A-Trak

A-Trak in 2013, photo by Prphotos

Birth Name: Alain Macklovitch

Place of Birth: Montréal, Québec, Canada

Date of Birth: March 30, 1982

Ethnicity: Russian Jewish, Moroccan Jewish

A-Trak is a Canadian hip hop and electro DJ, turntablist, record producer, and music label executive. He won the world DMC championship at the age of fifteen, and has gained mainstream fame as Kanye West’s tour DJ. Since then, he has produced music for various rap and dance artists, and formed electronic music superduo Duck Source with fellow DJ and producer Armand van Helden.

His father is of Russian Jewish descent and his mother is of Moroccan Jewish ancestry.