Well, this story isn't a new one, especially in Hollywood, but it's so scandalous we had to give it a mention. Hip Hop megaproducer Scott Storch is broke, having spent all of his millions in "spectacular fashion", and writer Gus Garcia-Roberts delves deep into his skeleton filled closet giving us all the dirt on Storch's rise and subsequent downfall in six-page expose' for Miami New Times online.
If you know Hiip Hop then you know Scott Storch. Known mostly for is Liberace-esque flamboyancy, it was also hard to miss that he was a white man in a black man's world-- Hip Hop beat making. His moms says that it is because she was so over-protective that he even had his music career. She says she refused to let his scrawny butt play sports, so she instead stuck him on a piano and gifted him with lessons. But it's also revealed that Scott has music in his blood. His father, brother, his great great grandfather, and even mom Yolanda (who bitterly snitched on his deadbeat ways in the article) were musical performers of some-sort.
With that in mind, it seems that music was his destiny. The fact that he was performing paid gigs by age 12, and by adulthood he was creating top ten hits left and right says it all. The roster of top ten hit songs is uber-impressive (some include "Dr. Dre's "Still D.R.E", Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me A River", Fat Joe's "Lean Back", Beyonce's "Naughty Girl", and Chris Brown's "Run It") and it's clear has genuine talent. It's unfortunate, though, that there was no guidance for him where his money was concerned... and, of course, the drugs. *SMH* It's quoted that Storch's cocaine habit was so bad that "he now paired his jewelry with shirts stained from "blood that would just gush out of his nose at any given time." Eww,that's so sick!
Miami New Times (where we got the story) also reported that BlueWave Music Group purchased his entire music catalog, valued at $70 Million, for mere $7 Million. His manager and friend, Derek Jackson is President of BlueWave and MNT suspects the low-ball purchase is more of bailout for Storch who is bogged down with all sorts of judgements and other legal entaglements due to his downfall. Hopefully, he will use the bailout $ wisely and then get back in the studio and crank out some more hits. Word is that he's working on the infamous decade-in-the-making DETOX album with Dr. Dre. Most importantly, we hope Storch gets his mind right 'cause with that in the gutter, there's no hope.
Source:
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/ Read full story (6 pgs!)
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2010-04-22/music/scott-storch-raked-in-hip-hop-millions-and-then-snorted-his-way-to-ruin/1
Image courtesy of Jason Seiler via Miami New Times.
