The Chop Shop: A Music Production Podcast

MATT FINGAZ / CEO OF THE BOC INC. / THE JERRY MAGUIRE OF HIPHOP / TEAM KUMBAYA

The Chop Shop: A Music Production Podcast

Show Notes

Matthew Schilt p/k/a Matt Fingaz has a long history in the hip-hop game. He was one of the pioneers of New York's late 90s underground indie rap boom with his label Guesswhyld Productions. He's credited with being 1 of the first people to work with Just Blaze, being a key factor in the start of his career. He did the same for Hi-Tek, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, 88-Keys, Sha Money XL and countless others.

Matt was one of the producers of the 1st Hip Hop Show at Lincoln Center,NYC(The Roots, Talib Kweli, Large Professor & Jay-Z).

Throughout the years, Matt has been and still is a go to person for coordinating recording artists, music producers and various other resources in all genres of entertainment. His resume includes such notables as Kanye West (1st major label featured performance for Sony/BMG), Snoop Dogg, Swizz Beatz, T.I., Rakim, Fat Joe, Nelly, Kehinde Wiley, French Montana, Big Boi of Outkast, Ty Dolla $, The Game, Nas, Questlove, Sean Paul, R City, Austin Mahone, Cyhi The Prynce, Sean Kingston, Jason Derulo, Marsha Ambrosius, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Busta Rhymes, Trina, G-Unit, Raekwon, ODB, Xzibit, Mobb Deep and many more.

Producers worked with: Kanye West, Just Blaze, Boi-1da, Organized Noize, DJ Marley Marl, JR Rotem, Scott Storch, DJ Khalil, Salaam Remi, Rockwilder, Erick Sermon, Havoc, Midi Mafia, The Fliptones, Terrace Martin, Focus, The Nasty Beatmakers, Seige Monstracity, Sndtrak, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jake One, 88-Keys, Bink!, Cool + Dre and many more.

Recently, he has created his own multi-tiered company, B.O.C. (Business Of Coordination), which specializes in talent coordination, content development, project consultation, artist booking and many other services in the field of entertainment.

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