Scott Storch is an American record producer. He produces a variety of music, particularly hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

, reggaeton

Reggaeton

Reggaeton is a form of Puerto Rican and Latin American urban and Caribbean music. After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European and Asian audiences. Reggaeton originated in Puerto Rico but is also has roots from Reggae en Español from Panama and Puerto Rico and...

, and R&B

Rhythm and blues

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. His label, Storch Music Company

Storch Music Company

Storch Music Company is an American based record label that was founded by music producer Scott Storch and is distributed by Interscope Records. Storch's first major singer was Hulk Hogan's daughter, Brooke.-Discography:...

 (formerly Storchaveli Recordings) responsible for signing Brooke Hogan

Brooke Hogan

Brooke Ellen Bollea , better known by her stage name Brooke Hogan, is an American singer, actress, model, socialite, and television personality, and the oldest child of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan . She appeared on the reality-television series Hogan Knows Best, which focused on her family,...

 and Nox

Nox

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. He also has his own music production company called Tuff Jew Productions LLC which is published by Reservoir Media Management

Reservoir Media Management

Reservoir Media Management is an independent music publishing company located in the Soho area of New York City. The company was founded in 2007 after acquiring the music catalogs of John Rich, "Big Kenny" Alphin, Vicky McGehee and Bruce Roberts....

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Early life

Scott Spencer Storch was born in Long Island, New York on December 16, 1973. His mother, Joyce Yolanda Storch, was a singer signed to Philadelphia's Cameo-Parkway Records

Cameo-Parkway Records

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 under the stage name Joyce Carol, and is of Lithuanian Jewish

Lithuanian Jews

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

The Vagrants

The Vagrants were a Long Island-based rock and blue-eyed soul group from the 1960s. The group was composed of Peter Sabatino on vocals, harmonica, and tambourine, Leslie West on vocals and guitar, Larry West on vocals and bass guitar, Jerry Storch on organ, and Roger Mansour on drums.- Rise to...

 and wrote songs recorded by Dave Mason

Dave Mason

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 and Eddie Money

Eddie Money

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

Davie, Florida

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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 Bensalem, Pennsylvania. After dropping out of high school in the ninth grade, Storch was expelled from home at the age of 16. He made his first big step in his professional music career in 1991 when he became one of the first members of the hip hop group The Roots

The Roots

The Roots is an American hip hop/neo soul band formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are famed for beginning with a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip hop which still includes live instrumentals...

 as a keyboard player. Storch's first big commercial hit was when he collaborated with Dr. Dre

Dr. Dre

Andre Romelle Young , primarily known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, record executive, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records...

 and helped produce the riffs for the song Still D.R.E.

Still D.R.E.

"Still D.R.E." is the title of a song recorded by American artist Dr. Dre. It was released in November 1999 as the lead single from his multi-platinum second album 2001. This song features Snoop Dogg on the intro, chorus and outro.- Music video :...

. Storch's most successful commercial hit was Lean Back

Lean Back

"Lean Back" is a 2004 single from the Terror Squad's album True Story. It features Fat Joe and Remy Ma, and was produced by Scott Storch. Fat Joe raps verses one and three, and Remy handles verse two...

, a 2004 single by Fat Joe

Fat Joe

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