I'm DTezMacho, born and raised in Staten Island. I am a producer who's known for working with the 2ndgenerationwu, Rebel Montes, and other artists.

I have a collective named Nu Union, a collective that consists of my members PaperBlaze, Jafar, A.Del, Vicky Brosé, Triplesix, NateSpizz, Smo_JBig, Van Eskaneb, Chromatic Clover, E.I.O, and Anachronistic JC.

I run my own home studio to help underground artists—usually young talent—get access to the finest producer there is to make them something and create a project that's worth them looking back on.

What sparked your passion for your craft?

During my birthday of 2024, I had gone through something I didn't expect to go through. I just turned 16 by then, and I had decided—because prior I had received a DAW and equipment from my uncle as a Christmas gift—so I locked myself in my room and stayed there for the majority of the year. I would come home and lock the door to create beats and learn everything. During summer of 2024, a friend of mine (HanabiiBeats) informed me that there was an open aux. I said I'll come in, and when I came in it was a whole experience I'd never forget. This is how I met Agent Blurr and so many other people. From then I began to start collaborating and doing so many other things to get to know these people, and up to now these experiences I was taught by all my friends and mentors: how to perform a show, how to be your own self and not follow trends, how to grow closely intimate with the listener while playing a certain song.

Where did you grow up? How did that affect your creativity?

It's funny cause for the way I speak and act, I'm actually from Westerleigh, born and raised. Me, my sister, and my mother lived up in an attic of this nice house. The attic was very comfortable, and for most of my childhood there, all I did was nothing except watch TV on this Toshiba Box TV, which there wasn't any paid cable, so I'd end up getting my inspirations from PBS Kids or Qubo for the most part. Some of the shows inspired me not just as an artist but as an intellect.

At the time I was also going to a church up in New Jersey. The church was called "Our Lady Of Fatima." I went there to get my communion and confirmation. While I was in church school working hard to get it through many lectures, after class I'd run upstairs as fast as I could to get to this one open space room with a piano in the middle. It was very dark in the room at times, but I didn't care—all that mattered is that I could see. And when I began playing, I kept playing for hours and hours until we were directed to go home because time was up. From then this would be a habit until my communion and confirmation.

After a while of living in Westerleigh, we had to move when I was in 8th grade and moved up a rich hill of Rockland Ave, where I met this former rock band guy. He had albums. He went by the name of Charlie and would tell me stories about artists that I didn't even know about. And when I went to his house, he would teach me to play the organ, and his mom Catherine—a very nice lady—always likes the music that plays around. From then I began playing on my keyboard at home, practicing chords and stuff like that, began buying vinyl and playing it on my Victrola player. I didn't know at that time I had a passion for music up until I had to move to Port Richmond.

This was where all my music ambitions began.

What's been your biggest challenge in your creative journey so far?

My biggest challenge in music has always been my thought process. Sometimes if I think a song is good, after a while I think it's bad, so it's so constant where I'm bugging myself about it that I can't even release a project. Because I want something that can represent me as an artist—I never cared much on what the public wanted.

Can you share a moment when you felt like you were making progress?

2025. When I started realizing my production was getting far better and realized that I had made it so far compared to any producer, especially knowing so many people in a span of a year. Even on February of that year when I got to meet my favorite artists like Percee P, Stacy Epps, WildChild, YourOldDroog, Stro Elliot, Just Blaze, and DJ Spinna.

Who or what inspires you the most in your creative process?

J Dilla mostly. I kept listening to his songs on repeat, figuring out how do I solve problems like him—not make beats like him, but solve production issues, especially with a sample or drum, and how to even sound specific.

What's a recent project or piece of work that you're especially proud of?

I'm proud of "All Love No Sex." This beat tape itself has proven so many things in the matter of a couple months. I'm getting people who go crazy over my songs. INTeLL rapped on a couple of my songs, DJ Shame took a song, and I'm overall getting so much attention from it.

How do you stay motivated when things aren't going your way?

I don't. I just keep going. If I'm not, I just suck it up cause I have not much reason to stop. I'm a ticking time bomb in life, so I wouldn't know if I died today or tomorrow, so play your cards right or you might win a royal flush.

Where do you see yourself and your work in the next few years?

Hopefully working as a therapist for kids or any job that's for psychology, but mainly still do music and perform at shows.

If you could collaborate with any artist or creator, who would it be and why?

I would love to collaborate with LaReezy, JBoogz, Kai Banks, Common, Percee P, Stacy Epps, ZebulonRaps, Illa J, Eddy I, Savannah Summers, Agent Blurr, and so many others. Mostly because they all have something that I always value: poetry or emotion.

What does success look like to you?

I don't care about success, but what will it look like to me is probably another day like usual. But mostly I care about the impact of my music for the people who need a conversation in music. And I never value the money or fame, but the impact I lead towards everyone.

What's one piece of advice you'd give to other up-and-coming creators?

Babaganush. Don't act like a poptart or I'll snap you like one.

Email Address

diatheproducersbe@gmail.com

Instagram

http://www.instagram.com/dtezmacho

Photography credit

https://www.instagram.com/jc_the.photographer?igsh=YmRmejdscTZuN2Y0