Floyd Eugene Bentley III (born July 7, 1987), also known by his

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s A1 and SprngBrk, is an American record producer and songwriter. He has been credited on singles and albums for prominent music industry artists including

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and

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, among others. He co-wrote the latter's 2022 single "

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", which peaked atop the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and won a

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. Bentley has often worked in tandem with fellow producer

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and his former spouse, Lyrica Anderson. In his personal life, Bentley's relationship with Anderson has been publicized on the reality television series '' Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood'', where Bentley appeared on seasons 3 through 6, as well as other various other reality shows.

Career

Early life

Bentley grew up on “the rough side of Kansas City”, and was accepted to Highland Community College, where he played basketball. In his junior year, Bentley suffered a serious leg injury, making the decision to subsequently leave both the basketball team and college. After returning home and starting a job, Bentley began to write songs and rap, attracting the interest of an early manager. He quickly realized that his passion was music, and moved to

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to break into the music industry. Bentley experienced homelessness for 8 months before a chance encounter with

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artist and producer

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, who allowed him to use his studio for six months after hearing several early demos, and Saadiq also introduced him to Mike Caren, the former Executive President of A&R at

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. Caren subsequently gave Bentley the opportunity to write for several artists in his roster, including Trey Songz and

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2010–2018: Initial songwriting success

In 2010, Bentley co-wrote " Unusual" featuring

for American singer Trey Songz, which entered the Billboard Hot 100, peaked at number seven on the US

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chart, and won Bentley an ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Award. Over years, he also received album placements on various Tank, Chris Brown, and

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projects. In 2016, Bentley released his debut single "Upside Down" featuring rapper O.T. Genasis. Bentley began to create a closer relationship with Chris Brown's camp at this time, accepting potential album submissions and demos for Brown from other songwriters. In 2017. Bentley contributed twelve songs to Chris Brown's album ''

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'', including multi-platinum single "

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" featuring Usher and

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, as well as platinum single "

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". Bentley would also co-write and co-produce "No Pressure" for French Montana's ''

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'' project, as well as co-write and co-produce Platinum single " Something New" for

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and

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, which went viral as the result of a summer

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dance challenge.

2019–present: SprngBrk

In 2019, through a

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interview, Bentley was announced as a new artist signee of

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's record label Nappy Boy Entertainment, releasing debut mixtape ''Turbulence'', before changing his artist name to SprngBrk as a form of "reintroduction" after his reality TV appearances. Bentley released single "Pride" in 2021, as the first release in a new collaboration between Nappy Boy and music streaming platform

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's RePost A&R creation department. In 2022, Bentley co-wrote two songs from Future's album '' I Never Liked You'', including multi-platinum, Billboard number-one single "

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Personal life

Bentley met fellow artist-songwriter Lyrica Anderson in an elevator at a Los Angeles area studio prior to a songwriting session for a mutual friend, before getting married in 2016. Together they have one son, Ocean Zion Bentley, born in 2018. Anderson filed for divorce in 2022 for undisclosed reasons.

Discography

Studio projects

* ''Love Scars EP'' (with Lyrica Anderson) (2016) * ''Turbulence'' (2019)

Guest appearances

Songwriting and production credits

Credits are courtesy of

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Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations

Notes

:A. Winning songwriters in this category are awarded with a Winner's Certificate.

References

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