User:Angel OnHel Aponte

Angel Javier Aponte (PKA ONHEL) has had his sights set on a career in music since childhood. Brooklyn born, Jersey City raised, he grew up on equal parts Jay Z’s “Reasonable Doubt” and Oasis’ “What’s The Story Morning Glory”. As he grew older, he found himself fascinated by hip-hop production, particularly that of Swizz Beatz and Pharrell. In what is now fondly referred to as the “Sony Era” of the NYC music industry, Angel worked his way up the ranks at Sony Studios. After a quick four months as an intern, he found himself engineering a session for Swizz himself during a Beyoncé session. The two hit it off, and Angel quickly began working with artists like Gwen Stefani, Jennifer Lopez, Jay Z, Kanye West and many others. It didn’t take long before Lil Wayne came to New York, and Angel began engineering and producing for him. Angel’s work with Wayne has earned him three Grammy nominations thus far. Angel produced “President Carter” on “Carter IV”, and recently produced Lil Wayne’s recently released single, “Glory”. Angel continues to pursue cross-genre musical endeavors that allow him to swap between roles as engineer, producer and songwriter.