Blackout (musician)

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Winston 'DJ BlackOut' Thomas
Background information
Birth name	Winston Thomas
Born	Freeport, NY, United States
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Record producer, engineer, composer, mixing engineer, A&R
Years active	2004–present
Labels	BlackOut Movement CEO, RecordGram (Co-Founder)
Website	djblackout.com%20djblackout.com

Winston Thomas, better known by his stage name BlackOut or DJ BlackOut, founder & CEO of BlackOut Movement, is an American record producer, engineer and composer. Blackout is signed to Nicki Minaj's recording company Pink Friday Records.^[1] Blackout is also co-founder of the music tech startup company, RecordGram.