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Hussayn Ar-Jami Al-Mahdi (born October 3, 1987 in San Diego, California), better known as A. Carlito is a hip hop producer from New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.. He began his career as the main producer for the hip-hop group Tru Saga, and has also worked with the likes of KRS-1 and many more. As part of Tru Saga he gained widespread recognition and critical acclaim. A. Carlito stated he may be young but love to work with current and old school rappers such as Rakim, Juelz Santana, Common, Talib Kweli and many more.

Biography
In 2007, A. Carlito was doing production work for local artists with his keyboards. A few months later, he was introduced by a friend who was also an producer. Around the same time, he met four friends. Vinnie, Base, Chino and Pat who were local emcees and a singer in the Connecticut area and joined to become the group known as Tru Saga. He then began DJ'ing for them at shows and produced a number of their beats on underground records.

As an up-and-coming producer, he released a album of Carlito's Way 2007. This album began what is now a regular trend. A. Carlito has a smooth and soulful production style that relies on samples from artists such as Dee Edwards and Curtis Mayfield. He attributes the bass lines that he uses in production to DJ Premier, Pete Rock and HeatMaker. The producer continued to produce for Tru Saga and many other Hiphop artists/groups, including KRS-1 and many more.

A. Carlito still resides in Connecticut. He has announced his new label, Mi Gente and is still with Tru Saga Records. He soon will release his second solo album entitled Carlito's Way Vol. 2.

Discography
Solo albums

2007: Carlito's Way

2009: Carlito's Way Vol. 2

Other Releases

A. Carlito and Pat - Musical Message(2007)

A. Carlito and Base - Pain of Hip-Hop(2007)

A. Carlito- Bronx Historical Pages (Beats Only)(2007)

A. Carlito and Ace- Start From Scratch(2007)