Damien Escobar

Damien Escobar is an American violinist/songwriter who, alongside his older brother Tourie Escobar, carved a path into the music industry by blending classical violin with hip-hop, jazz, and more in the duo Nuttin' But Stringz. He went on to release similarly genre-melding music under his own name beginning in the mid-2010s. Born in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, Escobar began studying the violin at the age of seven. At the age of ten, he became the youngest student ever to be accepted at the Julliard School, where he took classes on weekends. Along with his brother, he lat...