Andre Parker, also known as Chink Santana in the music industry, is a Grammy Award winning producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He was born and raised in the nation’s capital, Washington D.C. He became one of the most prolific beat makers of the last decade.  He started his career with the legendary DC GO GO band, Junkyard.             Chink’s big break came when he was introduced to Irv Gotti, CEO of Murder Inc.  His first professionally produced record was “What’s Luv” by Fat Joe, which peaked #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. After being with Murder Inc for one year, Chink was offered a production deal with Top Dawg Productions.             Chink produced Ashanti's debut album, which reached #1 and sold 5 million copies. "Foolish," "Happy," and "Baby" were all Top10 singles that Chink produced on the album. Ashaniti’s album won a Grammy Award in 2003 for Best Contemporary R&B Album. It achieved numerous awards and nominations from Billboard, American Music, MTV, and NAACP just to name a few.  He went on to produce Ashanti’s follow-up CD, Chapter II, which also reached #1.The album was certified double platinum, and generated two more top 10 hits, "Rock With U" and "Rain on Me," which were both produced by Chink. The following year brought more platinum success with the release of Ashanti's third CD, Concrete Rose. Chink even appeared as her love interest in the video for "Don't Let Them."             The success of Ashanti also afforded Chink to work with Beyonce, Lil Wayne, Keyshia Cole, T.I., Lloyd, Jim Jones, Toni Braxton, Juelz Santana, and Ja Rule to name a few.