chin’s first major roles as a producer was on the debut Ridley Bent album, Blam! in which he helped Bent develop his unique sound often described as “Hick-Hop”.



see also

DJ Khalil

Along with Liz Rodrigues, Erik Alcock and Pranam 'Chin' Injeti, he is a member of the music group The New Royales.