Dante Ross was born in San Francisco, California to political activist parents John Dante Ross and mother Norma.
11 Facts About Dante Ross
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Dante Ross was raised by his mother in New York's Lower East Side, then a predominantly Puerto Rican neighborhood, where his mother was a nursery school teacher.
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Dante Ross spent his teen years skateboarding, writing graffiti, and going to see punk rock shows with teenage friends who would eventually become members of the Beastie Boys, the Cro-Mags and Luscious Jackson.
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Dante Ross frequently went to see live music at CBGB where he often saw the Bad Brains who befriended a young Ross.
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Dante Ross became friends with many notable punk and hardcore groups as well as various future creatives.
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Dante Ross entered the music business when he was hired as a messenger at the behest of the Beastie Boys and their road manager Sean Carasov at the newly formed Def Jam Recordings.
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Gamble and Dante Ross later went on to produce Carlos Santana, Everlast, and many others.
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Dante Ross earned a Grammy Award in 2000 for his work on Santana's Supernatural for his production on the song "Put Your Lights On" featuring Everlast.
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Dante Ross would write and produce the Anthony Hamilton and Santana duet on Santana's gold album All That I Am.
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Dante Ross is credited with championing Macklemore while at Warner Brothers records, which lead him to becoming the VP of A and R at ADA in 2012.
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Dante Ross would go on to sign Lil Dicky, and MadeinTYO who both were awarded platinum records in 2016.