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DJ Stash began his musical journey in 1991, joining up with Scott Mathewson to form the group 1/2 Breed. It was plain awful but it was his start. It was very progressive however in the fact that it was probably the first electronic/industrial groups to hail from Cambridge Maryland. Scott and Stash both endured several set backs due to personal issues and subsequently disbanded. DJ Stash then began to experiment with recording by using any piece of audio equipment that he could get a hold of.

In 1994, DJ Stash was incarcerated for a serious offense that he would later be cleared of. Realizing that a change was necessary, Stash used that time locked down to get his mind together. He began to write rap lyrics, due to heavy influence from Cypress Hill, Wu Tang Clan and N.W.A. He was most influenced by a rare GraveDiggaz album and it was this which created the seed for the DJ Stash ministry to begin. Rap held all of what Stash was looking to be apart of. Stash quickly became able to make his own instrumentals, lay down the vocals and then mix it all down. Although Stash was known as 1/2 Breed as well at this time, Stash became an underground legend all of the Eastern Shore quickly by being one of the only Producers who could be totally in house with everything he did.In 1996, he became friends with Jason Love, and began to make music with him under the Sample Sound 2012 group. He also became the first known artist from the hood here to move more than a 1.000 units in a month (1999- "Random Acts of Senseless Violence"- actually released under 1/2 Breed). These were ALL hand pressed, Cassette Tapes. Jason Love was the biggest injection of creativity that Stash could have received. Jason Love laid out the sonic landscapes for Stash to release his fury.

In 2000, Stash and Love moved in together above the High Spot Restaurant on High Street. It was here that DJ Stash was truly born. DJ Stash and Jason Love recorded many, many songs here and also helped each other grow as producers. There was a brief falling out of the two which let to the birth of Powerplay Entertainment.Stash began recording every rapper/emcee in the local area, artists such as Tony Steele (Antone Ennals), Billy Blunt (Billy Dayton), Tommy Johnson( Thomas Sutton), Tommy Gunnz (Thomas Anders), Nase Felon, Markus Hooks ( Paul Major,) Marley G (Trammel Williams), Young Static, (LaRae Green), Fishscale Entertainment ( Don P and Bunk) among a host of others. DJ Stash then release "King of Groove City-2002" This classic was pure fury and rage but was also a testament to the musical growth of DJ Stash. 80% of the album's instrumentals were self produced and 100% of the engineering was by Stash. In 2004, DJ Stash began work on the "Shattered Dreams" album, but also joined the band Broken Solace out of Salisbury Maryland. He met Geoff Bubas (bassist) and Rich Greene (drummer) here in this group. Shattered Dreams was released in 2005 at which time he began to work with DJ Ill Kidd. DJ Ill Kidd introduce DJ Stash to the club scene and began to give him work there. DJ Ill Kidd had some personal issues arise and DJ Stash was given the House DJ designation for Club Platinum. DJ Stash released Shattered Dreams in 2005 and played to a packed house every week at Platinum sometimes facing as many as eight DJs at the rival Nightclub. DJ Stash only ever had three djs with him at any given show including Force One Productions, DJ Tosha B, DJ J Reed, DJ K Swift, Doc Lane, DJ A Plus ( Stash's protege), DJ Blaze One, DJ Tommy Gunnz, DJ Lynx, DJ Lean and most notably DJ Deezul. DJ Deezul (Tyree Jenkins) and Stash began a partnership that has endured the test of time and is current to this day.

In 2006, Stash released "Troy L Smith" an almost autobiographic album that was another gem in his line of albums. Broken Solace disbanded although Club Platinum was at the peak of their reign. In 2007, DJ Stash released the album "The Bully" through a limited distribution. Club Platinum was closed in haste in an attempt to sell it although it was very successful at the time. The club remains abandoned at the time of this article. In 2008, DJ Stash went back into business management to retire from music altogether. He released the "Stashbox Vol. 1" a TRUE mixtape collection of his greatest hits ending up with a 49 track count on the finished product. In 2009, DJ Stash re surfaced as One with the group Blakkoutt, an industrial heavy metal band that mostly studio based. The self titled EP was an internet only release. DJ Stash is one of the only artists from the Eastern Shore, MD to dominate on the web based community Soundclick. He has numerous rankings for numerous songs on the Soundclick charts but none was more successful than the song " Devil on Your Shoulder." Although Stash has over 600 finished songs in his total catalog, he does not have ONE video. Attempts were made but never surfaced. In 2010, DJ Stash un retired himself and began to dj once again. He also joined his current band Symptom of Decline which is set to release an album in the first quarter of 2013. This reunited Geoff, Rich and Stash once again. It was by pure accident that it happened, being the result of DJ Stash responding to a classified ad in the Guide.A new album from DJ Stash is set to be released in December entitled, " Shattered Nightmares.