Aaron Kendric Booe (born December 23, 1992), known professionally as Aaron Bow, is an American record producer and songwriter. He has produced for artists including

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, among others.

Early life

Aaron Bow grew up in

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, while spending summers at his grandmother's house in

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. Intent on playing in a band, he began to teach himself guitar at the age of 12. A few years later, in high school, his attention shifted to making beats in

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. Bow honed his craft by collaborating with local producers and artists, while simultaneously sending his work to artists online. His genre-less sound is inspired by eclectic influences including

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, and

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. In 2012, he secured his first major placement with the track "Throwin Racks" by Yung Dred, featuring Gucci Mane. In 2014, Bow scored a short film about the world's first paraplegic motocross rider entitled ''117: The Darius Glover Story'', which premiered at the New Orleans Film Festival. In 2016, Bow scored a feature film exploring

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's underground dirt bike community entitled ''The Last Ride: A Philadelphia Story''.

Career

In 2017, Bow collaborated with

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to co-produce "Crushed Glass" by

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and "Pacific Ocean" by

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. In 2018, Bow co-produced "Redemption" by

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and Babes Wodumo. The track was featured on

's '' Black Panther: The Album'', which became platinum certified in May 2018 and was nominated for Album of the Year at

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. Bow and Walton also co-produced "ES Tales" by

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and "Pop Another" by

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. In 2019, Bow co-produced "Celebrate" by

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, featuring

and

. The track peaked at #52 on the

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. "Celebrate" was featured on

's project

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, which hit #2 on the

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album and #1 on the Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B Chart. Bow also co-produced

's single "Blame" alongside Teddy Walton and J-Louis. In 2020, Bow co-produced " Franchise" by Travis Scott. Bow later co-produced two tracks off

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's album ''

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'': "Don Life" featuring

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, and "Everything That's Missing" featuring

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. That same year, Bow worked on the original score for ''Your Attention Please'', a

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short series hosted by Craig Robinson celebrating inspiring black voices “who are part of the next generation of excellence". Bow also co-produced the track "Dive" from

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's '' Man on the Moon III: The Chosen''. In 2021, Bow co-produced "Been Like This" from

's album ''

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''. The production earned him his first Grammy nomination.

Discography

References

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