Early History
Growing up in Northern New Jersey, Merge (aka Micheal Weinstein) was heavily influenced by the New York hip hop scene. At the age of 13 he began DJing local parties and practising at home. At 17 he met a group of B-boys (Break dancers) in Naples Florida met best friend Omar(B-boy Omar)Lopez where he learned to B-boy and the took the aggressive style of B-boy battling and applied it to Djing. He practiced along with artists such as former X-ecutioner Mista Sinista and Q-Bert, he is also influenced by other genres as well, such as drum n bass, rock, jazz and soul.
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