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Roahn Hylton, known as "First Born", is a Hip-Hop, R&B, and Pop
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 ...
from
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. He attended
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before becoming a professional music producer. First Born was a co-producer with Kane Beatz on
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’s first Billboard Top 5 single "
Super Bass "Super Bass" is a song by Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj from the deluxe version of her debut studio album, ''Pink Friday'' (2010). It was sent to American rhythmic radio stations as the album's fifth single on April 5, 2011. The song was writ ...
". In addition to the song being a platinum hit in the U.S., "Super Bass" spent several weeks inside the top 20 and is Minaj's highest charting solo single to date. First Born has also worked with
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, Plies,
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, Kaleena,
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, The Game, Gucci, and New Boys. Additional projects Hylton has worked on include Shonlock's LP '' Never Odd or Even'' and Darrell Vanzant's ''Broken: A Musical''. In 2019, Hylton and Jacob Yoffee created the original score for the
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'', about rapper
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's battle to free himself from the criminal justice system.


Discography

* "Make a Wish" -
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's ''
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'' (Best Buy Bonus Track) (2008) * "
Super Bass "Super Bass" is a song by Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj from the deluxe version of her debut studio album, ''Pink Friday'' (2010). It was sent to American rhythmic radio stations as the album's fifth single on April 5, 2011. The song was writ ...
" -
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's ''
Pink Friday ''Pink Friday'' is the debut studio album by Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj. It was released on November 23, 2010, by Cash Money Records, Young Money Entertainment and Universal Motown Records. Minaj began recording the album after signing a ...
'' Deluxe Edition (2010) * "I Don't Care" -
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's ''
Too Cool to Care ''Too Cool to Care'' is the second and final studio album by American hip hop duo New Boyz. It was released on May 17, 2011, via Shotty Music, Asylum and Warner Bros. It reached number forty-one on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 chart, numb ...
'' (2011) * "Can't Nobody" -
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's ''
Too Cool to Care ''Too Cool to Care'' is the second and final studio album by American hip hop duo New Boyz. It was released on May 17, 2011, via Shotty Music, Asylum and Warner Bros. It reached number forty-one on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 chart, numb ...
'' (2011) * “Honeymoon Avenue” -
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’s '' Yours Truly''


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