Background
Needlz was born Khari Cain in Lansing, Michigan.
Needlz was born Khari Cain in Lansing, Michigan.
New York University; Florida State University. Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
He began to DJ while an undergraduate in Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and Florida State University. He majored in the graduate music business program at New York"s prestigious New York University and was to pursue a career in artist and repertoire (A&R). With the help of A&R Folayan Knight, Needlz associated with Black Entertainment Television (Black Entertainment Television) and Music Television and created theme songs for Rap City and Suckafree Sundays, respectively.
Fellow record producer Swizz Beatz assisted Needlz to "exposure" by collaborating in album production, including Cassidy"s I"m a Hustla and Swizz Beatz One Manitoba Band Manitoba
Needlz chiefly produces songs in the hip hop genre. He describes his style as "an oxymoron: clean and dirty at the same time".
He uses Akai MPC2000XL and Pro Tools to produce hip hop beats and utilizes Kurzweil K2661 and the Roland MKS-80 for synthesizers. Recently, he has endorsed, Native Instruments" Maschine.
