Storch began his career as part of Philadelphia-based hip hop band the Roots, which he joined as a keyboardist prior to the release of their 1993 debut album, Organix.

He provided the keyboard riff and co-composed Dr. Dre's 1999 single "Still D.R.E.," and contributed in a similar role to several of the rapper's productions during late 1990s and early 2000s.

Storch expanded his solo production work into the 2000s; he was credited on five Billboard Hot 100-number one singles—Beyoncé's "Baby Boy," Terror Squad's "Lean Back," 50 Cent's "Candy Shop," Mario's "Let Me Love You" and Chris Brown's "Run It!

[8] His uncle, Jeremy Storch, was a founder of soul-rock band the Vagrants and wrote songs recorded by Dave Mason and Eddie Money.

In the middle of his freshman year, he left South Florida to join his father in the Philadelphia area, and attended high school in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.

[4] Scott Storch began his professional music career in 1991, when he became one of the first members of the hip hop group the Roots as a keyboard player.

Storch's first two commercial hits were from the production on the track "You Got Me" by the Roots ft. Erykah Badu and Eve and his collaboration with Dr. Dre for the song "Still D.R.E.".

In the 2000s he worked on commercially successful singles by 50 Cent, the Game, T.I., Chris Brown, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé, Dr. Dre, Nas, Snoop Dogg, Pink, Lil' Kim and many others.

[11] In early 2009, he was arrested for motor vehicle theft for allegedly failing to return a Bentley leased three years prior.

[20] Storch revealed that in 2015 he quit using cocaine, mentioning his recreational usage of marijuana as a key factor in his recovery process.