Young Fyre
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Young Fyre, born Tramaine Winfrey (March 9, 1986), is an American
United States
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 record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

 signed to T-Pain
T-Pain
Faheem Rasheed Najm , better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor, currently signed to Young Money Entertainment. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second studio album Epiphany,...

's record label, Nappy Boy Entertainment
Nappy Boy Entertainment
Nappy Boy Entertainment is an American record label founded by R&B, singer-songwriter T-Pain. The label is distributed by RCA Records, and formerly Jive Label Group...

. He has worked extensively with T-Pain and produced most of the upcoming album Revolver
Revolver
A revolver is a repeating firearm that has a cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing. The first revolver ever made was built by Elisha Collier in 1818. The percussion cap revolver was invented by Samuel Colt in 1836. This weapon became known as the Colt Paterson...

, T-Pain's fourth studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

.

Young Fyre has also worked with Tech N9ne
Tech N9ne
Aaron Dontez Yates , better known by his stage name Tech N9ne , is an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri. In 1999, Yates and Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. Throughout his career, Yates has sold over one million albums and has had his music featured in film,...

, Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included...

, Ace Hood
Ace Hood
Antoine McColister, better known by his stage name Ace Hood, is an American rapper. He is signed to DJ Khaled's label We the Best Music Group and Def Jam Recordings...

, Chris Brown, Mario, Busta Rhymes
Busta Rhymes
Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes ,Smith is an American rapper, producer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the alias Busta Rhymes after NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes...

, Big Time Rush
Big Time Rush
Big Time Rush is a Nickelodeon television series created by Scott Fellows about the Hollywood misadventures of four hockey players from Minnesota—Kendall, Logan, James, and Carlos, after they are selected to form a boy band. The series premiered with an hour-long pilot episode, "Big Time...

, Nicholas RAS Furlong
Nicholas RAS Furlong
Nicholas Michael Furlong is an American songwriter, record producer, vocal producer, and engineer. He has worked with various artists such as Ryan Tedder, Jordin Sparks, Leona Lewis, Big Time Rush, Cody Simpson, Far East Movement, Colbie Caillat, Mario, JC Chasez, Leon Thomas, Wynter Gordon, Guy...

, Rico Love
Rico Love
Richard Preston Butler, Jr. , better known by his stage name Rico Love, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Love wrote and produced hit records such as Usher’s "There Goes My Baby" and "Hey Daddy ”, Nelly's "Just a Dream" and "Gone", Beyoncé Knowles' "Sweet Dreams"...

, The Writing Camp
The Writing Camp
The Writing Camp is an American songwriter collective, founded by Evan "Kidd" Bogart and David "DQ" Quiñones. Since its formation in 2007, the team has been responsible for a series of successful released in pop, R&B and dance music, including 2008's "Right Here " by Brandy and Beyoncé Knowles's...

, and many others. Among the notable songs credited to him are T-Pain's "Best Love Song
Best Love Song
"Best Love Song" is a R&B-pop song performed by R&B artist T-Pain. The song features Chris Brown, and was released as the first official single on March 22, 2011. The song is to be on his fourth upcoming album RevolveЯ. It has sold over 1,000,000 copies in the US...

" featuring Chris Brown, "Rap Song
Rap Song
"Rap Song" is a song by R&B singer T-Pain. The song features rapper Rick Ross and originally served as the third promotional single off T-Pain's fourth studio albumREVOLVEЯ, but never made it on the track list.- Background :...

" featuring Rick Ross
Rick Ross
Rick, Ricky or Richard Ross may also refer to:* Rick Ross , American rapper* Richard J. Ross, a Massachusetts State Senator* Richard Ross , an American photographer...

, and "Booty Wurk (One Cheek At a Time)" featuring Joey Galaxy; Ace Hood's "King of the Streets" featuring T-Pain; and Lil' Wayne's "How to Hate" featuring T-Pain.

He lives in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

 and travels frequently between Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

 and New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 to record. His management, BRAG Media, is based in New York.

Early life

Young Fyre was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...

. Although his parents were not musicians, they were avid music fans and instilled their passion for music in their son from an early age. Young Fyre originally aspired to be a rapper, and began producing music as a result of being unable to find beats to rap on. His major musical influences are Timbaland
Timbaland
Timothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper....

, Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott
Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one...

, and Busta Rhymes
Busta Rhymes
Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes ,Smith is an American rapper, producer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the alias Busta Rhymes after NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes...

.

Early career

After years of honing his production skills, Young Fyre first gained recognition on RocBattle.com, where he posted a beat battle record of 233-9, becoming Grand Champ and even defeating Rockwilder
Rockwilder
Rockwilder is an American hip hop and R&B record producer, rapper, and R&B Singer. A long term friend of Def Jam rapper Redman, Rockwilder got his start producing for East Coast Hip Hop artists in the mid 1990s. In 1999 Rockwilder produced Method Man & Redman's hit single "Da Rockwilder"...

. His success on RocBattle gained him much recognition in the hip-hop community and eventually led to collaborations with numerous rappers in the Midwestern United States
Midwestern United States
The Midwestern United States is one of the four U.S. geographic regions defined by the United States Census Bureau, providing an official definition of the American Midwest....

.

First placements

From 2008-2009, Young Fyre produced 17 tracks across Tech N9ne
Tech N9ne
Aaron Dontez Yates , better known by his stage name Tech N9ne , is an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri. In 1999, Yates and Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. Throughout his career, Yates has sold over one million albums and has had his music featured in film,...

's Killer
Killer (Tech N9ne album)
Killer is the eighth studio album by rapper Tech N9ne. Killers album cover pays homage to Michael Jackson’s iconic "Thriller" album cover. With Killer, Tech N9ne has SoundScanned his 1 millionth album independently....

, Sickology 101
Sickology 101
Sickology 101 is the ninth studio album, and the second in the "Collabos" series, by rapper Tech N9ne.Early on, the album carried a "The Study of Being Sick" subtitle, but as its release grew nearer, the subtitle was phased out...

 and K.O.D.
K.O.D.
K.O.D. is the tenth studio album by rapper Tech N9ne, released on October 26, 2009. The album was originally scheduled for an October 27, 2009 release, but the album was shipped out early and the label decided to release it a day early...

 albums, including the single “Like Yeah”. He also produced 6 tracks on Kutt Calhoun
Kutt Calhoun
Melvin Calhoun Jr., better known by his stage name Kutt Calhoun, is an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri. His second album, Feature Presentation, debuted at #60 on the Billboard "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums" chart in its first week of release...

’s Feature Presentation
Feature Presentation
Feature Presentation is the second studio album by Kansas City rapper Kutt Calhoun. It was released on October 7, 2008 and was able to chart #60 on Billboards "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums" chart in its first week of release....

 and 3 tracks on Big Scoob
Big Scoob
Stewart D. Ashby, Jr., better known by his stage name Big Scoob is an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri and a member of Strange Music. Though he is one of the newest on the label, he isn't new to the rap game. He has been rapping since 1998 with a Local KC rap group called 57th Street...

’s Monsterifik
Monsterifik
Monsterifik is the debut solo album, from Big Scoob, an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri. The studio album was released on September 15, 2009. It is the second album to be released on the Strange Music label under the "Tech N9ne Presents" banner...

, as well as 1 track each for Young Buck
Young Buck
David Darnell Brown , also known as Young Buck, is an American Southern rapper. Buck is a former member of the New York City Hip-Hop group G-Unit, also a former artist of G-Unit Records as of Nov 26, 2011...

 and Yung Berg
Yung Berg
Christian Ward , better known by his stage name Yung Berg, is an American rapper from Chicago. He is of African American and Puerto Rican descent. His first single was "Sexy Lady" which features R&B singer Junior. Yung Berg had been previously signed to DMX's Bloodline Records as Ice Berg. He is...

.

Discovery/Nappy Boy Entertainment

In 2010, Nappy Boy Entertainment rapper Young Cash (Joey Galaxy) passed Young Fyre’s music to label founder/owner T-Pain, who, upon hearing it, immediately called the producer (in the middle of the night) and offered to fly him to Miami for a meeting.

After signing with Nappy Boy Entertainment, Young Fyre began working with T-Pain and the rest of the Nappy Boy Entertainment roster. He produced the official remix of Travie McCoy
Travie McCoy
Travie Lazarus McCoy is an American singer and rapper. He is the lead vocalist of the alternative hip-hop band Gym Class Heroes. He released his debut solo album Lazarus on June 8, 2010....

's hit song "Billionaire
Billionaire
A billionaire, in countries that use the short scale number naming system, is a person who has a net worth of at least one billion units of a given currency, usually the United States dollar, Euro, or Pound sterling. Forbes magazine updates a complete list of U.S. dollar billionaires around the...

" featuring Bruno Mars. The remix features T-Pain, One Chance
One Chance
One Chance is an R&B vocal group based in Chicago, best known for their 2006 song "Look at Her", which peaked at number 53 on the Billboard R&B chart.-Biography:...

 & Gucci Mane
Gucci Mane
Radric Davis , better known by his stage name Gucci Mane, is an American rapper. He debuted in 2005 with Trap House and followed with albums such as Hard to Kill in 2006, Trap-A-Thon and Back to the Trap House in 2007. In 2009, his second studio album The State vs. Radric Davis was released...

. He also produced One Chance's "Sexin' On You", Brandon T. Jackson
Brandon T. Jackson
Brandon Timothy Jackson is an American stand-up comedian, actor, rapper, writer, and comedian. He is best known for his supporting roles in Roll Bounce, Tropic Thunder, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Lottery Ticket, and a leading role in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son.-Early...

's "Imma Do It Big" featuring T-Pain & One Chance, and Italian electro house DJ/producer Benny Benassi
Benny Benassi
Marco Benassi , better known as Benny Benassi, is a Grammy Award winning Italian disc jockey and record producer of electro house music. He is best known for his 2002 summer club hit "Satisfaction"...

's "Electroman" featuring T-Pain.

In 2011, T-Pain put his newly-signed producer at the helm of his latest project, the upcoming album "RevolveR". Young Fyre produced roughly 90% of the album, including the summer smash hit "Best Love Song" featuring Chris Brown. "Rap Song" featuring Rick Ross and "Booty Wurk (One Cheek At a Time)" featuring Joey Galaxy were also produced by Young Fyre and released as singles.

Many of his recent songs, including "How to Hate", "Best Love Song" and "King of the Streets", begin with a signature sound - the sound of a match being lit.

Production credits

  • Lil Wayne
    Lil Wayne
    Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included...

    • Tha Carter IV
      Tha Carter IV
      Tha Carter IV is the ninth studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne, released on August 29, 2011 through Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Universal Republic Records...

       (2011)
      • "How to Hate" feat. T-Pain
  • Ace Hood
    • Blood, Sweat & Tears
      Blood, Sweat & Tears (Ace Hood album)
      Blood, Sweat & Tears is the third studio album by American rapper Ace Hood. It was released on August 9, 2011. The album was said to be featuring artists like T-Pain, Kevin Cossom, Yo Gotti, Chris Brown, Rick Ross & Lil' Wayne...

       (2011)
      • "King of the Streets" feat. T-Pain
  • T-Pain
    T-Pain
    Faheem Rasheed Najm , better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor, currently signed to Young Money Entertainment. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second studio album Epiphany,...

    • RevolveR
      Revolver
      A revolver is a repeating firearm that has a cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing. The first revolver ever made was built by Elisha Collier in 1818. The percussion cap revolver was invented by Samuel Colt in 1836. This weapon became known as the Colt Paterson...

       (TBD 2011)
      • "Rap Song
        Rap Song
        "Rap Song" is a song by R&B singer T-Pain. The song features rapper Rick Ross and originally served as the third promotional single off T-Pain's fourth studio albumREVOLVEЯ, but never made it on the track list.- Background :...

        " feat. Rick Ross
        Rick Ross (rapper)
        William Leonard Roberts II , better known by his stage name Rick Ross, is an American rapper. He derived his stage name from the drug trafficker "Freeway" Ricky Ross, to whom he has no connection...

         (Single)
      • "Best Love Song
        Best Love Song
        "Best Love Song" is a R&B-pop song performed by R&B artist T-Pain. The song features Chris Brown, and was released as the first official single on March 22, 2011. The song is to be on his fourth upcoming album RevolveЯ. It has sold over 1,000,000 copies in the US...

        " feat. Chris Brown (Single)
      • "Booty Wurk (One Cheek At a Time)
        Booty Wurk (One Cheek At a Time)
        "Booty Wurk " is a hip hop song performed by R&B artist T-Pain. The song features Nappy Boy Entertainment's artist Joey Galaxy, and was released as the fifth promtional single on July 8, 2011. The song is to be on his fourth upcoming album RevolveЯ...

        " feat. Joey Galaxy (Single)
  • Brandon T. Jackson
    Brandon T. Jackson
    Brandon Timothy Jackson is an American stand-up comedian, actor, rapper, writer, and comedian. He is best known for his supporting roles in Roll Bounce, Tropic Thunder, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Lottery Ticket, and a leading role in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son.-Early...

    • Imma Do It Big (Single) (2011)
      • "Imma Do It Big" feat. T-Pain & One Chance (Single)
  • One Chance
    One Chance
    One Chance is an R&B vocal group based in Chicago, best known for their 2006 song "Look at Her", which peaked at number 53 on the Billboard R&B chart.-Biography:...

    • Ain't No Room for Talkin'
      Ain't No Room For Talkin'
      Ain't No Room For Talkin is a mixtape by R&B group One Chance, released on May 24, 2011. It features the single, Sexin' On You.-Track listing:...

       (2011)
      • "Sexin On You" (Single)
  • Benny Benassi
    Benny Benassi
    Marco Benassi , better known as Benny Benassi, is a Grammy Award winning Italian disc jockey and record producer of electro house music. He is best known for his 2002 summer club hit "Satisfaction"...

    • Electroman
      Electroman (album)
      -Release History:...

       (2011)
      • "Electroman" feat. T-Pain
  • Travie McCoy
    Travie McCoy
    Travie Lazarus McCoy is an American singer and rapper. He is the lead vocalist of the alternative hip-hop band Gym Class Heroes. He released his debut solo album Lazarus on June 8, 2010....

    • Unknown (2011)
      • "Billionaire
        Billionaire (song)
        "Billionaire" is the debut single by American recording artist Travie McCoy, featuring guest vocals from Bruno Mars. It is the lead single from McCoy's debut studio album Lazarus. The song was produced by The Smeezingtons, which consists of Mars, Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine...

         (Official Remix)" feat. Bruno Mars
        Bruno Mars
        Peter Gene Hernandez , better known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is an Filipino-American singer-songwriter and record producer. Raised in Honolulu, Hawaii by a family of musicians, Mars began making music at a young age...

        , T-Pain, One Chance & Gucci Mane
        Gucci Mane
        Radric Davis , better known by his stage name Gucci Mane, is an American rapper. He debuted in 2005 with Trap House and followed with albums such as Hard to Kill in 2006, Trap-A-Thon and Back to the Trap House in 2007. In 2009, his second studio album The State vs. Radric Davis was released...

  • Young Buck
    Young Buck
    David Darnell Brown , also known as Young Buck, is an American Southern rapper. Buck is a former member of the New York City Hip-Hop group G-Unit, also a former artist of G-Unit Records as of Nov 26, 2011...

    • Unknown
      • Unknown (Single)
  • Yung Berg
    Yung Berg
    Christian Ward , better known by his stage name Yung Berg, is an American rapper from Chicago. He is of African American and Puerto Rican descent. His first single was "Sexy Lady" which features R&B singer Junior. Yung Berg had been previously signed to DMX's Bloodline Records as Ice Berg. He is...

    • Unknown
      • Unknown
  • Big Scoob
    Big Scoob
    Stewart D. Ashby, Jr., better known by his stage name Big Scoob is an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri and a member of Strange Music. Though he is one of the newest on the label, he isn't new to the rap game. He has been rapping since 1998 with a Local KC rap group called 57th Street...

    • Monsterifik
      Monsterifik
      Monsterifik is the debut solo album, from Big Scoob, an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri. The studio album was released on September 15, 2009. It is the second album to be released on the Strange Music label under the "Tech N9ne Presents" banner...

       (2009)
      • "Stik @ Move" feat. Krizz Kaliko
        Krizz Kaliko
        Samuel William Christopher Watson better known by his stage name Krizz Kaliko, is an American rapper and singer...

        , Mr. Whitebear, Tech N9ne
        Tech N9ne
        Aaron Dontez Yates , better known by his stage name Tech N9ne , is an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri. In 1999, Yates and Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. Throughout his career, Yates has sold over one million albums and has had his music featured in film,...

         & Txx Will
      • "Big Fella"
  • Kutt Calhoun
    Kutt Calhoun
    Melvin Calhoun Jr., better known by his stage name Kutt Calhoun, is an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri. His second album, Feature Presentation, debuted at #60 on the Billboard "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums" chart in its first week of release...

    • Feature Presentation
      Feature Presentation
      Feature Presentation is the second studio album by Kansas City rapper Kutt Calhoun. It was released on October 7, 2008 and was able to chart #60 on Billboards "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums" chart in its first week of release....

       (2008)
      • "Feature Presentation Intro"
      • "Bunk Rock Bitch" (Single)
      • "Killa City" feat. E-Skool, Jerita Streater, Paul Mussan & The Popper
      • "Stop Jeffin" feat. BG Bulletwound, Krizz Kaliko & Tech N9ne
      • "Good Friend" feat. Krizz Kaliko
      • "School Daze" feat. Krizz Kaliko & Tech N9ne
  • Tech N9ne
    Tech N9ne
    Aaron Dontez Yates , better known by his stage name Tech N9ne , is an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri. In 1999, Yates and Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. Throughout his career, Yates has sold over one million albums and has had his music featured in film,...

    • Killer (Tech N9ne album)
      Killer (Tech N9ne album)
      Killer is the eighth studio album by rapper Tech N9ne. Killers album cover pays homage to Michael Jackson’s iconic "Thriller" album cover. With Killer, Tech N9ne has SoundScanned his 1 millionth album independently....

       (2008)
      • "Like Yeah" (Single)
      • "Wheaties" feat. Shawnna
        Shawnna
        Rashawnna Guy , better known by her stage name Shawnna is an American rapper. She was the first female artist signed to Def Jam through Ludacris' Disturbing tha Peace Records...

      • "Attention"
      • "Holier Than Thou"
    • Sickology 101
      Sickology 101
      Sickology 101 is the ninth studio album, and the second in the "Collabos" series, by rapper Tech N9ne.Early on, the album carried a "The Study of Being Sick" subtitle, but as its release grew nearer, the subtitle was phased out...

       (2009)
      • "Midwest Choppers 2" feat. Krayzie Bone & K-Dean
      • "Ghetto Love" feat. Krizz Kaliko & Kutt Calhoun
      • "Poh Me Anutha" feat. Potluck & Kutt Calhoun
      • "We Kixin It" feat. Ron Ron & The Popper
      • "Let Me In" feat. Cash Image & D-Loc Da Chop
      • "Blown Away"
      • "Party & Bullshit" feat. Big Ben & Shadow
    • K.O.D.
      K.O.D.
      K.O.D. is the tenth studio album by rapper Tech N9ne, released on October 26, 2009. The album was originally scheduled for an October 27, 2009 release, but the album was shipped out early and the label decided to release it a day early...

      (2009)
      • "Strange Music Box" feat. Brotha Lynch Hung & Krizz Kaliko
      • "Check Yo Temperature" feat. Sundae & T-Nutty
      • "B. Boy" feat. Big Scoob, Bumpy Knuckles, Kutt Calhoun & Skatterman
      • "Hunterish" feat. Krizz Kaliko & Irv Da Penom
      • "Leave Me Alone" (Single)
      • "The Martini" feat. Krizz Kaliko
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