Rasool Diaz, also known as SoolGotHits, is an American songwriter and producer, best known for co-writing and co-producing
Beyoncé
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Beyoncé's boundary-pushing artistry and vocals have made her the most influential female musician of the 21st century, according to ...
's 2013 single "
Drunk in Love" from her
eponymous fifth album, winning a
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song in 2015.
Career
Diaz became friends with fellow R&B/Hip-Hop producers
Andre Eric Proctor
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and
Brian Soko
Brian Soko (born 1991) is a Zimbabwean songwriter and record producer who is based in the United States. He won three awards at the 2014 edition of the Broadcast Music Inc (BMI) R&B/Hip-Hop Awards for composing Beyoncé's song, "Drunk in Love", ...
while attending university classes together in
Tampa, Florida, and they decided to form production group "The Order". Their first break came when "
No Worries", one of their first co-written and co-produced songs, was placed onto Lil' Wayne's 2012 mixtape ''
Dedication 4
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'' and was chosen as a single.
Selected songwriting and production credits
Credits are courtesy of
Discogs,
Tidal,
Spotify, and
AllMusic.
Awards and nominations
References
African-American songwriters
Living people
1990 births
People from Bloomington, Illinois
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