Ski Beatz, Record Producer, Musician and MC originally from North Carolina, was discovered in NYC by DJ Clark Kent. SKI was originally known as "MC Will-SKI" and in the 1980's, he was a member of original flavor, the first group managed by future recording industry executive, Damon Dash. In the Mid-90's, SKI produced four tracks on Jay-Z's debut album, Reasonable Doubt (1996), including the singles, "Dead Presidents" and "Feelin' It" marking SKI's first major production placement. After the critical success of Reasonable Doubt, SKI went on to produce Camp Lo's 1997 debut, Uptown Saturday Night. Worked with Jay-Z again on his sophomore album, "In My Lifetime, Vol 1" (1997), and did most of the production on Camplo's second and third albums.