Malik Ismail was born and raised on the east side of Chicago in 1995. He was surrounded by musicians in his family and even all his years of school. His father Carl Malik Ismael is the main impact on his music and his life. Carl was very deep into the Chicago house music scene in the 80s and 90s. When Malik was a baby, he'd stand up in his crib for hours and watch his father DJ without even moving. As time went on Malik's uncles became a huge impact on him. One being a drummer in church and the other being multi-talented in playing many instruments. Around 7-8 years old, Malik father finally showed him the basics on how to DJ. Once he had enough practice, Malik was Djaying at house picnics and lounges around Chicago at the age of 11. The producing came into play when one of Malik's uncles got him a video game called "MTV's Music Generator 3" which allows you to remix a list of famous hits and make your own beats. After a couple of years with DJaying and producing beats on his Xbox, he got his first laptop in 6th grade and began making beats on it. He had a music MySpace page where he would share his beats to everyone. Eventually when he got to high school he met guy named Aaron who turns out to be one of his close friends and who he starts Fonts Nation with. Now Malik runs Fonts Nation Records and is still producing. There's word that Malik will start rapping. Until then, we have his great production featuring who he chooses.