LABEL PRESIDENT 

DITCH

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"2021 will be a big year for Hood And Associates and their artists" ! Says DITCH is the Label President, and founder of Hood And Associates. He also is an Executive Producer of songs with: Mally Mall, Baby Bash, Kurupt of Tha Dogg Pound, Shock G of Digital Underground, Afroman, Eek-A-Mouse, Sen Dog of Cypress Hill, Bishop Don Magic Juan, Chali 2na of Jurassic 5, Hot Dollar, Cashis, Dogboy of Too Rude, Steve O from Jackass and many more in his 20 plus year in music. As a entrepreneur, Ditch also is director and producer of countless music videos. His favorite interest and hobby is motion pictures and film so he brings a lot of creativity when directing and producing a video. He also works as a celebrity wrangler for many companies and has companies who sponsor his projects as well. As President of Hood And Associates he is known for his hands on approach and personal relationship with each artist, never referring them to a 3rd party, Ditch likes to be involved in helping the artists succeed.

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Pre 2014 BIO:  Rapper Ditch is a Hip Hop recording artist from Los Angeles/Orange County, CA best known to music fans for his song “Smack Dat A**” with Shock G and the song “All Comes Down To Money” featuring Chali 2na from Jurassic 5.

Ditch (hip hop artist, musician) has worked for 15 years in music. He began in 1999 with a rock band called Trip-Wire and quickly departed from them to design his own style and sound. In 2002 Ditch graduated from Chapman University in Orange, CA only to pursue his dream in music. In 2005 Ditch released his first album “D.i.t.c.h”. In 2007 Ditch recorded original tracks in studio with Shock G, Eek-a-Mouse, Hot Dollar, Cashis, Bishop Don Juan, Dog boy and Chali 2na from Jurassic 5, for his album, “Public Intoxication”. Although a distribution deal for the album was shopped, the album eventually found a home for a 2009 release on I Tunes.

For the next several years Ditch did an extensive number of major shows performing for crowds of 2000 – 110,000 people at a time. Ditch co headlined Seattle Hempfest 2013 for over 110,000 people .

Performing at Star-studded venues such as Mandalay Bay, House of Blues, and The Palms have had the opportunity to experience Ditch’s music and amazing showmanship.

Ditch has a plethora of national touring acts and has performed at large scale festivals with tens of thousands of people in the audience.

He has recorded with Digital Underground’s Shock G, Eek­a­Mouse, Chali 2na of Jurassic 5, and many more.

Some of the acts Ditch has performed with include Unwritten Law, Big Sean, Yelawolf, Fishbone, Shwayze, Ice T and Coco, RZA of Wu Tang, Tyga, Nick Cannon,Panic At The Disco, E40, Too Short, Shiny Toy Guns, Dirty Heads, Warren G, Dennis Rodman, Shavo from System Of A Down, Sky Blu of LMFAO, Pato Banton, Baby Bash, Mickey Avalon, Terrell Owens, Laker Ron Artest, Laker Joe Smith, Bubba Sparxxx, Powerman 5000, Rappin 4tay, B Real Of Cypress Hill, Sen Dog of Cypress Hill, WC, Kurupt of the Dogg Pound,Lil Jon, The Game, Hed-Pe, Kottonmouth Kings,  The Bravery, Metal Mulisha (freestyle motor), and many more. Several of the acts have been blown away by Ditch’s performance skills and have asked him to join them on stage multiple times.

Ditch also produced music for many artists as well as helped them in publicity, song writing, and marketing. Up and coming artists have truly benefitted from Ditch’s experience and expertise in the music industry.

Ditch has made himself a household name by being an independent artist. He owes his career to nobody else but himself. His efforts alone have brought him the success he enjoys today. He refuses to rely on conventional promotion methods and has created and maintains a large cult fan base.

In 2014 Ditch partnered with Randolph  to form Hood And Associates a modern digital age music management and development company.