Damien Escobar by: Lyric McGill

CHILDHOOD! .Damien and his brother (Tourie) are like best friends they went everywhere together. .With his mother around she made sure they went to school. .Before you knew it he went to Julliard school, to study more of the violin.

How it all began! .Raised in New York damien start to get interested in playing the violin when he was 8 .When he was 8 he start trying it out and soon became good at it. . Later he decide he want to do hip hop violin.

Awards & acomplishments . In 2005 he won a talent competition at the Apollo Theatre in New York. On January 8, 2006 he performed a new hit song called ‘’Thunder.’’ He led to a lot of media attention and appearences, like The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Today Show, and The Tonight Show.

Adult life . Now in his 27 year, he has a nice family with a 5 year old daughter, and a wife. . But he is still trying to continued his career with help of his brother.

More! . He is in this new business called ‘’Nuttin’’ But Stringz or for short N.B.S. his songs were in this movie called, ‘’Step up’’. .You can check him out on youtube, itunes, twitter, instagram, or on his on website: http://www.dameesco.com/ .His latest hit song is called, ‘’Freedom’’, it was a big hit.

WHAT’S HE DOING NOW! .He’s probably in the studio playing hip hop songs on the violin.