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I started making beats in high school.

— Kenny Beats

I started making beats when I was 13.

— Metro Boomin

I probably started trying to make beats at around 12.

— El-P

When I was in middle school, that's when I first started making beats. I was maybe 14, 16, something like that.

— Flying Lotus

I've been making beats since I was, like, 12.

— Jermaine Dupri

I started making beats when I was nine in my bedroom and garage.

— MNEK

When I was younger, I was a rave kid trapped inside a singer/songwriter's body. But I kind of figured my way out because I…

— Charli XCX

My dad bought a Beatles tape when I was in fifth grade, and that was the first time I ever really - I mean…

— Andrew Dost

I grew up listening to loads of afrobeats; my grandad's Sierra Leonean, so that was always around. My mum loves those kind of beats,…

— Mabel

I was about 18 when I started making music, making beats. My mindset was totally different.

— Skepta

The first beat that I ever made that I thought was actually worth a damn was called 'Toilet Paper Nostrils,' and I made it…

— Flying Lotus

I used to re-create the beats that I heard.

— Jay Sean