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Information on J.R. Rotem can be found here, since whoever edited this article plagiarized it entirely.

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In December 2006, Rotem was romantically linked with pop icon Britney Spears. He has been spotted with Britney Spears throughout 2007. He is rumored to be featured on Extra TV's, Americas Most Eligible Bachelors.

On November 29, 2007, gossip blogs claimed that Britney Spears was pregnant with Rotem's child.

Early life

As a youngster, J.R.'s parents insisted that his musical interest be honed in a strict, disciplined way. This meant hours of private piano sessions daily where he developed a passion for classical music. On the contemporary front, he found artists like The Beatles, Sting and Abba inspiring, but at a very young age, when he first heard Run DMC's "Raising Hell" album, he became mesmerized by hip hop. While he loved what he heard musically, he never thought hip hop would become a way of life for him.

After graduating from Campolindo High School in Moraga, California, J.R. entered the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston where he majored in piano performance with aspirations of scoring films professionally. However, it was only the release of two semenal CDs - Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" and Snoop Dogg's "Doggystyle" - that unleashed J.R.'s inspiration to undertake music production.

As an accomplished and well-versed jazz pianist, J.R. instantly recognized the jazz influences of the samples used in these two hip hop masterpieces, but did not instantly recognize the samples themselves because he was never exposed to the music of Funkadelic, Parliament, James Brown and other 70's Rock/Soul pioneers whose music was now weaving and growing into the evolving and flowing soundtrack of hip hop.

However, he did instantly recognize that the music made people feel jazzy and react with happiness. In fact, J.R. analogizes the cross over of hip hop to the mainstream in the same way jazz must have felt to the earlier generation of mainstream youths: "I started using the hyper-hot hip hop beats of the day in my jazz setz and bought some studio equipment to beat with." With his passion for hip hop and a new home studio, J.R. instantly combined the discipline honed from years of formal study into beating on a full-time basis.

J.R.'s first big break came when a CD of him beating landed in the hands of veteran Bay Area producers who planned on using J.R.'s talents for an upcoming En Vogue album. Eventually though, this CD instantly ended up with producer Dwayne Wiggins of Tony, Toni, Tone' fame who thought the beating better suited Beyonce and eventually, Destiny's Child. Instantly, the song "Fancy" made it on to the "Survivor" CD and a second song "My Song" eventually ended up on a special issue Destiny's Child CD entitled "Love Destiny." J.R.'s second break came when Dr. Dre heard one of the songs J.R. had produced.

In the year that followed, J.R. produced cuts on over 2 records for A-listers like 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, The Game, Fabolous, Rihanna, Britney Spears,Christina Milian, Mobb Deep, Lil' Kim, Dr. Dre, Mýa, Young Buck, Obie Trice, Foxy Brown, Busta Rhymes, Trick Daddy, Trey Songz, Talib Kweli,Lil' Flip, Ashley Tisdale, Jesse McCartney to name a few.

Throughout 2007, Rotem has been spotted with pop superstar Britney Spears. Spears and Rotem first met while Rotem was producing for Spears' husband at the time, Kevin Federline. Rotem went on to produce several tracks for Spears but they didn't make the final cut for her new album Blackout.

Discography

50 Cent - The Massacre

17. "Position of Power"
20. "So Amazing" (featuring Olivia)

Ashley Tisdale - Headstrong

03. "He Said She Said"

Baby Bash - Cyclone

03. "Supa Chic"
05. "What Is It" (Feat. Sean Kingston)

Britney Spears - Blackout

14. "Everybody"

The Cheetah Girls - TCG

01. "Fuego"
07. "Do No Wrong"

Chamillionaire - Ultimate Victory

02. "Hip Hop Police" (featuring Slick Rick)
05. "Industry Groupie"

Clyde Carson - Theater Music

00. "Doin' That" (featuring Sean Kingston)

D12 - D12 World

20. "Good Die Young" (Keyboards by JR)

D12 - Shark Tale Soundtrack

05. "Lies & Rumors" (Keyboards by JR)

Destiny's Child - Survivor

05. "Fancy"
"My Song"

Dr. Dre - Detox

00. "It Ain't a Thing"

Ebony Eyez - 7 Day Cycle

02. "Heart of A Soldier"

Fabolous - Real Talk

09. "Can You Hear Me"
18. "Po Po" (featuring Nate Dogg & Paul Cain)

Fergie

00. "Big Girls Don't Cry (Remix)" (featuring Sean Kingston)

Freeway - Free At Last

06. "Take It To The Top"

Jada - Bring It On: In It To Win It (Soundtrack)

00. "Im That Chic"

Jennifer Lopez - Brave

01. "Stay Together"

Jin - The Rest Is History

10. "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"
14. "C'mon"

Jojo- "The High Road'

04. The High Road

Keke Palmer - So Uncool

07. "Footwurkin'"

Kevin Federline - Playing With Fire

03. "America's Most Hated"
05. "Lose Control"
06. "Dance With a Pimp"

Lalaine- "TBD"

01. "Gemini"

Leona Lewis - Spirit

04. "Better in Time"

LeToya Luckett - LeToya

08. "All Eyes on Me" (featuring Paul Wall)

Lexlife- "TBD"

01. "It Takes Paper"

Lil Flip - Undaground Legend

04. "I Shoulda Listened" (featuring Seville)

Lil Kim - The Naked Truth

06. "Whoa"
21. "Last Day"

Lil Scrappy - Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live

09. "Livin' in the Projects"

Lil' Skeeter - Midwest Mastermind

19. "Night Ryda" (featuring Ray Cash & Fabolous)

Mobb Deep - Blood Money

13. "In Love With the Moula"

Mýa - Liberation

02. "Walka Not a Talka" (featuring Maria Sharapova)
11. "All in the Name of Love"
00. "How We Carry"

Nicole Scherzinger - Her Name Is Nicole

00. "Baby Love" (Remix)

Obie Trice - Second Round's on Me

13. "Ghetto" (featuring Trey Songz)
15. "Mama" (featuring Trey Songz)
16. "24s"
18. Obie Story"

Olivia - Second Chance

00. "My Daddy"
00. "Best Friend (Remix)" (featuring 50 Cent)

Paris Hilton - Paris

04. "I Want You"

Plies - The Real Testament

05. "1 Mo Time"
06. "I Am the Club"
09. "Friday"

Rick Ross - Port of Miami

02. "Push It"

Rihanna - A Girl Like Me

01. "S.O.S. (Rescue Me)"

Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad

02. "Push Up on Me"

Sean Kingston - Sean Kingston

01. "Intro"
02. "Kingston"
03. "Take You There"
04. "Beautiful Girls"
05. "Me Love"
06. "Dry Your Eyes"
07. "Got No Shorty"
08. "I Can Feel It"
09. "There's Nothing"
10. "Drummer Boy"
11. "Your Sister"
12. "That Ain't Right"
13. "Change"
14. "Colors" (featuring Vybz Kartel & Kardinal Offishall)

Snoop Dogg - R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece

02. "Bang Out"

Spitfiya

00. "Hustle"

Stat Quo - Statlanta

00. "Just Called"

Slim Thug - Boss of All Bosses'

00. "Untitled"

Talib Kweli - The Beautiful Struggle

09. "Work It Out"

Trey Songz - I Gotta Make It

12. "Just Wanna Cut"

The Game - Doctor's Advocate

11. "Doctor's Advocate" (featuring Busta Rhymes)
13. "California Vacation" (featuring Snoop Dogg And Exhibit)

Tony Yayo - Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon

08. "We Don't Give A Fuck"

Young Buck - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (soundtrack)

08. "Don't Need No Help" (Co-produced song with Hi-Tek)

Young Buck - Straight Outta Cashville

04. “Look At Me Now” (Keyboards by J.R.)

Young Buck

00. "I'm The Best" (DJ Khaled Diss)

Xzibit - Weapons of Mass Destruction

10. "Ride or Dye" (co-produced by J.R.)
11. "Crazy Hoe" (additional keyboards by J.R.)

Rohff - La Fierté Des Nôtres

01. "La Fierte Des Notres"
05. "Ca Fait Plaisir"
08. "Pétrole"
13. "Charisme"
Cd2 - 03. "Bling Bling"
Cd2 - 04. "Apparences Trompeuses"

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-'''J. R. Rotem''' is an [[United States|American]] [[record producer]]. He was born '''Jonathan Reuven Rotem''' in [[South Africa]] to [[Jewish]] parents in 1975. He wanted to be a musician and started playing the piano at the age of 2. Jonathan's parents quickly saw that he was talented and supported him in his dream of becoming a musician. He played classical music until junior high school when he became fascinated by [[hip hop music]].
+Information on '''J.R. Rotem''' can be found here, since whoever edited this article plagiarized it entirely.
-He has produced tracks for artists and groups such as [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]], [[Destiny's Child]], [[Paris Hilton]], [[Britney Spears]], [[Snoop Dogg]], [[The Cheetah Girls (recording artists)|The Cheetah Girls]], [[Ashley Tisdale]] and [[Chamillionare]] among others. He has also sold a single beat, thump, to [[Dr. Dre]]. He currently resides in [[Los Angeles]] where he creates most of his music.
+http://www.huliq.com/43340/britney-spears-pregnant-jr-rotems-baby
-In 2006, Rotem started his own record label, Beluga Heights, along with manager [[Zach Katz]].  [[Sean Kingston]], a young Miami-based rapper, was their first signing. Rotem and Katz also started a publishing company under the Beluga Heights [[umbrella]], signing "SOS" co-writer [[Evan "Kidd" Bogart]].
 In December 2006, Rotem was romantically linked with pop icon [[Britney Spears]]. He has been spotted with [[Britney Spears]] throughout 2007. He is rumored to be featured on Extra TV's, Americas Most Eligible Bachelors.