Writing music since his teenage years, Simon Illa and his Unbreakable Music Group, LLC, are forces to create with. In 2001, Simon's incredibly diverse production skills brought him to Philadelphia, where legendary producer/writer Kenny Gamble (Gamble and Huff), took Simon under his wing to develop several artists. Simon's reputation for successfully producing music within numerous genres from Pop to Rap and Gospel to Rock began to gain tremendous recognition. Simon earned an East Coast Emmy nomination for his music from NBC's "Tribute to 9/11" in 2003, was dubbed "Philadelphia's Hottest Producer" by Blender Magazine" in 2006. Called "...one of the world’s foremost and phenomenal music producers" by Urban Mogul Magazine in 2008. Simon’s extensive list of production credits, include artists such as Vonnegutt, D. Woods, Manchester Orchestra and others, film soundtracks (American Rap Stars, Invincible, and G), tour production (Vivian Green, Floetry, and others), Major League Baseball, the National Football League, and writing/production for a handful of radio and television productions. Simon is often recogonized from his appearance on TLC's hit television series "Miami Ink” and also a feature article in Georgia Music Magazine's Summer 2010 issue.