Chris Hound is an LA-based art director and record producer behind the label Paxico Records. He was born and raised on a farm in Kansas and was a foundational part of the movement known as the East Coast beat scene.

His art and production credits include work with Sony, Jive, Stones Throw, Fat Beats, Red Bull Music Academy, Waxpoetics, Fania, Dirty Science, Leaving Records, Ghetto Sci-Fi Music, ALC Records, Babygrande Records, Bang Ya Head, Street Corner Music, The End Records, MF DOOM, Madlib, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Alchemist, Mndsgn, Exile, Daedelus, and Ras_G.