Clinton Sparks Biography and Wiki
Clinton C. Sparks (born September 18th, 1975) is an American DJ, record producer, songwriter, radio personality, and marketer from Boston, Massachusetts. He initially began his career as a rapper, dancer, producer, and DJ who acquired notoriety by making bootleg remixes and mixtapes and parlayed that into hosting radio shows on Boston’s Hot 97.7, Baltimore’s 92Q, Hartford’s Hot 93.7, and Sirius XM’s Shade 45.
He was the long-time host of a worldwide syndicated radio show known as Smash Time Radio. He is the current host of getting Familiar Radio on Dash Radio, a digital radio platform for which he also works as Vice President of Business Development.
In 2012, he was nominated for a Grammy for his production work on Lady Gaga’s Born This Way. That year, he also won a BMI songwriting award for writing Pitbull’s ”Shut It Down” and has since won various ASCAP Awards with DJ Snake as part of his Get Familiar Music publishing company.
He has written and produced songs for a number of notable acts, including Akon, Ludacris, 2 Chainz, Ty Dolla Sign, Lil Uzi Vert, Big Sean, and various others. Clinton has also made the music of his own, including the 2014 EP, ICONoclast. He was featured on the song ”Saturday Night,” which was featured on the soundtrack for the 2016 stand-up comedy film, Kevin Hart: What Now?
Additionally, Clinton co-founded the mixtape database MixUnit.com served as a music correspondent for the E! series, The Daily 10 and E! News and has held executive positions at a variety of companies including Karmalop, I slide, PingTank, IC Realtech, and currently Dash Radio and FaZe Clan.
Clinton Sparks Age and Birthday
Sparks was born on September 18, 1974, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. He is 46 years old as of 2020. He always celebrates his birthday on September 18th, every year.
Clinton Sparks Height and Weight
Clinton appears to be quite tall in stature in his photos, relative to his surroundings, which are anything to go by. However, details regarding his actual height and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We are keeping tabs and will update this information once it is out.
Clinton Sparks Education
Clinton graduated from Randolph High School in 1993. After high school at age 19, he got a job with UPS and moved back to Dorchester. Finally, he moved back into his mother’s home and built a recording studio in her basement where he would make original mixtapes and travel up and down the East Coast to hand them out.
An injury sustained while working for UPS required Clinton to undergo spinal surgery, severely limiting his ability to perform manual labor. He started focusing more earnestly on music in the aftermath.
Clinton Sparks Parents
Clinton was born and brought up in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. His parents got divorced when he was around 4 years old and lived with his mother for most of his childhood. He started using his mother’s stereo as a turntable at age 10 and started controlling his favorite parts of recordings to create new songs.
When he was 12, he stole his first set of actual turntables and began making music for his groups and local artists. Clinton was a rapper and a dancer who, with his courage, would win local talent shows. Around that period, he and his mother moved to the Hyde Park neighborhood in Boston.
Clinton Sparks Dating | Wife
Clinton likes to keep his personal life private hence information about his dating life is under research. It is not known whether he is married, dating, or has any children. However, this information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Clinton Sparks Facts and Measurements
- Full Name: Clinton C. Sparks
- Age: 46 years (2020)
- Date of Birth: September 18, 1974
- Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Education: Randolph High School
- Birthday: September 18,
- Nationality: American
- Profession: DJ, record producer, songwriter, radio personality, and marketer
- Net worth: $500,000 – $1M
Clinton Sparks Net Worth
Sparks’s net worth has grown significantly in 2020. He is a successful Music Producer, who has a net worth of approximately $500,000 – $1M at the age of 46 years. Clinton Sparks’s net worth comes from being a Music Producer.
Clinton Sparks Record Producer
From his basement studio at his mother’s house, Clinton was able to convince major record labels that he ran a successful online radio show. Around the year 2000, he conducted interviews there with acts like Eminem, Common, Sean Kingstone, Talib Kweli, and others.
He ran the interviews on the radio station where he worked, Boston’s Hot 97.7. Clinton was also able to accumulate freestyle raps and performances from these artists that he would put into mixtapes. In 2002, he won the award for New Mixtape DJ of the Year at the Justo Mixtape Awards.
By 2004, Clinton was hosting weekly radio shows on Hot 93.7. He also hosted a syndicated hip hop show, Smash Time Radio, through SupeRadio that aired in 40 cities. That year, he was also named the Radio DJ of the year at the Mixshow Power Summit Awards.
Also in 2004, Clinton co-founded MixUnit.com, an online mixtape marketplace that ultimately became one of the latest hubs for mixtapes on the internet. He often unleashed his own mixtapes and bootlegs on the site, including a series dubbed SmashTime Blends and several Get Familiar volumes.
Acts featured on his tapes have included The Game, Snoop Dogg, T.I., Usher, Ciara, Fat Joe, Cam’ron, Kanye West, Jim Jones, Ashanti, Ja Rule, and many others. The site helped mixtape DJs like DJ Drama and DJ Khaled accumulate a following.
In 2005, Clinton produced the Re-Up Gang’s We Got It 4 Cheap mixtapes. The Re-Up Gang was composed of both members of the Clipse and two other rappers (Ab-Liva and Sandman). Volume 2 is commonly considered a classic, and it is also popularized Clinton’s vision of the mixtape as album format.
That year, Clinton began hosting a show on Eminem’s Sirius satellite radio channel, Shade 45 and added another weekly show in North Carolina. He also produced The Notorious B.I.G.’s song ”Hold Ya Head” featuring Bob Marley off Biggie’s posthumous final studio album, Duets: The Final Chapter.
In April 2005, Clinton unleashed his own studio album, Maybe You Been Brainwashed, on Koch Records. The lead single, ”Run This City,” featured P.Diddy and Miri Ben-Ari. Other featured acts on the album included Busta Rhymes, Kardinal Official, Jadakiss, Mobb Deep, and others.
Clinton Sparks Songs
- Maybe You Been Brainwashed
- ICONoclast
- Run This City
- Favorite DJ
- Sucks to be You
- Watch You
- Gold Rush
- Stay With You Tonight
- Hit My Line
- Think About You
- Ciroc Star
- Dance With You
- Saturday Night
- Hold Ya Head
- Various songs
- Sorry, Blame It on Me
- Down in the Dirty
- Don’t Turn Back
- Sophisticated Bad Girl
- Follow You
- Thinkin’ Bout Ya”
- ”II Trill”
- Call Up the Homies
- Take Me Away
- Shut It Down
- She Got It Made
- Vida 23
- Boom
Frequently Asked Questions About Clinton Sparks
Who is Clinton C.?
Clinton C. Sparks (born September 18th, 1975) is an American DJ, record producer, songwriter, radio personality, and marketer from Boston, Massachusetts.
How old is Clinton C.?
Sparks was born on September 18, 1974, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. He is 46 years old as of 2020. He always celebrates his birthday on September 18th, every year.
How tall is Clinton C.?
Clinton appears to be quite tall in stature in his photos, relative to his surroundings, which are anything to go by. However, details regarding his actual height and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We are keeping tabs and will update this information once it is out.
Is Clinton C. married?
Clinton likes to keep his personal life private hence information about his dating life is under research. It is not known whether he is married, dating, or has any children. However, this information will be updated as soon as it is available.
How much is Clinton C. worth?
Sparks’s net worth has grown significantly in 2020. He is a successful Music Producer, who has a net worth of approximately $500,000 – $1M at the age of 46 years. Clinton Sparks’s net worth comes from being a Music Producer.
Where does Clinton C. live?
Because of security reasons, Clinton has not shared his precise location of residence. We will immediately update this information if we get the location and images of his house.
Is Clinton C. dead or alive?
Clinton is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of him being sick or having any health-related issues.
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