Trad Jr.

Demetrius "Trad Jr" Gooden Jr, age 31 is a music producer, hip hop artist and film score composer born out of South Carolina. His mother and father are both ex military which caused for him to move around the country a lot, forced to make new friends and experience different styles of life. When he moved to Virginia at age 14 he got wind of a program called FL Studio where he then started to educate himself in the art of music production and audio engineering. He was always in tune with music but this was the chance for him to show what he could do and present to new listeners. Trad Jr produced music for other artist's mixtapes in high school that were successful in his local town. He then formed with a group called the "Young Uchivas" where they wrote great songs and performed them at teen events. After months of successful turn arounds with their music a member of their group passed away which then caused the group to fall apart. Later Trad Jr moved to Maryland which wasn't his first time moving there and he attended college at Omega Studios' School Of Applied Recording Arts and Sciences in 2009 where he met Michael "Charlie M$" Mann and they formed a group called A.G.M. which stands for "Always Getting Money". The duo went on to make countless music that has been aired on the radio in Atlanta Georgia and stores in the malls of the city. Although it didn't go nationwide at this time they were successfully getting their name out to the public. Soon after school Trad Jr spent most of his time creating music for artists and working normal 9 to 5 jobs. Not too long after he decided to join the US Coast Guard where he then began to meet more famous individuals like "Kid" from the movie House Party, RJ Cyler which starred in many movies like Power Rangers and White Boy Rick, Juhahn Jones which is a well known actor in TV shows and movies, Kenny and Brandon which are both Video/Casting directors. This gave him the first taste of a celeb lifestyle. While serving his country he then met Internet sensations like Matthew Raymond, Pat D Lucky and created music for them as well as Kway,Marlon webb, and Cornell who featured in some of the videos that were produced by Trad Jr via Instagram.Trad Jr continues to create music for film, television, and music artists, and has started a music production company under A.G.M. called Trad Jr Productions LLC.