Jerry Calliste Jr. is a American entrepreneur, music industry executive producer, songwriter, record producer, music publisher and former DJ who is best known for the internationally renowned, seminal 1983 hip hop, electro-funk and dance music classic recording "Al-Naafiysh (The Soul). " In 1983, Calliste Jr. recorded under the name Hashim. Calliste Jr. , 16, used a $50.00 Casio keyboard (combo calculator) to teach himself how to play keyboards by ear.
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- Jerry Calliste Jr. is a American entrepreneur, music industry executive producer, songwriter, record producer, music publisher and former DJ who is best known for the internationally renowned, seminal 1983 hip hop, electro-funk and dance music classic recording "Al-Naafiysh (The Soul). " In 1983, Calliste Jr. recorded under the name Hashim. Calliste Jr. , 16, used a $50.00 Casio keyboard (combo calculator) to teach himself how to play keyboards by ear. Then one year later he went on to write and produce, Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) "one of the greatest Electro tracks ever... ," that during the early 80's "made it to #43 in the Billboards Dance Disco Charts" and to this day "parts of Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) have been sampled over and over again. " At 16 years old Calliste Jr. got his start at Tommy Boy Records when a DJ by the name of Harold McGuire professionally known as Whiz Kid introduced Calliste Jr. to then Tommy Boy Records Vice President Monica Lynch. Since 2001 Calliste Jr. is president and CEO of Bassmint Music and Caldella Music an online independent record label and music publishing company respectively. He also attends the Ross School of Management & Leadership at Franklin University where he is a double major Bachelor of Science I.T. and Bachelor of Science M.I. S student.
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