Oneya

Oneya
Birth name	Vanja Ulepic
Born	August 17, 1979 Belgrade, Serbia
Genres	Hip-hop
Occupation(s)	Record producer
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Bassivity, The Ulepics, Bassivity Music, Bassivity Digital

Oneya (born August 17, 1979 in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian hip hop producer^[1] and the founder of the Bassivity label, in partnership with Soul Flower production.

Born Vanja Ulepić (Serbian: Вања Улепић), he grew up in Belgrade, and later lived in several European countries. He graduated from Highschool of Design in 1993, and later Fine Art Academy in 1999. He also finished SAE Institute in NYC in 2006 and got Audio Technology Program (ATP) diploma.

In 2000, Oneya founded Bassivity, the hiphop music label, which grew into full size record company Bassivity Music in 2002. This has been the first and to date only hip hop music record company in Serbia.

Oneya is part of the music producing duo The Ulepics with his wife Janet Sewell-Ulepic, who wrote and co-produced Jay-Z's Grammy award winning single - Empire State Of Mind.

Current credits includes Jim Jones' mixtape Harlem's American Gangster , ByrdGang's debut album M.O.B.: The Album, and Rick Ross Hood Billionaire.

Oneya is currently living in NYC and working as cinematographer as well, completing his first feature film as Director of photography called "Tapestry" starring Stephen Baldwin, short film "Saw 34" for Funnyordie.com and over a dozen music videos and commercials.

References

1. Williamson, Nigel (June 28, 2003). "Global Pulse: Serbia's Best Seller". BIllboard. p. 63. Retrieved 29 April 2011.