Rogét Lutfi Chahayed[1] (born May 31, 1988) is an American record producer and songwriter. Referred to as "one of hip-hop and pop's most dependable hit machines" by Billboard,[2] Chahayed has received nine Grammy Award nominations; in 2022, he was nominated for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical.
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| Birth name | Rogét Lutfi Chahayed |
| Born | May 31, 1988 |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
A conservatory-trained pianist, he began production work under the wing of mentor Dr. Dre. He was named one of XXL's hip-hop producers of the year in 2020, 2021, and 2022,[3][4] named one of Variety's Hitmakers for 2021 and 2022,[5] and Genius named him the top producer of the year in 2022.[6]
Chahayed's credits include the singles "Broccoli" by DRAM, "Bad at Love"by Halsey, "Sicko Mode" by Travis Scott, "Laugh Now Cry Later" by Drake, "Kiss Me More" and "Vegas" by Doja Cat, "First Class" by Jack Harlow, and Bruno Mars and Rosé's "APT." He also co-wrote Miguel's single "Sky Walker."[7]
Early life and education
editChahayed was born and raised in the West Hills suburb of Los Angeles in a musical family.[7] His parents are both immigrants to the United States: his father was born in Syria and his mother is from Buenos Aires.[8] His sisters Andrea and Juliana Chahayed are both musicians with whom he continues to collaborate.[9][10][11] He began playing the piano at seven years old.
Chahayed is classically trained, having attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music on a scholarship,[12] studying under professor Yoshikazu Nagai. He graduated in 2010 with a degree in piano performance. He studied jazz in Los Angeles with pianists Adam Benjamin and Gary Fukushima.[13][14] He initially became interested in hip hop production during college.
Career
editChahayed began his career in 2010 in Los Angeles working as a music director, composer, session musician, and piano teacher. As a pianist, he played at venues across Los Angeles and collaborated with guitarist Wesley Singerman on the jazz collective Los Angeles Illharmonic.[15] During this period he worked with artists including Ron Aniello, Mocky, Jeffrey Steele, Matt Corby, Rita Wilson, and Kurupt.[16]
In 2013, he connected with rapper Stat Quo who introduced him to his fellow Aftermath Entertainment affiliate producer Mel-Man, who became a mentor for Chahayed; through this connection, he began playing keyboards and producing for Dr. Dre.[7] He also worked with artists including Matthew Koma, Kendrick Lamar, Taz Arnold, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, and Wanting Qu.[17]
In 2016, he had his breakout with the release of DRAM's "Broccoli" which he co-produced. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award and is a 7× Platinum record. Chahayed has worked with Travis Scott, DRAM, Hit Boy, Miguel, Solange Knowles, Halsey, Lil Yachty, CL, Bruno Mars, ScHoolboy Q, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Jason Derulo, A$AP Rocky, A$AP Ferg, Big Krit, Juan Gabriel, Doja Cat, J Balvin, Jon Connor, Calvin Harris, Moses Sumney, Travis Mills, Kendrick Lamar and Dr. Dre.[18][19][20]
His hits also include Doja Cat's platinum-selling "Ain't Shit," Louis The Child and Wafia's Platinum-selling single "Better Not," MAX's Platinum-selling "Love Me Less" featuring Quinn XCII, and Joji's Gold-selling "CAN'T GET OVER YOU" featuring Clams Casino.
In 2022, he executive produced Jack Harlow's album "Come Home the Kids Miss You," and in 2024 he executive produced Jennifer Lopez's album "This Is Me... Now."
Production discography
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| 2016 | Set It Off | Upside Down | "Life Afraid" | 
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| "Hypnotized" |
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| DRAM | Big Baby DRAM | "Broccoli" (featuring Lil Yachty) |
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| "Monticello Ave" |
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| "Sweet VA Breeze" |
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| Travis Scott | Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight | "way back" |
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| Travis Mills | While You Wait | "Believe That" |
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| 2017 | Miguel | War & Leisure | "Sky Walker" (featuring Travis Scott) |
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| Kesha | Rainbow | "Boots" |
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| Halsey | Hopeless Fountain Kingdom | "Bad at Love" |
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| Calvin Harris | Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 | "Cash Out" (featuring ScHoolboy Q, PartyNextDoor and DRAM) |
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| Volumes | Different Animals | "Pullin' Shades" |
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| G-Eazy | The Beautiful & Damned | "Crash and Burn" (featuring Kehlani) |
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| DRAM | #1HappyHoliday | "The Christmas Song" |
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| "Silver Bells" |
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| Bright: The Album | "Campfire" (featuring Neil Young) |
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| Big K.R.I.T. | 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time | "Aux Cord" |
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| "Bury Me In Gold" |
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| Wafia | "Only Love" |
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| Poo Bear | "All We Can Do" (featuring Juanes) |
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| Whethan | "Aftertaste" (featuring Opia) |
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| Ashe | "Girl Who Cried Wolf" |
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| Quinn XCII | The Story of Us | "60 Seconds" |
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| Louis The Child | "Right To It" (featuring Ashe) |
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| "Last To Leave" (featuring Caroline Ailin) |
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| 2018 | Rich Brian | Amen | "Flight" |
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| Louis The Child | "Better Not" (featuring Wafia) |
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| Travis Scott | Astroworld | "Sicko Mode" (featuring Drake) |
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| Khalid | Suncity | "Vertigo" |
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| DRAM | "Prototype" |
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| Doja Cat | Amala | "Roll With Us" |
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| "Cookie Jar" |
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| Quinn XCII | "Iron and Steel" |
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| Ashe | The Rabbit Hole | "After Life" |
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| "Sometimes People Suck" |
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| 24hrs | HOUSES ON THE HILL | "LOVE" (featuring Vic Mensa) |
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| Col3trane | BOOT | "Chemicals" |
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| "Movie Star" |
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| Joji | BALLADS 1 | "CAN'T GET OVER YOU" (featuring Clams Casino) |
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| MAX | "Worship" |
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| Wafia | "I'm Good" |
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| Imad Royal and Mark Johns | "Heart-Shaped Box" |
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| 2019 | MAX | "Love Me Less" (featuring Quinn XCII) |
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| Carly Rae Jepsen | Dedicated | "Automatically in Love" |
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| "Right Words Wrong Time" |
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| Gallant | "Gentleman (Remix)" (featuring T-Pain) |
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| Quinn XCII | From Michigan With Love | "U & Us" |
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| "When I Die" |
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| Drax Project | All This Time | "All This Time" |
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| Drax Project | "Natural Selection" |
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| NIKI | "Indigo" |
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| MAX | "Checklist" (featuring Chromeo) |
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| Why Don't We | Mad At You | "Mad At You" |
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| Wafia | Flowers & Superpowers | "Flowers & Superpowers" |
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| Jessie Reyez | FAR AWAY | "Far Away" |
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| Jason Derulo | 2Sides (Side 1) | "Diamonds" |
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| "Best Friend" (featuring Ty Dolla $ign) |
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| 2020 | Kali Uchis | To Feel Alive | "I Want War (But I Need Peace)" |
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| Kehlani | It Was Good Until It Wasn't | "Open [Passionate]" |
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| Jessie Reyez | BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US (Deluxe Edition) | "Far Away II" (featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie and JID) |
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| Alina Baraz | It Was Divine | "My Whole Life" |
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| L Devine | Don't Say It | "Don't Say It" |
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| Drake | "Laugh Now Cry Later" (featuring Lil Durk) |
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| Big Sean | Detroit 2 | "Lucky Me" |
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| "Deep Reverence" (featuring Nipsey Hussle) |
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| "Story by Dave Chappelle" |
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| "ZTFO" |
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| "Guard Your Heart" (featuring Anderson .Paak, Earlly Mac, Wale) |
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| "Time In" |
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| "Story by Erykah Badu" |
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| "Story by Stevie Wonder" |
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| Nas | King's Disease | "Blue Benz" |
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| "27 Summers" |
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| MAX | Colour Vision | "Colour Vision" |
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| "SOS" |
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| "New Life" |
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| "Blueberry Eyes" (featuring SUGA of BTS) |
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| Ai | It's All Me, Vol. 1 | "Good as Gold"[21] |
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| Joji | Nectar | "Nitrous" |
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| Louis the Child | Here for Now | "Free" (with Drew Love) |
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| Oliver Tree | Ugly Is Beautiful | "Joke's On You!" |
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| Kali Uchis | Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) | "//aguardiente y limón %ᵕ‿‿ᵕ%" |
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| 2021 | ZAYN | Nobody Is Listening | "Vibez" |
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| Olivia O'Brien | "Better Than Feeling Lonely" |
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| Pink Sweat$ | Pink Planet | "Magic" |
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| Doja Cat | Planet Her | "Kiss Me More" (featuring SZA) |
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| "Ain't Sh*t" |
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| Shelley FKA DRAM | Shelley FKA DRAM | "Beautiful" |
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| Juliana Chahayed | "Yellow" |
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| A Boogie wit da Hoodie | "24 Hours" (feat. Lil Durk) |
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| Olivia O'Brien | Episodes: Season 1 | "We're All Gonna Die" |
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| "Keep It Movin'" |
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| Nas | King's Disease II | "Composure" |
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| "Brunch on Sundays" |
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| Wafia | "Wide Open" (feat. Ta-ku and Masego) |
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| 21 Savage and Rich Brian | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Soundtrack | "Lazy Susan" (feat. MaSiWei and Warren Hue) |
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| Anderson .Paak | "Fire In The Sky" |
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| Big Sean | What You Expect | "What A Life" |
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| "Loyal To A Fault" (feat. Bryson Tiller and Lil Durk) |
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| "Offense" (feat. Babyface and 42 Dugg) |
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| Baby Keem | The Melodic Blue | "Trademark USA" |
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| Wale | Folarin II | "Extra Special" |
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| CL | Alpha | "Paradise" |
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| 2022 | Jack Harlow | Come Home The Kids Miss You (Executive Producer) |
"Talk Of The Town" |
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| "Young Harleezy" |
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| "I'd Do Anything To Make You Smile" |
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| "First Class" |
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| "Dua Lipa" |
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| "Side Piece" |
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| "Movie Star" (feat. Pharrell Williams) |
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| "Lil Secret" |
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| "I Got A Shot" |
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| "Like A Blade Of Grass" |
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| "Parent Trap" (feat. Justin Timberlake) |
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| "Poison" (feat. Lil Wayne) |
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| "Nail Tech" |
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| "State Fair" |
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| Mary J. Blige | Good Morning Gorgeous | "Love Without the Heartbreak" |
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| Jackson Wang | LOST & FOUND | "The Moment" |
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| Kehlani | Blue Water Road | "Up At Night" (feat. Justin Bieber) |
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| "Wish I Never" |
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| Doja Cat | From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ELVIS | "Vegas" |
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| BTS | Proof | "For Youth" |
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| Giveon | Give or Take | "Make You Mine" |
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| Drax Project | Diamond | "Fashion Sense" |
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| John Legend | LEGEND | "Rounds" (feat. Rick Ross) |
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| Freddie Gibbs | $oul $old $eparately | "Space Rabbit" |
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| 2023 | Skrillex, Flowdan, BEAM, PEEKABOO | Quest For Fire | "Hydrate" |
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| Doja Cat | Scarlet | "Attention" |
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| "Balut" |
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| (G)I-dle | HEAT | "I Do" |
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| Jon Batiste | World Music Radio | "Hello, Billy Bob" |
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| "CALL NOW (504-305-8269)" |
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| "Running Away" |
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| Lil Wayne | "Kat Food" |
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| 2024 | Jennifer Lopez | This Is Me... Now (Executive Producer) |
"This Is Me...Now" |
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| "To Be Yours" |
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| "Mad in Love" |
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| "Can't Get Enough" |
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| "not.going.anywhere." |
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| "Rebound" |
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| "Dear Ben, Pt. II" |
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| "Hummingbird" |
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| "Hearts and Flowers" |
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| "Broken Like Me" |
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| "This Time Around" |
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| "Midnight Trip to Vegas" |
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| "Greatest Love Story Never Told" |
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| Jennifer Lopez | "Can't Get Enough (feat. Latto)" |
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| Chlöe | "Boy Bye" |
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| The Kid LAROI | GIRLS - Single | "GIRLS" |
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| Peso Pluma & Quavo | ÉXODO | "PA NO PENSAR" |
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| Rosé & Bruno Mars | Rosie | "Apt." | |||
| Flo | Access All Areas | "AAA" |
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Awards and nominations
editSelected awards
| Year | Awards | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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| 2019 | Grammy Awards[22] | Best Rap Song | "Sicko Mode" (Travis Scott) (as songwriter) | Nominated |
| Best Rap Album | Astroworld (Travis Scott) (as producer & songwriter) | Nominated | ||
| 2021 | Grammy Awards[23] | Best Rap Song | "Laugh Now Cry Later" (Drake) (as songwriter) | Nominated |
| 2022 | Grammy Awards[24] | Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical | Himself | Nominated |
| Record of the Year | "Kiss Me More" (Doja Cat) (as producer) | Nominated | ||
| Song of the Year | "Kiss Me More" (Doja Cat) (as songwriter) | Nominated | ||
| Album of the Year | Planet Her (Deluxe) (Doja Cat) (as producer & songwriter) | Nominated | ||
| 2023 | Grammy Awards[25] | Album of the Year | Good Morning Gorgeous (Mary J. Blige) (as producer & songwriter) | Nominated |
| 2024 | Grammy Awards[26] | Best Rap Song | "Attention" (Doja Cat) (as songwriter) | Nominated |
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