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Ryan Toby and Streetrunner to speak at MuMo Music Summit
Oct 1, 2010 - 5:46:44 PM
Nassau, Bahamas -
International guest speakers have been announced for the highly
anticipated Music Momentum Summit (MUMO) which will be held in Nassau on
October 1st and 2nd.
Grammy Award winning producer, Street Runner and actor/singer Ryan Toby of
Sister Act 2 will be guests.
Be sure not to miss this exciting inaugural event under the Carifringe umbrella!
Nicholas Warwar, better known as
STREETRUNNER , is a Grammy Award
Winning American record producer and DJ who works and lives in Miami,
Florida. He first gained recognition in 2004 for producing Terror
Squad's hit single, "Take Me Home".[1] More recently he has gained fame
for working with Lil Wayne on numerous occasions, most notably on Tha
Carter III. He is currently signed to EMI.[2] A trademark of a
STREETRUNNER production is a female voice saying "STREETRUNNER" in the
beginning of most of his songs.
RYAN TOBY
is a name that is synonymous with success. The singer/songwriter/producer
has finally decided to make his next project a solo effort.
Ryan’s
debut offering
SOUL OF A SONGWRITER released on his own
independent label (
Overflow Entertainment) delivers an album
destined to rejuvenate the lost R&B singer tradition of smoothly
sensitive urban music.
Ryan’s
musical chronicles began when his manager Marvin Thompson introduced
Ryan to then RCA Records A&R Director Kenny Ortiz, which eventually
lead to a meeting with Disney & Buena Vista/Touchstone Pictures
Executives. The company was looking for young actors/singers for their
upcoming project titled
Sister Act II: Back In The Habit
(starring
Whoopi Goldberg). Landing a principal role at 16 years
old, the talented singer/actor was featured on the accompanying soundtrack.
He wrote the rap part to the much loved single
“
Joyful,
Joyful” which also featured newcomer
Lauryn Hill
and was a featured soloist on the single
“Oh Happy Day”.
After working on the
film,
Ryan attended
Grambling University
and during this time Ryan was put in touch with
Jazzy Jeff (of The
Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff fame), he was invited to Philadelphia.
Jeff and
Ryan bonded and he was asked to sign to his
Touch
of Jazz Production Company. It was during that time that
Will
Smith visited with Jeff. Smith was working on his upcoming album
titled
Big Willie Style. Smith heard
Ryan and wanted
him to work on his album. The music/rap turned into Smith’s hit single
“Miami”.
Ryan received writing credits for
“Miami”,
“
Don’t Say Nothing”,
“
I Loved Her
”
and
“
Candy
”. The album sold over
20
million copies.
While enjoying the success
of working on the Will Smith project,
Ryan ran into his old manager
Marvin Thompson again. Thompson was working with an artist
signed to Wyclef Jean’s Booga Basement/Interscope Records label. Jean
invited Ryan to sign with his label when his deal with Jazzy Jeff was
no longer in existence.
Ryan was partnered with
Robby Pardlo
by Thompson. Nevertheless, Wyclef heard a female voice on some of their
demos. That voice belonged to
Claudette Ortiz. Wyclef decided
that he wanted Ortiz to join the group so he could create another Fugee’s.
Ryan, Robby & Claudette named the group
City High. The self-titled
debut album released in
2001 garnered a
Grammy Nomination.
The albums sold
millions worldwide and the threesome toured for
approximately two years.
It was also during that
time that
Ryan and
Ortiz fell in love, producing a son
in June of 2003
Once back in New Jersey
he connected with Super Producers
Vidal Davis and
Andre Harris.
Davis and Harris were working on songs for platinum plus recording artist
Usher. The threesome collaborated on several tracks and three were
chosen.
“Caught Up”,
“Superstar”
and
“Follow Me” made the 2004 chart-topping
Usher
album titled
Confessions.
To date
, Ryan’s
production discography reads like a who’s who of music royalty. He
has written for
Mary J Blige, Brian McKnight, LL Cool J, Ruben Studdard,
Joe, Amerie, New Edition, Ginuwine, Charlie Wilson, ll2, Monica, Tyrese,
Kevin
Lyttle,
Mario, Chris Brown,
Darius Rucker, (of Hootie and the Blowfish) and
Sunshine
Anderson to name a few.
Soul Of A Songwriter
is a modern testament to timeless quality. When asked about his upcoming
solo project
Ryan explains
“I think the industry is ready
for good songwriting. Most of the songs I’ve written for other people
have been hits
so I thought that it was time to write
some for myself”. Says
Ryan
“No one writes songs for women anymore; no one really makes the
ladies feel special. Ryan has an inescapable presence and a
solid track record.
Soul Of A
Songwriter will undoubtedly be noted as one of the most
prolific and popular albums released this year.
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