Music Producer Trevor Lawrence Jr.
TrevBeats” (a name given to Trevor when he shot the pilot to his cooking & music show Beats & Eats w/ Cedric the Entertainer) began playing the drums at age 2. “I couldn’t sit and play so I had to stand up for the first couple of years,” says Trev.” Music is all I know, and a little about cooking.” By the age of 18 and a senior Trevor graduated from Hamilton with two scholarships one from Capitol Records (the Nat King Cole Scholarship) and the other the Lieber and Stoller Award from ASCAP. Trevor attended USC for 2 and half years and then transferred to Cal Arts and then transTrevor comes from a musical family. Trevor’s ferred to the real world. grandfather Ira Tucker is credited as one of the forefathers of gospel music and has won a “The most important thing that happened to me Grammy (1974) with the group, which he was in my first year of college was that producer Greg with for over 60 years, The Dixie Hummingbirds. Porree’ (father of Justin Poree’ of Ozomatli, TrevTrevor’s Aunt Sundray Tucker aka “Aunt Sandra” or used to give Justin Drum lessons) called me for also sang with Stevie Wonder and countless oth- my first real record date with an artist named Vinx on Sting’s Pangea record label. I played on two ers including Patti LaBelle. Trevor Lawrence Jr. was born to Lynda Laurence (formerly of the Supremes) and Trevor Lawrence (Writer/Producer/ Saxophonist). Both of Trevor’s parents were original members of Stevie Wonder’s Wonderland band which brought you: Songs in The Key of Life, Inner Visions, and other Classic American Music History. After Stevie Wonder, Lynda Laurence went on to become a Supreme on Motown. She joined the group when Diana Ross left, and Jean Terrell took the lead spot. (Floy Joy)
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