Patrice Wilson co-founded the ARK Music Factory in 2010, a record label which specialized in young-teen pop artists.
23 Facts About Patrice Wilson
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PMW likewise shut down in 2016, and Patrice Wilson has since maintained a low profile.
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Patrice Wilson was born in Nigeria, the son of a Nigerian father who worked as a chemical engineer and an English-Irish mother who was a church minister.
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Patrice Wilson began touring as a backup singer with Malian-Slovak pop star Ibrahim Maiga.
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Patrice Wilson toured in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, and other European countries, and speaks fluent Slovak.
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Patrice Wilson performed on Slovak television and was an aspiring athlete, training under the supervision of a professional Russian coach for a possible qualification representing Nigeria in the track and field event at the Olympics.
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Patrice Wilson moved to the US in 1999, where he took his flavor of Nigerian music along with the style of music he had performed in Eastern Europe and combined it with elements of hip-hop.
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Patrice Wilson studied at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington, before moving to Los Angeles in 2007 to join the music business.
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Patrice Wilson worked for a while trying to promote his own musical career before deciding to produce for other potential artists instead.
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Patrice Wilson got married in 2008 to a woman from Spokane who moved with him to California.
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Patrice Wilson chose the name "Ark" because of his Christian background.
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Jey left ARK Music Factory in May 2011 with Patrice Wilson remaining the CEO of the company.
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Patrice Wilson would perform a guest verse on the song heard near the songs bridge, although this was uncredited.
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Patrice Wilson rebuffed such claims, saying that the label provided a "relatively inexpensive" way of entry into the pop market for artists:.
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Patrice Wilson went public in a promotional interview tape explaining what was behind the company he had founded.
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Patrice Wilson released two musical responses based on this controversy: "Friday " in March 2011 and "Say What You Wanna Say" a month later.
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Patrice Wilson appeared in One Week to Hit It Big: Pop Star, the ABC show Good Morning Americas one-week special feature.
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Patrice Wilson chose Lexi St George for the ABC GMA challenge of trying to make a viral star in one week.
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Patrice Wilson recorded the song "Dancing to the Rhythm", co-written for the show by Wilson and Steve Sulikowski and produced by Wilson.
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On May 6,2012, Patrice Wilson released an "official sequel" to the infamous Rebecca Black song "Friday".
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Previously, Patrice Wilson had written a song called "Tuesday" for British journalist Jon Ronson.
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Patrice Wilson later introduced the duo Tweenchronic, which consisted of Gold and another young girl identified as Stacey with their debut single "Skip Rope" in January 2013, which was received poorly.
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Patrice Wilson was accused of cultural insensitivity for, among other things, using Japanese geisha costumes to portray Chinese culture, but he has denied these claims, saying that he had no plans to disrespect anyone.