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Daniel "SKID" Mitchell aka SenatorSkid, started his hip hop journey at the age of 8 after receiving his first Michael Jackson record player. It was not long before his hobby turned into a passion. By the time he was 14 he was djing local parties and events in his hometown of Gainesville, Florida. In the years that followed, his love of music led him to New York City where he would become a recording engineer and producer for an up and coming hiphop label w/his brother. 1997-2000 was spent working and gaining a reputation as one of the best engineers in Queens to work with. SKID honed his skills and ear recording and mixing the earlier work for some of todays hip hop elite.

From 2003-2011 he worked at Daddy House Recording Studio/BADBOY ent. where he would become a pro tools engineer and eventually A&R & DIGITAL ARCHIVE MANAGER. It was here that he would take on the moniker ,,THE SENATOR.

Presently Daniel is launching his own company titled SkidsRow an artist development and publishing company where he can develop new producers and writers, he spends most of his days reviewing emails, answering questions and speaking to various members from newjacks to todays elite music community to further his clients careers.

“One day I want to open a series of charter schools to challenge under-privelaged children to focus on music, academics and interpersonal skills for the information age.” –D.M.