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Neil Westbrooks
Producer of Hip-Hop/Rap
A.k.a. Trick (2)
Neil "Trick" Westbrooks is a hip-hop recording artist, producer and hip-hop entrepreneur. Westbrook got his start in Northern San Diego County as a DJ and formed Magic Trick in the mid-1980s. Magic Trick landed a record deal with the San Diego-based Party Crew Records hip-hop label and produced several singles, including the now classic electro-rap track Check Us Out (Don't Stop). Westbrooks continued producing hip-hop music in Southern California through the late 1980s, most notably joining forces with local DJ legend Tony G to form the group Mixmasters. They landed a deal with MCA Records that yielded two albums and a handful of singles. Trick began to focus more on the business side of the industry in the 1990s, promoting hip-hop concerts in Southern California and Tijuana, Mexico. He later would go onto manage hip-hop artists, relocating to Arizona and St. Louis.
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