Andy Mineo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Andy Mineo

American hip hop musician

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1988

Place of Birth: Syracuse, New York, United States

Profession: composer, record producer, rapper

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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About Andy Mineo

  • Andrew Aaron Mineo (born April 17, 1988), is an American Christian hip hop artist, producer, music executive, and video director based in New York City.
  • He is signed to Reach Records and his creative initiative Miner League.
  • In addition to his solo work, he is a member of Reach Records' hip hop collective 116 Clique. Originally from Syracuse, Mineo worked as a producer in high school at Henninger High School in Upstate New York, and joined the hip-hop group Fat Camp, signed to Syracuse University's Marshall Street Records.
  • After moving to New York City, he realized his weak spiritual condition, re-dedicated his life to Christ and closed down his production studio in order to restart his career.
  • He independently released his first mixtape Sin is Wack in 2009 and joined a community outreach program created by Nicky Cruz's called T.R.U.C.E.
  • where he met long-time friends and collaborators Alex Medina, Wordsplayed, Rich Perez and others.
  • Upon meeting, Andy began collaborating with Alex Medina on a record called "Background" that would later be placed on Lecrae's Rehab album and was Andy's introduction to Reach Records.In 2011, Andy released "In My City", a single featuring Efrain from Doubledge, that continued to build momentum and buzz.
  • After rebranding from C-Lite, Andy signed with Reach Records and released, Formerly Known, a full-length studio album, Heroes for Sale on April 16, 2013.
  • On January 28, 2014, he released an EP titled Never Land.
  • His sophomore album, Uncomfortable, was released on September 18, 2015. Andy began building his own creative initiative, Miner League and signed Wordsplayed along with L.A.-based alternative artist Willow Stephens that featured on his "Strange Motions" track on Uncomfortable.
  • In 2016, the first project from the initiative, Clowntown, was released by Wordsplayed and followed by Willow Stephens' self-titled EP.
  • In 2017, Miner League and Reach Records partnered to release a collaborative mixtape titled, Andy Mineo & Wordsplayed Present Magic & Bird on August 4, 2017. His video and television work includes "Saturday Morning Car-Tunez", "League Chumps Season 1", and co-direction on numerous of his own music videos.
  • As a producer, his work includes tracks from his self-released "In My City", Formerly Known, Saturday Morning Car-Tunez, and Heroes for Sale.
  • He also produced the single "Destiny" by Sheena Lee, in which he was a featured performer, and, along with rapper Derek Minor, aided DJ Official in producing "Power Trip" by Lecrae, featuring Andy Mineo, Derek Minor, and Sho Baraka, from the album Gravity.
  • Gravity won the Best Gospel Album category in the 2013 Grammy Awards.

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