Adam Cherrington (born April 20, 1979), better known as "Wyshmaster", is an American

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, and pop music. He has produced for games, commercials, television, movies, internet and radio; working with prominent names such as

Nelly Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, and actor. He grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and embarked on his musical career in 1993 as a member of the Midwest hip hop g ...

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, Pitbull,

Tech N9ne Aaron Dontez Yates (born November 8, 1971), better known by his stage name Tech N9ne (pronounced "tech nine"), is an American rapper and singer. In 1999, he and business partner Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. He has sold ...

St. Lunatics St. Lunatics were an American hip hop group formed in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1993. The group consisted of childhood friends Nelly, Ali, Murphy Lee, Kyjuan, City Spud, and Slo Down. Their first single, "Gimme What U Got", gained popularity in ...

Chingy Howard Earl Bailey Jr. (born March 9, 1980), better known by his stage name Chingy, is an American rapper. He toured as an opening act with fellow St. Louis rapper Nelly in 2002, and signed with Georgia-based rapper Ludacris' record label, D ...

The Lonely Island The Lonely Island is an American comedy trio, formed by Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer in Berkeley, California, in 2001. They have written for and starred in the American TV program ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL''). The th ...

, Field Mob, B.o.B and more. His work is multi-

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selling and

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nominated. He was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2010 for the multi-platinum selling single, "

I'm on a Boat "I'm on a Boat" is a single from The Lonely Island's debut album ''Incredibad''. It was also featured as a ''Saturday Night Live'' Digital Short. The song features R&B singer T-Pain. The song, produced by Wyshmaster, is a parody of many rap v ...

" featuring Lonely Island and T-Pain.

Career

Raised in the

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, area, Wyshmaster started his career producing pop hip-hop tracks for Chicago's

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video games such as '' NARC'' and '' NBA Ballers: Phenom''. In St. Louis he worked with Nelly, St. Lunatics, Chingy, and other local artists. He produced ''

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'' by Nelly and "Superhero" by Chingy. When SNL played "I'm on a Boat" it went viral, and Wyshmaster moved to Los Angeles. While in Los Angeles, he received a Grammy Award nomination, and worked with various ''

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'' finalists and songwriters, and was signed to

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. From 2011 until 2018, Wyshmaster teamed up with extreme Institute by Nelly and began dividing his time between producing and investing in the next generation of artists. He designed courses such as Beatology and served as a Campus Director in St. Louis, Missouri. Late 2018, Wyshmaster relocated to Nashville, Tennessee constructing a novel breakthrough program solely surrounding music production. As one of the pioneers of leasing and selling music online, Wysh designed a program for students to learn the art of creating, leasing and selling their music, as well as how to network and earn a living as a music professional. Wyshmaster maintains his original focus for every artist online.

Production discography

2004 *"NBA Ballers",

, "Scored 10 custom background music sequences" *"Bolo", "I Ride", "Murder Dog Presents South Carolina", "Blood Rush Music" 2005 *"Smoke(6)", "Come See Me", "Ludacris Presents Disturbing Tha Peace", "Def Jam Recordings" *"N.A.R.C.",

*"L.A. Rush",

2006 *"NBA Ballers Phenom"

*"Twista featuring Kanjia, Pitbull and E40", "Talk Hard", The Core DJ's Compilation", "The Core DJ's" 2007 *"Chingy featuring Bobby Valentino", "Remember When", "Hate it or Love it", "Def Jam Recordings" 2008 *"Everybody Move", "Get the F... Outta Here", "The Waitress"', "Pillow Talkin", and "Enjoy", for ''

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'', 2008. *"I See It", "Running Away", "J's On My Feet", "Colors", "Shotaz", "The Green Mile", and "Wipe That Sweat", for '' Feature Presentation'', a

Kutt Calhoun Melvin Lewis Calhoun Jr. (born January 1, 1977), better known by his stage name Kutt Calhoun, is an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri. He began his career in the late 1990s as part of the city's underground rap scene, and signed with fel ...

album, 2008. *"U Ain't Him" and "Chill", for ''

'', 2008, a pop-rap crossover album from

. 2009 *"Rain", from Jeremy Greene featuring Bossman. Originally posted on MySpace, when the site generated an unprecedented 27 million hits, MySpace Records offered Jeremy a recording contract and "Rain" is now an official single featuring Pitbull. *"

", from

the Lonely Island The Lonely Island is an American comedy trio, formed by Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer in Berkeley, California, in 2001. They have written for and starred in the American TV program ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL''). The th ...

album ''

Incredibad ''Incredibad'' is the debut studio album of the American comedy troupe The Lonely Island, released on February 10, 2009, through Universal Republic Records. Composed of writers and childhood best friends Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma ...

'', also seen as a digital short on ''

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''. The song showed up on charts around the world and was the most popular YouTube video in February 2009. Later, it became an iPhone application. *"Sickology 101" and "In the Air", for Tech N9ne Collabos: ''

Sickology 101 ''Sickology 101'' is the eighth studio album, and the second in the "Collabos" series, by rapper Tech N9ne. Early on, the album carried a "The Study of Being Sick" subtitle, but as its release grew nearer, the subtitle was phased out. The album ...

'' (CD, Album) 2009, a collaboration album from

. 2010 *"Ack-A-Donkey", "In my Dreams", "Alive", "Tonight" for "Krizz Kaliko", "Shock Treatment", a "Strange Music" album 2010. *"Eskimo", Ridin on 4's" for "Smoke Dogg",a "State II State" album 2010. 2011 *"Promiseland","So Lonely" and "Eenie Meanie Miny Ho" (Deluxe Edition) for ''

All 6's and 7's ''All 6's and 7's'' is the eleventh studio album by American rapper Tech N9ne. It was released on June 7, 2011, through Strange Music. The album was released to universal acclaim by music critics, and peaked at number four on the ''Billboard 200' ...

'', a

album, 2011. 2012 *"Everywhere We Go", "Edison Chen featuring MC Chef & MC Yan", "3 Corner", "East Asia Music". 2013 *"That Good Love", "Marissa Jack", K-Mart National Valentine's Day Commercial, 2013. *"Stevie Stone featuring Brotha Lynch Hung", "Hush", "2 Birds 1 Stone", "Strange Music" 2019 * "Wided" - Lil Primo ft. yDEEPS, studio engineered by black808

References

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