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JOHN "HITTA" BARKLEY aka J HITTA IS PROBABLY CONSIDERED ON OF THE HARDEST WORKING MEN IN THE INDUSTRY. NOT ONLY IS HE A RADIO DJ AND PERSONALITY. HE IS ALSO THE CEO OF SOUTH DOOR ENT GRP WHICH IS AN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY, A SUPER PRODUCER WHO HAS WORKED ON PROJECTS WITH RICH KIDD, PACE, PLIES, SOULJA T, T FLAVE, ETC, AND HE IS ALSO A WORLD CLASS DJ. YOU CAN GOOGLE "SOUTH DOOR RECORDS" TO SEE THAT J HITTA IS TRULY NOT ONLY A BUSINESS MAN, BUT ALSO AN ADVOCATE OF MUSIC.
JOHNNY BENJAMIN BARKLEY III WAS BORN DECEMBER 9TH 1980 TO MIAMI RESIDENTS JOHNNY BENJAMIN BARKLEY JR AND VERNETA W. BARKLEY. BOTH OF HIS PARENTS WERE COUNTY WORKERS FOR MIAMI DADE COUNTY. HIS MOTHER WORKED FOR THE COURT SYSTEM AND HIS FATHER WAS A COUNTY BUS DRIVER. HE DIDN'T LIVE A POOR LIFE BUT IT WAS NOT A LAVISH ONE EITHER. GROWING UP IN A RELIGIOUS HOUSE HOLD, HITTA WAS NEVER REALLY EXPOSED TO THE SECULAR MUSIC INDUSTRY TIL LATER IN HIS EARLY TEENS. ONLY GOSPEL.
HITTA DEVELOPED A LOVE FOR MUSIC AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. AT THE AGE OF 10, HE PLAYED HIS VERY FIRST INSTRUMENT WHICH WAS THE ACOUSTIC GUITAR THAT WAS GIVEN TO HIM FROM HIS UNCLE. AS TIME PROGRESS, HITTA ALSO PICKED UP THE VIOLIN, VIOLA, TRUMPET, BASS, DRUMS, & KEYBOARD. BY THE AGE OF 15, HITTA WAS ABLE TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE FREEDOM TO MAKE AND HANG WITH FRIENDS FROM SCHOOL. BY DOING SO, HITTA HAD A CHANCE TO BE EXPOSED TO HIP HOP ARTIST LIKE BIGGIE SMALLS, TUPAC, LL COOL J, SLICK RICK, ETC. BECAUSE OF HIS FAMILY STRONG RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, HITTA WAS NOT ALLOWED TO BY OR BRING ANY KIND OF NON-GOSPEL MUSIC INTO THE HOUSE. HANGING WITH HIS FRIENDS AND GOING TO SCHOOL WAS THE ONLY WAY HITTA WAS ABLE TO LISTEN HIP HOP ETC.
BY THE AGE OF 17 AND HIS JR YEAR, WHILE PLAYING BASKETBALL, HITTA JOINED THE NORTH MIAMI BEACH HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT SON OF A FAMOUS JAZZ TRUMPET PLAYER AND LEGEND MILTON MUSTAFA JR EXPOSED HITTA TO OTHER MUSIC INFLUENCES LIKE JAZZ, BLUES, COUNTRY, ROCK, ETC. HITTA SAW HIS CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO EXPLORE MUSIC TO THE FULLEST AT HOME. BECAUSE OF MILTON MUSTAFA, HITTA AS A LOVE FOR ALL MUSIC. HITTA ALSO FELT THAT BECAUSE OF THIS LOVE FOR ALL MUSIC, EACH GENRE OF MUSIC CAN INFLUENCE THE OTHER.
AT THE AGE OF 25, HITTA BECAME OBSESSED WITH MAKING BEATS AND WANTED TO LEARN HOW USING SOFTWARE. HIS COUSIN, ZACK FARROW, KNOWN PRODUCER THAT HAVE WORK WITH DA GUTTA BOYS, WACKA FLOCKA, ATLANTIC RECORDS, & COLUMBIA RECORDS, TOOK HITTA UNDER HIS WING. ZACK BROUGHT HITTA ALL OF THE NEEDED SOFTWARE NEEDED TO GET STARTED. BECAUSE HITTA'S OBSESSION AND SKILL OF BEING A MUSICIAN, HITTA WOULD PRACTICE DAY AND NIGHT TO TRY TO EMPRESS HIS COUSIN. BECAUSE HITTA NEEDED MORE PRACTICE, ZACK WOULD SIMPLY SAY, "GO BACK AND TRY IT AGAIN." HITTA WOULD PRACTICE DAY AND NIGHT TILL NOW, HE IS KNOWN AS A SUPER PRODUCER BY THE MEDIA.
HITTA IS NOW ONE OF THE MOST SORT AFTER INDEPENDENT PRODUCER. HITTA HAS CURRENTLY PRODUCED A TRACK FOR 50 CENT NEW ALBUM, PRODUCED A TRACK FOR 1 OF THE HOTTEST RAP GROUPS 'DUCE POUND" WHOM IS CURRENTLY SIGNED TO MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP AND HIS HOLDING THE RECORD AS THE HIGHEST RATED PRODUCER ON PROMO FM. HITTA CURRENTLY HAVE FIFTY (5 STAR) RATINGS CONSECUTIVE, GIVING HITTA THE RECORD.
THE NAME "HITTA" COME FROM A TERM THAT HIS MOM USES WHEN SOME BODY IS MAKING BIG MONEY. THE TERM IS "HEAVY HITTA". BECAUSE OF THE LOVE AND RESPECT HE HAS FOR BOTH OF HIS PARENTS, HE ADOPTED "HITTA" AS A LAST NAME TO HIS STAGE NAME THUS CALLING HIMSELF, JOHN HITTA. BECAUSE JOHN HITTA HAS A DJ BACKGROUND AND IS CURRENTLY APART OF THE HOTTEST INTERNATIONAL DJ COALITION, "ALL OUT ALL STAR DJS", DJ JOHN HITTA STILL KEEPS THE "DJ" AS A PART OF HIS STAGE NAME.
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