If you want to know what profession a man will pick there’s a saying that suggests you look at the profession of his father. Big Korey, named after Atlanta rap mogul Korey “Big Oomp” Roberson, is picking up where his father’s empire started and carrying the baton for the second leg of the race. Born into a family of musical success, he heard music as a child and instinctively clung to it as he learned from some of music’s biggest talents.
From as early as nine, he began producing records for everyone from DJ Unk to later NBA Youngboy, EarthGang, and Jeezy. As a young man, he fought to create his own identity as the city’s musical dynamics changed. Now at the young age of twenty-five, Korey is rebranding the name and introducing people to the next generation of Big Oomp Records.
Born into a household filled with music, some of Korey’s earliest experiences include him making his way into the studio as a child to hear the sounds coming from his father’s room. Exposed to production before he could even talk, Korey got a mix of teaching from Oomp Camp producers like Freddy B, DJ Montay and MC Assault as well as commercial talents like Jazze Pha and Dallas Austin.“Without coming up with Freddy B Montay and Assualt none of this would be. I got game young and so I feel like a veteran”, says Korey.
Working with Dallas Austin in particular influenced him to expand his musical selection and planted the seeds for the future production sounds he’d eventually adopt.
“I started transitioning in my production and creativity after working with Dallas Austin. He did more genre-wise and he was like the first music producer rockstar in our community”, says Korey.
Despite being raised in such a rich environment, Korey straddled both worlds, spending time with people who had it and family who didn’t have as much. Having the same experience as a normal kid helped keep him grounded and gave him a fond sense of appreciation for what his family had.
”I got to see both sides of life so it was interesting. I got to see the greener side of the grass and the dirt. But I felt like a normal kid,” says Korey.
What wasn’t normal however was his talent and ear for production. Blessed with the chance to contribute to the label’s biggest album, Beatin Down Yo Block, by DJ Unk, Korey produced one of the songs from the album, “Fresh Dressed”, at the age of nine.
At the time, he didn’t know it would end up on the album nor did he understand the way the industry worked, but it proved to be a major stepping stone. It wasn’t long after that he began building his resume up, doing the song “Trap Talk” with Gucci Mane in 2010.
Produced during the height of Gucci mania, the song and experience solidified Korey’s skill as a producer and served as his introduction to the music industry. From there, he began working with a slew of artists over the years from 2 Chainz and NBA YoungBoy to Jeezy and EarthGang.
Currently, Korey is working with singer and actress Keke Palmer on an upcoming project along with Flo Milli, Big Jade, and other acts on the label including Shonte Renee and Wix Patton.
Serving as the major producer for Big Oomp artist, Wix Patton, Korey is determined to lead the label towards a level of success that even his father and family friends couldn’t foresee.
“I take pride in this. When I was younger, we were a legacy label and now we are putting ourselves back on the forefront. I didn’t really want to lead the revolution back then, but in the last three or four years I understood it’s my duty to make it pop. We gotta make it pop at least one more time”, says Korey.
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