Michael Abram Schultz (born March 30, 1989) is an American

music producer A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...

and

songwriter A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. ...

. He is best known for his work with R&B singer

Jeremih Jeremy Phillip Felton (born July 17, 1987), known professionally as Jeremih ( ), is an American Contemporary R&B, R&B singer. He embarked on a musical career after meeting record producer Mick Schultz in 2008, and signed a recording contract wi ...

, having produced for the near-entirety of his discography. Schultz has been credited on his singles "

Birthday Sex "Birthday Sex" is the debut single by American singer Jeremih. It served as the lead single for his self-titled debut studio album (2009). The song was written by Jeremih, Keith James, and Mick Schultz, the latter of whom also helmed its producti ...

", " Down on Me", and "

Don't Tell 'Em "Don't Tell 'Em" is a song by American singer Jeremih from his third studio album, '' Late Nights''. It features American rapper YG, and was released as the first single from the album. The song peaked at number six on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 ...

", each of which have peaked within the top ten of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. For other artists, Schultz has also produced the songs " Desperado" for

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and " Replay" for

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, with further credits on albums and singles by

Kelly Clarkson Kelly Brianne (born Kelly Brianne Clarkson, April 24, 1982), known professionally as Kelly Clarkson, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Rising to fame after winning the American Idol season 1, first season of ''Ameri ...

SoMo Joseph Anthony Somers-Morales (born September 11, 1987), known professionally as SoMo, is an American singer and songwriter. Career In 2009, SoMo started recording covers in Denton, Texas. A successful 2011 mash-up of Drake's ''Take Care'' le ...

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, and Jessie James Decker, among others.

Early life

Schultz was born in

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, United States. He is the only child of Steve Schultz and Lynn Schultz. Schultz, a classically trained pianist, showed musical abilities at a very young age and began deejaying local parties at the age of 10. He went on to produce for local acts in and around St. Louis before completing high school. After graduating from Parkway Central High School in 2007, he enrolled in Columbia College, a performing arts school in Chicago, Illinois. Following a chance meeting with fellow student, and then unknown,

, he began his career in the music industry.

Career

Schultz and Jeremih wrote and recorded one song together shortly after meeting in 2008. Schultz immediately began walking the music in to local radio, where he met his manager, Luis Duran. Encouraged by positive response, the duo immediately set out to compile what would become Jeremih's debut album. In late 2008, Schultz went on to launch his own production company, Mick Schultz Productions, to which he immediately signed Jeremih as his first artist. After receiving a tremendous amount of airplay on their song "

", offers started coming in from all the major record labels. Jeremih was promptly signed to

Def Jam Records Def Jam Recordings (also simply known as Def Jam) is an American multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It is based in Manhattan, New York City, specializing predominantly in hip hop, contemporary R&B, soul and pop. The l ...

. In 2009, Schultz was signed to a publishing deal with

Universal Music Publishing Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) is a global Music publisher (popular music), music publishing company and is part of the Universal Music Group. Universal Music Publishing has been ranked the #1 music publisher in market share by Billboar ...

. In 2010, Schultz and Jeremih teamed up again to produce the artist’s sophomore release, '' All About You''. As with Jeremih's debut album, Schultz was once again the sole producer on the album, which includes such hits as " I Like" featuring

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and " Down on Me" featuring

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. Schultz continues to produce and write for various artists. In early 2013, he collaborated with

to co-produce her debut single " Replay" off her self-titled album. The song reached #40 on the

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. Schultz also produced an album for

Republic Records Republic Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). Based in New York City, it was founded by Avery Lipman and Monte Lipman as an independent label in 1995, and was acquired by UMG in 2000. Republic was initially ...

artist

in mid-2013. They recorded the album in Schultz's Malibu studio. The self-titled album was released on April 8, 2014 through

Universal Republic Republic Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). Based in New York City, it was founded by Avery Lipman and Monte Lipman as an independent label in 1995, and was acquired by UMG in 2000. Republic was initially ...

. In mid-2014, Schultz co-produced the double platinum selling single "

" by Jeremih, featuring YG. Schultz produced

's " Desperado" off her 2016 album entitled '' ANTI''. He received a Grammy nomination for his work. In 2018, Schultz received another Grammy nomination for his work on

's album ''

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'', in which he produced songs "Heat" and "Medicine". In 2023 Mick produced a song on Diddy's The Love Album: Off The Grid entitled "Boo Hoo" which also received a Grammy nomination. He received two more nominations for Burna Boy's single "City Boys" and Burna Boy's album "I Told Them".

Discography

*Jeremih - ''

'' (2009) *Jeremih - '' All About You'' (2010) *SoMo ''-

'' (2014) *

Keith James Keith Eric James (born February 4, 1987), formerly of the stage name Marcus Fench, is an American record producer, singer, songwriter and rapper from Chicago, Illinois. He is a frequent collaborator of fellow Chicago singer Jeremih and has work ...

- ''Funk Christmas, Pt. 1'' (2015) *

- '' Late Nights'' (2015) *

- '' ANTI'' (2016) *

- ''The'' ''Answers'' (2017) *

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- "

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" (2017) *

- ''

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'' (2017) *

Max Frost Matthew Alexander "Max" Frost (born July 5, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist from Austin, Texas, who is signed to Atlantic Records. He has released two EPs: ''Low High Low'' in October 2013, and ''Int ...

- ''

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'' (2018) *

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- ''

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'' (2018) * Kyle - ''

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'' (2020) *

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- '' Goodbye Rania'' (2020) *

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- ''Heat'' (2023) * Kamauu - ''flings'' (2023) *

Diddy Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969), better known by his stage name Diddy, and formerly Puff Daddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, record producer, and record executive. Born in Harlem and raised in Mount Vernon, Combs worked as a ...

- ''The Love Album: Off The Grid'' (2023)

Awards

* 2015 iHeart Radio Music Awards Best Hip-Hop & R&B Song of the year for "Don't Tell Em" by Jeremih * 2010 29th Annual Chicago Music Awards Record Producer of the Year * 2009 Billboard #1 Hot R&B/Hip-Pop AirPlay "Birthday Sex" * 2009 Billboard #1 Hot R&B/Hip-Pop Songs "Birthday Sex"

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schultz, Mick 1989 births Living people Record producers from Missouri Songwriters from Missouri