His first break into the game was in 1999 when he purchased an Akai MPC-2000XL sampler and a belt drive turntable. At that moment he dove head first into the DJ/Producer world, which led to the artist he is today. Vinyl Richy has 1500+ DJ events/shows under his belt, with hundreds of venues ranging throughout the midwest, out to the west coast. Vinyl Richy is also a one time top selling remix artist from CrooklynClan.net, starting with long time partner and friend CEO, then going his own way. Vinyl has sold over 20,000 remixes from 2008 to present. In recent years Vinyl Richy has been re-focusing on his beatmaking skills and craft. He just recently launched an online beat store at VinylRichyBeats.com where artists and vocalists can browse and purchase Vinyl Richy produced tracks of all styles, genres & sounds!