Timbaland

American Hip-hop producer, born March 10th, 1972 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA and raised in Virginia Beach. Tim "Timbaland" Mosely began honing his craft at age 19 under the tutelage of Jodeci soundman DeVante Swing. Eventually he hooked up with Missy Elliott, Playa, Ginuwine and Magoo (3), forming the hip-hop production crew, Da Basement. In 1996, the collective produced Ready for the World's track "Love You Down," w…