▁including ▁his ▁" M ix ▁Tel ▁Av iv " ▁piece ▁which ▁went ▁vir al ▁on ▁YouTube . ▁ ▁Background ▁K ut iel ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Jerusalem , ▁Israel , ▁and ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁Z ich ron ▁Ya ac ov . ▁He ▁comm enced ▁piano ▁less ons ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁six ▁and ▁then ▁learned ▁to ▁play ▁drums ▁and ▁guitar ▁at ▁ 1 4 ▁years ▁of ▁age . ▁When ▁K ut iel ▁was ▁ 1 8 , ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁Tel ▁Av iv ▁to ▁study ▁jazz ▁at ▁R imon ▁Music ▁College . ▁ ▁While ▁working ▁at ▁a ▁local ▁convenience ▁store ▁in ▁Tel ▁Av iv , ▁Israel , ▁K ut iel ▁discovered ▁a ▁college ▁radio ▁station ▁that ▁was ▁playing ▁gen res ▁of ▁music ▁that ▁were ▁vast ly ▁different ▁from ▁the ▁classical ▁jazz ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁acc ustom ed ▁to ▁up ▁until ▁that ▁point ▁in ▁time . ▁Following ▁this ▁experience , ▁K ut iman ▁met ▁Sab bo , ▁another ▁Isra eli ▁artist , ▁who ▁introduced ▁him ▁to ▁Af ro be at ▁and ▁fun k ▁music , ▁including ▁the ▁sounds ▁of ▁James ▁Brown ▁and ▁F ela ▁K uti , ▁among ▁many ▁others . ▁As ▁K ut iel ' s ▁taste ▁for ▁music ▁devi ated ▁from ▁his ▁traditional ▁training , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁K ut iman ▁emb ark ed ▁on ▁a ▁journey ▁to ▁J ama ica , ▁where ▁he ▁research ed ▁reg ga e ▁and ▁worked ▁with ▁both ▁Stephen ▁and ▁Dam ien ▁Mar ley . ▁ ▁K ut iman ▁is ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁his