From quiet beginnings in the small town of Johnstown Pennsylvania, Stephen Philibin, aka STEVE JAMES, is kicking off 2016 with a head of steam, having charted at #1 on Hype Machine 5x & amassed 25 million+ online plays—all by the age of 17. The budding DJ/producer spent this past summer in the studio working on his artist project, which was highlighted by a co-writing/production credit on the title track of Justin Bieber’s return album, Purpose.

His breakout single Renaissance debuted at #1 on Spotify’s US + Global Viral 50 with over 5 million streams in less than a month, and has since been upstreamed to Ultra/Sony Music. Classically trained on the piano, and with a finely tuned ear for unique productions, Steve now resides in Los Angeles pursuing his young artist career.