Born and Raised in Washington Heights, New York SayWhat?! of ecuadorian and puerto rican descent. SayWhat?! Began writing poetry at the young age of 8. Then at the age of 10 he melded his poetic style into a Hip-Hop format because of his long timeexposure and interest in Hip-Hop's freshness. This melding gave Saywhat?! a new outlet to express himself. In 1994 with no previous musical education, Saywhat?! began experimenting with music production. Using 2 tape decks and free computer software. Slowly he attained access to more powerful and advanced music programs and learned his way around the piano.

12+ years later self-taught in music production. SayWhat?! now composes many musical genres including : Hip-Hop, R&B, reggaeton, dancehall, classical, orchestral/scores, and more. Regardless of the economic hardships he went through being raised in NYC, SayWhat?! has taken the road less traveled. And continues to pursue his vision and hopes to inspire others to tap into their "infinite potential" and go for their dreams no matter what the odds. With the examples of the achievements he has made thus far, and will continue to reach in the future.

"A man lives to attain what he desires, so to let your desire become defeated, is to let yourself become defeated in life." - Saywhat?!