New York City born and raised, DJ Hardwerk grew up in a classical household that exposed him to an array of musical instruments at an early age. Hardwerk started playing the violin and cello while in the 3rd grade and grew up to also play bass guitar, piano, and the drums. He attributes Reggae, Dancehall, and Jamaican music as heavy influences in his life. Hardwerk has ushered in a new global pop sound with an urban knock that has heightened his career and made him a highly sought after hitmaker for chart topping platinum acts like Camila Cabello, Cardi B, Quavo,  Rihanna, Fergie, Sean Paul, Damian, Stephen Marley & Skip Marley, Monica, Prince Royce, Neyo, Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, Estelle, Demi Lovato , Jim Jones, Akon and Mya. Along with the superstars and A listers, he’s also currently working with the stars of tomorrow like Kingg Bucc, NLE Choppa, Ayanis, Priscilla Renea, Abir, Grace, Jada Kingdom, Slim Jxmmi, Sada Baby and Bri Steeves. In addition he’s constantly working on new catalogues with top tier writers like Ally Tamposi, Priscilla Renea, Sean Garrett, Neyo, Cristyle Nicole, Verse Simmonds and Theron of Roc City.