User talk:Josh Luca

Patron the DepthMC is an American hip hop recording artist, rapper, singer-songwriter and self taught pianist originally from Baltimore, Maryland. His debut album "With Character" was released in 2012 under Interscope Records. He produced, made the beats, and play all the instruments on the album himself.

Life and career
Patron the DepthMC was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. His parents are both from Jamaica and he is the only one of his siblings that was born in the United States. Patron the DepthMC went to 13 different schools before going to College. His family was moving between Florida and Maryland until Baltimore became eventually his hometown. While in High school he started running high hurdles and in his 2nd year he started to work in research as an intern for John Hopkins Hospital. He began playing the saxophone at the age of sixteen after he heard album "Breathless" from Kenny G. The saxophone was the first musical instrument he learned how to play. He was ask to play at different churches around the city and became quite popular in the community for his talent. Coming from a very religious family any kind of music besides what could be played in church was prohibited in his house growing up. He left his parents home right after high school at the age of 17 and didn't communicate with his entire family for nearly 10 years. Based on his ability to run he received a scholarship from Columbia Union College where he began Pre-Med studies planning to become a heart surgeon. As a completely self taught pianist within 6 months of starting to play he was performing in front of audiences of five thousand. After 3 semesters he moved to UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) where he wanted to take his running to another level. He broke a 25 years old record in hurdling in his first and only season running for UMBC. His coach stated he had the talent for the Olympics if he wanted it, but the passion for music was stronger than running and medicine. UMBC's world class recording studio allowed him to move his focus to music as a major. During this time he became part of the hip hop group "triple crown" a talented trio that failed to take off due to management issues. After his 3rd semester he left UMBC to start his musical journey.He moved to Los Angeles, California where he was working three shifts to keep a roof over his head. Three years he was living unsecured and at times homeless and played piano on the 3rd promenade in Santa Monica and Venice Beach. There was no success coming until he wrote a song "The Glory" for Olympic programming, published by RIM music group. This opportunity confirmed his commercial viability and pushed him to keep working on his music and to never give up. He released two solo piano albums which took him for tours around the world and got him a record deal with High horse Records. He played in many different venues throughout Japan and Europe. His first hip hop performances was in Slovak Republic where he performed as B-Nasty. As his artistry grew he changed to Patron the DepthMC. Later on he started to compose original beats which were mixed with his piano. he produced, mixed them himself. He scored several commercials in Europe which brought him to a publishing deal with WAP Publishing based in London, England.

2012- With Character
In 2012 he released his first hip hop album "With Character" distributed by Interscope Records, which once again brought him international performances and several television appearances Europe. He also appeared on the mixtapes "The Formula" and "Power of Mixtape". There were two officially released singles from this album "She Said No" and "Obama We Can Stand Together". Obama we can stand together was made to support Barack Obama's presidency and everything from the sale was sent to support Barack Obama's campaign.

2013 - L.N.C. Part I. and L.N.C. Part II.
Patron the DepthMC started his own label L.N.C. Music LLC. He released his second album "L.N.C. Part I." on May 31st, 2013. The first single from this album "Come Real" was released on April 19th, 2013. . Between his first and most recent album he created a song "One Deep" that was nominated for best single at the Independent hip hop music awards and "Socrates Plagiarized a Pharaoh" that was available for free download during black history month. He worked with producer "Jahbez" on Part 1 of his second album also utilizing beats from "Freak". His follow up album L.N.C. Part II. was released on 9/11/13. He released a single "Don't Stop Now" on 08/30/2013. He appeared on Vibe TV where he also gave a video interview for Vibe Magazine.

Albums

 * 1) "With Character"
 * 2) "L.N.C. Part I."
 * 3) "L.N.C. Part II."

Singles

 * 1) "Don't Stop Now"
 * 2) "She Said No"
 * 3) "Obama We Can Stand Together feat. Stefni Valencia"
 * 4) "Come Real"

Mix Tapes

 * 1) "Dj Gates - Power of Mixtape"
 * 2) "Dj Gates - The Formula"