Shondrae Crawford, better known as Bangladesh or Mr. Bangladesh, is a Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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 winning American record producer and disc jockey (DJ) and rapper, who was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

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, and now lives in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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Life and career

Bangladesh began producing beats in 1998, but his first big break did not come until 2000 with his production of the hit single, "What's Your Fantasy

What's Your Fantasy

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" for Ludacris

Ludacris

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, with whom he then worked with many times afterward. In respect to his name, he's said he chose the name Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

 because he describes his keyboard-centric production style as "Bangladesh": "It's just Bangladesh. It's foreign to the ears." He worked with Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne

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, producing one of his most successful singles - "A Milli

A Milli

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". He also produced the beat behind Gucci Mane

Gucci Mane

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's song Lemonade, which went on to be remixed or freestyled over by many artists, including Yelawolf

Yelawolf

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, Curren$y, Tyler, the Creator

Tyler, the Creator

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 with Earl Sweatshirt

Earl Sweatshirt

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, and Big Sean

Big Sean

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. He also produced Wayne's hit 2010 song "6 Foot 7 Foot

6 Foot 7 Foot

"6 Foot 7 Foot" is a song by American rapper Lil Wayne, taken from his ninth studio album, Tha Carter IV . It was officially released on iTunes on December 16, 2010. It was produced by "A Milli" producer Bangladesh. The song samples from "Day-O " by Harry Belafonte.-Background:"6 Foot 7 Foot" is...

", featuring Cory Gunz

Cory Gunz

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, and he has produced for Beyonce, Ke$ha, Usher, Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj

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, T-Pain

T-Pain

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, Bad Meets Evil

Bad Meets Evil

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, Ice Cube

Ice Cube

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, and many other artists. Bangladesh collaborated with Bajan

Barbados

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 singer Rihanna

Rihanna

Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...

 on Talk that Talk

Talk That Talk

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