Jamie Drastik

James Thomas, better known as Jamie Drastik, is an American rapper and songwriter from Poughkeepsie, New York. He began his career in early 2010 when rapper Pitbull signed Jamie to Mr. 305 Inc. He first gained major recognition by releasing his debut mixtape The Magnet under Mr. 305 on June 8, 2010 and a year later, Jamie scored a major feature appearing on Pitbull's album Planet Pit appearing on the track "Castle Made of Sand" alongside Kelly Rowland. Jamie Drastik is known for his unique sound of rapping, sampling and interpolating beats from many popular songs. He has showed off his talent with his first mixtape The Magnet which was rated in the top 10 mixtapes of 2010 and features guest appearances from Pitbull, Justin Timberlake, David Rush, Big Ali, Lil Jon and more. Jamie Drastik is more then a featured artist which he proves on his song "Save Me" featuring Pitbull off his Champagne and Cocaine mixtape where spills his heart out and tells the world exactly what's on his mind.
==Early life and career==
Jamie Drastik was born in one of the most unique places, upstate New York. That means that he has been exposed to the aftermath of second hand smoke from Woodstock, the dirty hype of New York City, hot stressed out soccer moms, and the occasional cipher outside in front of KFC. Jamie has been obsessed with hip-hop since he was eight years old. By the time he was in high school, Jamie started rapping locally. One day, he was discovered by Pitbull and signed the New York rapper to Mr. 305.
===2010–2011: The Magnet, Champagne and Cocaine, Castle Made of Sand===
On June 8, 2010, Jamie Drastik released his debut mixtape The Magnet under Mr. 305 Inc. and was hosted by Pitbull and DJ Delz. The mixtape was released during summer containing exclusive features from Pitbull, Justin Timberlake, David Rush, Lil Jon and more. The mixtape landed Jamie exclusive interviews online, including YouTube. On April 7, 2011, Jamie released his second mixtape titled Champagne and Cocaine which features guest appearances from Pitbull, Fat Joe, David Rush and others. Jamie has released music videos off the mixtape for two of the songs, "Raw" and "Four in The Morning". The mixtape landed him some recognition performing one of the tracks at a hotel in Las Vegas and at a nightclub in Miami.
One June 17, 2011, Pitbull released the song "Castle Made of Sand" which is dedicated to his mother and features shining vocals from Kelly Rowland and a verse from Jamie Drastik. A promotional video was released on Pitbull's channel only containing the first two verses despite Jamie making a cameo in the video. On August 24, 2011, Jamie Drastik performed "Castle Made of Sand" at the MGM Grand along with his single "Save Me".
==2012–2013: September, Singles with Flo Rida, Pitbull and Havana Brown, #NB4U==
On January 1, 2012, Jamie Drastik released his third mixtape, September under Mr. 305 and Famous Artist Music which contains the popular track "Sun Comes Up" which heavily samples "Midnight City" performed by M83. The mixtape was made available for download on MediaFire but was eventually removed for unknown reasons. Although, the mixtape is currently available on SoundCloud. Three months later, Jamie Drastik released a single titled "White Boy Wasted" which is very popular because of the song's unique dance-rap beats. Jamie has performed the song all around the world during the Planet Pit World Tour. Also during the Planet Pit World Tour, Jamie performed his song "Drink It Up, Chug It Down" which is off the September mixtape. On June 5, 2013, DJ Suss One released the song "Single For Tonight" featuring Flo Rida and Jamie Drastik. Jamie samples part of Pitbull's "Culo" during his verse. Five months later, Jamie Drastik contributed two verses for Duane Harden's song "Dying Inside" which also features singer Timomatic performing the bridge which is a track on the album #NB4U. Also in 2013, Jamie released the song "Chasing Shadows" featuring Pitbull and Havana Brown.
==Discography==
===Mixtapes===
* The Magnet (2010) 
* Champagne And Cocaine (2011) 
* September (2012) 
==Guest appearances==
 List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title 	Year	Other artist(s) 	Album
"Get U Home" (Remix) 	2010	Shwayze 	
"Castle Made of Sand"	2011	Pitbull, Kelly Rowland 	Planet Pit
"305 in Paris" 	2011	Pitbull 	
"Outta Nowhere" 	2012	Pitbull, Danny Mercer 	Global Warming
"Single For Tonight" 	2013	DJ Suss One, Flo Rida 	
"Dying Inside" 	2013	Duane Harden, Timomatic	#NB4U (Naked Before You)
==Notes==
* The version of "Outta Nowhere" featuring Jamie Drastik is currently unavailable on iTunes for unknown reasons.
==Collaborators==
* Pitbull
* DJ Buddha
* Flo Rida
* Lil Jon
* Fat Joe
* Kelly Rowland
* The Crew
* DJ Delz
* Fabolous
* David Rush
* Big Ali
==Labels==
* Mr. 305 Inc.
* Famous Artist Music
==Concert tours==
===Supporting act===
* 2011-2012: Planet Pit World Tour
Category:People from Poughkeepsie, New York
Category:American people
Category:Rappers
Category:Songwriters