BirthMarch 251988

Ryan Lewis

Ryan Lewis, American music producer

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When
Friday, March 25 198838 years ago
Category
BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
Era
20th century · 1980s
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Person
Ryan Lewis

At a glance

Born 1988-03-25.

Known as: record producer, disc jockey, songwriter, musician, and rapper. Citizenship: United States.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Ryan Scott Lewis is an American musician and record producer based in Seattle, Washington. Along with producing his own album, Instrumentals, Lewis produced the recordings The VS. EP (2009), The Heist (2012), and This Unruly Mess I've Made (2016) as part of the duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. He is the winner of four Grammy awards.

Early life

Educated at: Roosevelt High School and Joel E. Ferris High School.

Early life Lewis was born in Spokane, Washington , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] to Julie and Scott Lewis. Lewis has two sisters, Teresa and Laura, four years and two years older than he is, respectively. [ 3 ] At an early age, he played guitar in rock bands with his childhood best friend Ryan Sanson, and nursed a growing interest in music production around the age of 15. Lewis attended Ferris High School in Spokane and graduated from Roosevelt High School in Seattle .

Path and career

Awards / honours: Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance, MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography, and Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

Career 2006–2008: Career beginnings Lewis became a professional photographer and videographer . In 2008, he released his debut extended play, Instrumentals , with four alternative hip hop songs. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the same year, Lewis collaborated with Rhode Island–based emcee Symmetry in a self-titled work, released as an LP. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] 2009–2017: Career with Macklemore Ryan Lewis with Macklemore at Sasquatch! Music Festival , in 2012 Lewis first met Macklemore in 2006, [ 5 ]

Why this date

Ryan Lewis appears on our March 25 calendar for 1988 as a birth entry.

March 25 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1988Candle demonstration in Bratislava
  2. 1988Ryan Lewis
  3. 1995Ward Cunningham
  4. 1995WikiWikiWeb
  5. 1996European Union
  6. 2006Belarus
  7. 2006Capitol Hill massacre
  8. 20062006 Belarusian presidential election
  9. 2006Seattle
  10. 20082008 invasion of Anjouan
  11. 2018Syrian civil war

Also in 1988

  • September 9Vietnam Airlines Flight 831Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 crashes in Khu Khot, Thailand, while on approach to Don Muang International Airport, killing 76.
  • March 14Johnson South Reef skirmishChina defeated Vietnam in a naval altercation while attempting to establish oceanographic observation posts on the Spratly Islands.
  • September 12Hurricane GilbertHurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
  • September 13Hurricane GilbertHurricane Gilbert reached a minimum pressure of 888 mb (26.22 inHg) with sustained flight-level winds of 185 mph (295 km/h), making it th…
  • September 188888 UprisingThe 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.
  • September 18Henri NamphyGeneral Henri Namphy, president of Haiti, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Prosper Avril.
  • September 18Magna Charta UniversitatumThe Magna Charta Universitatum, asserting key principles essential to the free operation of universities, is signed in Bologna by the rec…
  • August 10Civil Liberties Act of 1988The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 became law, authorizing reparations to surviving Japanese Americans interned during World War II.

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