At the age of twenty-eight, Ray “Quasi” Nelson has proved that he can wear many hats in the music and entertainment industry. After receiving his B.A. in Jazz Studies with a minor in Music Industry from Florida A&M University, Quasi moved to California to pursue his career. Shortly after, he began touring and recording with The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra becoming one of the youngest members to hold the drummers chair and was apart of their 2018 GRAMMY nomination. Since then, Quasi has toured and performed with GRAMMY nominated recording artist from, Kehlani to Sabrina Claudio, Mykal Kilgore, and many more. As a producer he has co-produced multi-platinum records and is the co-owner of Folk. The Collective, a production group consisting of artist, producers and Creatives. Outside of music, Quasi made his television acting debut on BET’s The Quad and has served as Social Media Messenger for the NAACP Image Awards.

With a passion to give back to his community and students of the arts all over the world, Quasi is the Executive Director of Synergy Camp Inc. a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization he founded in 2015. Located in South Florida, the drive was to create a program that will provide students in his community with opportunities they wouldn't otherwise be exposed to. With this passion driving him, Synergy was created to serve as a bridge builder for young musicians and influential artist in the music industry in order to provide them with resources, knowledge and tools to be successful. Over the last 6 years, Synergy has impacted 250+ kids within the US and abroad.