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= Scott Hoying = Scott Richard Hoying (born September 17, 1991) is an American singer, songwriter, musician and YouTuber. Hoying is best known as the baritone in the A cappella group Pentatonix. He studied Pop Music at the University of California, Los Angeles, before making an appearance on season three of TV reality show The Sing Off.

The group have since released six studio albums, PTX, Vol. I (2012), PTXMas (2012), PTX, Vol. II (2013), PTX, Vol. III and the self-titled debut original album Pentatonix (2015).

In addition to his music career, since 2013 Hoying also hosts the YouTube channel, SuperFruit, which he founded with fellow band member Mitch Grassi. While mainly a comedy web show the channel also features vocal performances from both Hoying and Grassi, as well as episodes with guest vocalists.

= Early Life = Hoying was born on September 17, 1991, in Arlington, Texas, the youngest of three children and is of German and English heritage. His father, Rick, is a real estate developer while his mother, Connie, is a therapy program manager.

As a child Hoying was very into music and his father has since recalled a poignant moment in his childhood: “I took him to a concert at Caravan of Dreams in downtown Fort Worth, a little two-man band called Trout Fishing in America,” Hoying recalls. “They did a lot of children’s music, very catchy, brilliant lyrics. … It was just such a fun night, and when we left the venue, Scott said, ‘That’s what I want to do when I grow up!’ He was 4 years old.”

His mother also enrolled Hoying in a group called TKO Tots; his older sister was also a part of TKO Kids. After gaining some initial stage experience Hoying went on to join Johnnie High's Country Music Revue: “I auditioned for the [Johnnie High] Country Music Revue and I totally fell in love with performing and doing community theater.”

Later on Hoying began doing community theatre at Arlington’s Creative Arts Theatre & School and Theatre Arlington. As well as meeting future Pentatonix member Mitch Grassi, Hoying also performed with and briefly dated Caroline Kraddick, daughter of the late DFW radio personality Kidd Kraddick. Kraddick became somewhat of a mentor for Hoying: "It was obvious to me then that he was a cut above most of the other kids," Kraddick said. "We've been friends for well over a decade, and it's been fun helping him and watching him become so accomplished as a singer and musician. The music business is froth with danger, and I always tried to steer Scott in the right direction. ... He's one of the few people I've mentored over the years that I truly thought had a great chance to make a living at this."

After Kraddick's death Hoying states the DJ as having a huge influence on his life: “He really believed in me. He always brought me on the show. I won a lot of contests when I was younger, like 14 or 15. He was always trying to work with me, write with me. He let me write the songs for his charity. He was an amazing, amazing man who really believed in people and believed in his projects. I was completely devastated [when he died]."

Hoying attended Martin High

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