Canadian producer and DJ A-Trak won numerous DJ championships as a teenager and catapulted to mainstream success with several major hip-hop and dance collaborations. Kanye West picked him to be his personal touring DJ in the early 2000s (which led to his involvement on West's Late Registration). During that era, his featured interviews in hip-hop magazines and on MTV brought this almost-lost art form much-needed mainstream exposure. Into the 2010s, he worked with artists across the genre spectrum, founded the Fool's Gold label, and teamed up with Armand Van Helden as the Grammy-nominated Duck Sauce. Singles, EPs, and collaborations continued into the 2020s, during which time he formed the Brothers Macklovitch duo with his big brother, Chromeo's Dave 1. He also released albums with Cam'ron (U Wasn't There) and Chromeo and Ric Wilson (Clusterfunk).