▁career ▁ ▁Early ▁in ▁his ▁career , ▁Kid ron ▁was ▁part ▁bands ▁Dr ▁Sm ooth ▁and ▁the ▁Medicine ▁Gro ove ▁and ▁F ount ain head . ▁As ▁part ▁of ▁F ount ain head , ▁he ▁won ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁New ▁South ▁Wales ▁Band ▁Compet ition ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁He ▁then ▁moved ▁on ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁band ▁G lass , ▁and ▁did ▁hundreds ▁of ▁performances ▁around ▁Australia . ▁ ▁Kid ron ▁spent ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁as ▁multi - inst rument al ist ▁for ▁the ▁band , ▁Un iverse ▁with ▁Steve ▁Bal bi . ▁As ▁part ▁of ▁Un iverse , ▁he ▁released ▁the ▁single ▁Be ▁My ▁Gun ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁ ▁The ▁Pot b elle ez ▁As ▁part ▁of ▁The ▁Pot b elle ez , ▁Il an ▁Kid ron ▁has ▁released ▁over ▁six ▁Top ▁ 5 0 ▁H its ▁and ▁two ▁Top ▁ 2 0 ▁Albums . ▁Kid ron ▁has ▁received ▁two ▁AP RA ▁Song ▁Writing ▁Awards ▁for ▁" Best ▁Dance ▁Work ▁of ▁the ▁Year " ▁for ▁the ▁songs ▁Don ' t ▁Hold ▁Back ▁and ▁From ▁the ▁Music ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁respectively . ▁ ▁Other ▁works ▁ ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁Kid ron ▁formed ▁a ▁song writing ▁and ▁production ▁team , ▁named ▁" The ▁Sch oo K ids ", ▁with ▁Dutch ▁producer ▁Louis ▁Sch oor l . ▁The ▁team ▁co - w rote ▁and ▁produced ▁the ▁lead ▁single ▁" G ot cha "