E-MAC

Elgin "E-Mak" McDonald Jr. was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 5, 1980. He later moved to Ennis, Tx where he will soon be known to the world as E-Mac. E-Mak was 8 years old when he fell in love with Hip Hop music. He first heard a rap song when his brother was a DJ. E-Mak would enter himself in talent contests beat boxing, dancing, and rapping. "I was good at everything, but I continued with the rapping. To me it was more of my style!" After he started winning in the contests, E-Mak saved up his allowance money to buy studio time when he was 13. "I had so many influences as a child from Jay-Z to 2Pac to Bone Thugs-n-Harmony". E-Mak was at he's bestfriend's house one day listening to music and that is when he decided to produce music. He was listening to Aaliyah's "One In A Million" album when he got fascinated with how the format of the beat was made. "All of the different cords and notes that Timbaland used was amazing".Mak bought his first drum machine when he was 16 and started making small beats for himself and his friends to freestyle off of. He was later noticed by Deep South Tycoons CEO Charles Key for his lyrical ability and production. He later signed with Deep South Tycoons which later resulted in releasing his first street classic album on Sept. 26, 2000 "Get Crunk Wit Me" that he produced. At that time he was 18 and fresh out of High School. He did opening shows for 8 ball and MJG, Juvenille, Too Short, Mike Jones, Pall Wall, and Chamillionaire just to name a few. Although he had a good run with Deep South Tycoons he had to depart the label in 2001. He went on to release his first mixtape in 2002 called "Underground Mixtape Vol. 1 and another in 2004 called "The People's Choice" on his own. E-Mak has produced 12+ albums for local artists and has done dozens of outside productions which include hip hop, R&B, and Pop. At the end of 2004 E-Mak started receiving his vision from GOD as far as the type of music that he really should be making. That is when a new reality hit him!. I was reading The Source Magazine and they had a small write up on one of the best Christian hip hop artist by the name Da' T.R.U.T.H. E-Mak was already spiritual hungry, and the holy spirit spoke to him through Da Truth's music. E-Mak recently released his first Christian Hip Hop mixtape called "Get To Know Me Vol. 1" June 30, 2006. He has plans to release a series of mixtapes and spreading the word of GOD to everyone. Since releasing "Get To Know Me Vol. 1" he has been getting alot of recognition in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Needing a change of scenery he made the decision to move to Dallas, Tx to broaden his horizon. Since his move to Dallas he has been putting his name out there on Myspace and sending out demos to the major labels to be heard. He is still on a mission for the world to know about GOD and has alot of grinding to do.



"Rep God in everything you do"

- E-MAK