As Mario got older, he realized music could be a long-term career. Among his influences were jazz greats Miles Davis and Dennis Chambers as well as rock group Tame Impala. With a father who played the bass and an uncle who was a drummer, Mario picked up the drums at the age of 2 and not long after played for his local church. I probably brought in about 400 bucks average a month.' Mario's first album placement, Young Jeezy's song 'Sweet Life' featuring Janelle Monáe would be the opportunity he needed to quit as a janitor. I'd clean up a hair school that my girlfriend's sister works at on Monday. Cleaning Services, saying, 'I only had one account during the entire time.

He details his life cleaning bathrooms and classrooms while listening to beats on his phone as a janitor for a company called Savannah P. Though school wasn't a priority for the producer, making ends meet was. I felt like I didn't need school since I already knew what I wanted to do.' 'My mom caught me once and showed up to the studio to pick me up.' He adds, 'Needless to say there was weed smoke and 808s all over the place.

'I was skipping school a lot during the 10th grade so I could go to the studio and make beats,' he recalls. Living in Columbia, South Carolina, Supah Mario was running and working for a janitorial business, but remembers being a young kid, skipping class to make beats. The 28-year-old earned credit for producing the 'Ice Melts' record featuring Young Thug. DeMario Priester, also known as producer Supah Mario, hit the jackpot when he found himself a producer on Drake's More Life project.

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