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and pop artists on commercially successful singles. His credits include " Black Beatles" and " Powerglide" by

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" by

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, " No Lie" by

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, " Bandz a Make Her Dance" by

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, " Pour It Up" by

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, " Love Me" by

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, "

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" by

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, " We Can't Stop" by

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, " Formation" by

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, and " Humble" by

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. He embarked on a career as a non-performing lead artist in 2013 with his debut single " 23" (featuring

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and

), which peaked at number 11 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. His 2017 follow-up single, " Rake It Up" (with

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featuring

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) peaked at number eight on the chart. He has released six

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s and one solo studio album, '' Ransom 2'' (2017). Outside of production, he founded the record label EarDrummer Records as an imprint of

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in 2013, which has signed acts including

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-based hip hop duo Rae Sremmurd and late

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-based rapper Trouble.

Early life

Williams was born in

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, the youngest of three children; he has two older sisters. His father, Michael Williams Sr., is a former

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executive who worked as a club DJ in the 1970s. His mother, Shirley Williams, a former bank loan officer, was once in a gospel group, singing for Dottie Peoples. He grew up in a musical family as his uncle was an accomplished guitar player and one of his older sisters was a drum major in the Olympics. While growing up, Williams was athletic, participating in many sports, including basketball, baseball, and football, with dreams of becoming a professional athlete. His life also centered around a love of hip-hop music. Williams first developed his talent for music by re-playing popular instrumentals that he heard on the radio while he and his friends would freestyle to them. In several interviews, Williams has mentioned, in particular, re-playing the instrumental for " Still Fly", a popular song by the southern rap group

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, on a

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brand keyboard, and has also mentioned re-playing " Young'n (Holla Back)" by New York rapper

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on production equipment at a local music store. At age 14, Williams began to develop his own beats on a

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ES1 beat machine, which his father bought for him as a Christmas present from the local music store Mars Music. As he became more accomplished, he also began to use production equipment, including the Korg Triton, the Akai MPC1000, the Yamaha Motif, and the Roland Fantom. By the time WillIams was 16, he was spending time at local recording studios in Atlanta, trying to shop his beats to established artists. He was initially ignored, but eventually one of his beat tapes made its way into the hands of

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, who then invited WillIams to Patchwerk studios, an Atlanta recording studio. Upon graduating high school, Williams enrolled at

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to pursue undergraduate studies mainly due to pressure from his parents, but chose to take a hiatus and eventually dropped out after several semesters, with a 3.1 GPA, to focus on his music career.

Career

2011–2012: Production and mixtapes

In an interview with '' XXL'', Mike Will said, "Gucci Mane was the first ajor artistto ever rap on my beat." Mike Will first met Gucci Mane at Atlanta recording studio, PatchWerk Recording Studios, and upon introducing himself and giving Gucci Mane a CD of beats, Gucci Mane proceeded to freestyle over each of the instrumentals. He then offered Mike Will $1,000 for one of his beats. The two artists began releasing songs together, such as "East Atlanta 6", and a number of songs from Gucci Mane's mixtape, ''No Pad, No Pencil''. After developing this close relationship with Gucci Mane, he began working with other big-name Atlanta rappers such as

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, Rocko, and 2 Chainz. In 2011, Mike Will released his first single, " Tupac Back", performed by

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and

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, from the compilation album '' Self Made Vol. 1''. The single was released on April 5, 2011, and peaked at No. 31 on the

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'' chart. This came after Mike Will submitted some of his beats to an A&R for Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group label. Also in 2011, Mike Will worked with Atlanta rapper Future, producing several popular and noteworthy songs together, including " Ain't No Way Around It", "Itchin", and three songs from Future's 2012 major label debut album ''

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'': "Neva End", "Truth Gonna Hurt You", and " Turn On the Lights". "Turn On the Lights" was promoted as a single, and to date has peaked at No. 2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ''Billboard chart''. On December 27, 2011, Mike Will released his first mixtape, ''Est. in 1989 (Last of a Dying Breed)''. It was released in conjunction with popular mixtape website LiveMixtapes.com. ''Est. in 1989'' includes a mix of exclusive songs and songs from Mike Will's catalog, and features artists such as Gucci Mane & 1017 Brick Squad, Future,

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, 2 Chainz,

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. On March 23, 2012, Mike Will partnered with popular music site

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to announce the second installment of his mixtape series, ''Est. in 1989 Pt. 2'', and to release the mixtape's first single, "Back 2 the Basics", which features his manager/rapper Gucci Mane, founder/CEO/president of Brick Squad and Waka Flocka Flame. The project ''Est. in 1989 Pt. 2'' features songs with Diddy, 2 Chainz, Juicy J, Future, Lil Wayne, T.I.,

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, and others. The album was released again on July 24, 2012, in partnership with LiveMixtapes.com. Will has also worked extensively with Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz, producing "La La", which features

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, from 2 Chainz, then known as Tity Boi, ''Codeine Cowboy'' mixtape and "Got One" from 2 Chainz's '' T.R.U. REALigion'' mixtape. According to an interview with ''

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'' magazine, Mike Will has been working together with 2 Chainz "since 2008, when he was Tity Boi...We're kind of like family." In 2012, Mike Will produced the lead single, " No Lie", from 2 Chainz' debut album, '' Based on a T.R.U. Story'', released via

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. The single, which features popular recording artist

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, was released May 8, 2012, and debuted in the top 50 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, ultimately peaking at No. 1 on ''Billboard''s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The single has been certified

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by the

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, selling over 500,000 copies digitally. In 2012, Mike WiLL Made-It produced " Bandz a Make Her Dance", a single for Taylor Gang rapper Juicy J that also features Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz. The song was listed as one of the 25 Best Songs of Summer 2012 by ''Complex'' magazine, and as of September 2012, the single had peaked at No. 14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Mike Will, alongside producers Kanye West, Mike Dean, Lifted, and Anthony Kilhoffer, co-produced the G.O.O.D. Music single "

", which features vocals by Kanye West,

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, 2 Chainz, and

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. "

", released April 3, 2012, served as the lead single from the G.O.O.D. Music compilation album '' Cruel Summer'', and peaked at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, while reaching No. 13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Other notable production efforts for Mike Will include the single "Way Too Gone", featuring Future from

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's 2011 studio album '' Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition'', "Just a Sign" from B.o.B's second studio album '' Strange Clouds'' and " Pour It Up" from

's 2012 studio album, '' Unapologetic''. In 2012 interviews, Mike Will mentioned upcoming work with Kanye West,

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, Big Sean, and Pusha T. The third installment of the series, entitled ''Est. in 1989 2.5'' was released on December 24, 2012. The mixtape featured guest appearances from Gucci Mane, Future,

, Big Sean, Trinidad Jame$, Lil Wayne, and other artists.

2013–present: Debut studio album, collaborations, and ''Creed II'' soundtrack

Mike Will executive produced Miley Cyrus's fourth studio album '' Bangerz'' (2013), including its lead single " We Can't Stop". He produced eight tracks on ''Bangerz'' and six tracks on Cyrus' other project ''Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz''. On September 9, 2013, Mike Will premiered his commercial debut single " 23", featuring

, Juicy J and Miley Cyrus. He revealed that he had signed with

to release his debut album. His debut album will also feature Beyoncé, Future,

, and 2 Chainz. He was named producer of the year by

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on December 18, 2013. On June 17, 2014, Mike Will Made It released the first single from his mixtape, "Buy the World", featuring

, Lil Wayne and Kendrick Lamar. On December 15, 2014, he released his fifth mixtape, ''Ransom''. Featured artists include Big Sean, Juicy J, 2 Chainz, Lil Wayne, and Kendrick Lamar. On March 24, 2017, he released ''Ransom 2''. The bigger names showcase a quick flip through Mike Will's contact list: Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Future, Pharrell, Lil Wayne, Big Sean, Migos, YG, and more. In 2018, the soundtrack for the action-drama film ''

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'' was released, entitled '' Creed II: The Album''. The album featured all original songs written and produced by Mike Will Made It (with the exception of three tracks). On August 21, 2020, Mike Will released the single "Bang Bang" with rapper Chief Keef. He also announced that his upcoming project is "74%" done. On November 6, 2020, Mike Will released the song, " What That Speed Bout!?" with rappers

and

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. It is the lead single to his upcoming album, ''Michael'', which failed to meet its 2023 release date. In 2023, Mike Will partnered with

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’s Custom NBA Music Strategy as its first-ever lead producer to curate music for the 2023-24 NBA season. ON October 16, 2023, Mike Will released the new single ‘Different Breed’ featuring

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and Swae Lee on ESPN.

Influences

In interviews, Mike Will has named several musical influences on his own production work. In a "Behind the Beats" interview with ''Complex'' magazine, he says that he "always admired

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's drums", and calls

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"the first crazy pop producer... He brought so many artists to the game." As a southern producer, he says, he "was also looking up to Shawty Redd. He was the first producer to really bring that dark trap energy and sound." He also refers to DJ Toomp as "my big brother or my mentor", saying, "I love what he does." In an interview, with AOL's The Boombox, Mike WiLL also cites

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as a producer that he respects. Mike Will told Rolling Stone, that some of his primary musical interests are

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and

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Production equipment

Mike Will uses a variety of production equipment to create beats. His gear includes the Korg Triton, Akai MPC 1000,

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, Yamaha Motif, and the Roland Fantom-X.

Ear Drummer Records

In 2006, Mike Will started his own production company called . In 2013, he founded Ear Drummer Records (initially known as Eardruma Records) and signed the label to

on December 19, 2013. In 2014, Mike Will signed

(whose name is "Ear" "Drummers" backwards) and Two-9 to the label.

Artists

* Mike Will Made It *Shotta Spence * Two-9 *

* Swae Lee *

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* Eearz * Andréa * Trouble (formerly) * Rico Pressley

In-house producers

* 30 Roc * DJ Fu * Blue Cheeze * DJ Fu * Ducko McFli * GT * J-Bo * Marz * Mike Will Made It * Pluss * P-Nazty * Randy Lanphear * Resource * Scooly * Shawn Ferrari * Whatlilshoddysay * F1Jo * Todd Gleeful

Discography

Studio albums

Soundtrack albums

Mixtapes

Singles

Promotional singles

Notes

Awards and nominations

BET Hip Hop Awards

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network to celebrate

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performers, producers, and

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directors.

Grammy Awards

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References

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