T-Minus (producer)

Tyler Williams (T-Minus)
Tyler Williams (T-Minus)
Background information
Birth name	Tyler Williams
Born	February 25, 1988 (age 36); Ajax, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Hip hop, R&B
Occupation(s)	Record producer, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Drums, Keyboard, Turntable, Sampler, Fl Studio
Years active	2006–present
Labels	OVO Sound, Warner
Website	ovosound.com

Tyler Williams (born February 25, 1988), professionally known as T-Minus, is a Canadian hip-hop and R&B producer from Ajax, Ontario. He has produced for artists such as Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé, Ciara, Drake, T.I., ASAP Rocky, Plies, LeToya Luckett, Birdman, Lil Wayne, Wale, August Rigo, Justin Bieber, Slaughterhouse and Ludacris among others. He won Top Producer at the 2012 BMI Urban Awards. He is also signed to Drake's OVO Sound with Noah "40" Shebib.^[1]^[2]

Music career

T-Minus first started experimenting with music as a student at Pickering High School. “I’ve always loved music,” he says. “I used to play the drums, so I’ve always been interested in music in that way.” After sitting at the drum kit for a few years, he decided to try making his own rhythms, so he downloaded a digital audio workstation program called Fruity Loops when he was 15 years old and was soon creating entire songs. ^[3] "I’m just taking things to a new place as far as music goes. I don’t want to go to the same route that I was going to before so far as how everything sounds, how everything sits in your ears... I’m going back to the roots of R&B, mid-’90s, from hearing a Timbaland record, an Aaliyah, something from Blackground Music, for example. When the music had so much emotion." ^[4]

Discography

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions						Album
Year	Single	US Hot 100	US R&B	US Rap	US Pop	CAN	UK	Album
2009	"How Low" (Ludacris)	6	2	1	–	41	67	Battle of the Sexes
2010	"Moment 4 Life" (Nicki Minaj featuring Drake)	13	1	1	18	27	22	Pink Friday
2011	"I'm On One" (DJ Khaled featuring Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne)	10	1	1	35	67	78	We the Best Forever
	"She Will" (Lil Wayne featuring Drake)	3	1	2	–	16	58	Tha Carter IV
	"Make Me Proud" (Drake featuring Nicki Minaj)	9	1	1	–	25	49	Take Care
	"The Motto" (Drake featuring Lil Wayne)	14	1	1	25	38	22
2012	"HYFR" (Drake featuring Lil Wayne)	62	20	17	–	–	–
	"My Moment" (DJ Drama featuring 2 Chainz, Meek Mill and Jeremih)	89	23	16	–	–	–	Quality Street Music
	"Swimming Pools (Drank)" (Kendrick Lamar)	17	3	3	–	–	63	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
	"Go Get It" (T.I.)	77	40	23	–	86	–	Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head
	"She Don't Put It Down" (Joe Budden featuring Lil Wayne and Tank)	96	32	–	–	–	–	No Love Lost
2013	"Rich as Fuck" (Lil Wayne featuring 2 Chainz)	38	11	9	–	–	–	I Am Not a Human Being II
2013	"Heartbreaker" (Justin Bieber)	13	–	–	–	15	14	"Journals"

2007

Drake - Comeback Season

05. "Replacement Girl" (featuring Trey Songz) (co-produced with Boi-1da)

2008

Plies - Da REAList

15. "Co-Defendant"

Papa Duck

00. "Look At My Swagg" (feat. Rick Ross & Ace Hood)

Tyra B.

00. "Break You Up"

2009

LeToya Luckett - Lady Love

11. "Drained" (written by Chris Brown & Andre Merritt)

Mýa - Beauty & The Streets Vol.1

15. "Black Out"

Birdman - Priceless

01. "Intro"

Birdman - Family Over Everything

02. "She Knows" (feat. Lil Wayne)

Ace Hood - The Preview

15. "White Leather"

Jazzfeezy - Jazzfeezy Presents: Unveiling the Rapture

03. Unstoppable" (feat. Burna, Bass Line & Dean Gray) (co-produced with Jazzfeezy)
04. "Words Won't Do" (feat. August) (co-produced with JazzFeezy & Boi-1da)

Rebstar - Arrival

12. "Without You" (feat. Trey Songz)

The Weeknd

00. "Our Love"

2010

Donnis - Fashionably Late

05. "Tonight"

Ludacris - Battles of the Sexes

02. "How Low"^[5]
16. "How Low (Remix)" (feat. Ciara & Pitbull)

Travis Porter - Proud to Be a Problem

14. "Mighty Mighty" (feat. F.L.Y.)

Travis Porter - I Am Travis Porter

17. "Lay Ya Body Down"

Diggy Simmons - Airborne

02. "Thinkin' 'Bout U" (featuring Bei Maejor)

A-Game - PilotModeMuzik

00. "Go Head Shawty"
00. "Airplanes"
00. "Don't Be Mad"

Lil Scrappy - Prince of the South 2

Leftover

00. "Get Lost" (feat. Cutty)

P. Reign

00. "In My Hood"

Lyfe Jennings - I Still Believe

01. "Statistics"
02. "Love"
04. "Spotlight"
07. "Mama"
10. "Learn From This"

T.I. - No Mercy

12. "Poppin Bottles" (feat. Drake)

Ciara - Basic Instinct

09. "Turn It Up" (feat. Usher)

Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday

07. "Moment 4 Life" (feat. Drake)

Luu Breeze - HollaLaLuuie

05. "Makin' A Killin'" (feat. Vado)

2011

DJ Khaled - We the Best Forever

01. "I'm On One" (feat. Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne) (Produced with Noah "40" Shebib & Nikhil S.)

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV

06. "She Will" (feat. Drake)

Wale - Ambition

11. "Ambition" (feat. Meek Mill & Rick Ross)

T-Pain - RevolveR

01. "Bang Bang Pow Pow" (feat. Lil Wayne)

Drake - Take Care

07. "Under Ground Kings" (Produced with Noah "40" Shebib)
08. "We'll Be Fine" (feat. Birdman)
09. "Make Me Proud" (feat. Nicki Minaj)
14. "HYFR" (feat. Lil Wayne)
19. Bonus Track: "The Motto" (feat. Lil Wayne)

A-Game - Since 1988

11. "Cool Boyz" / 00. "Cool Boyz" (Remix) (feat. Red Cafe)

Don Trip & Starlito - Step Brothers

12. "Pray For Me"

Alley Boy - Definition of Fuck Shit 2

07. "Word Law" (feat. Veli Sosa)

Birdman & Mack Maine - Billionaire Minds

04. "Mr. Lottery" (feat. Short Dawg & Jae Millz)

2012

T.I. - Fuck da City Up

03. "Hot Wheels" (feat. Travis Porter & Young Dro)

Melanie Fiona - The MF Life

04. "I Been That Girl"

Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded

07. "Champion" (featuring Nas, Drake & Young Jeezy) (Produced with Nikhil S.)

D-WHY - Don't Flatter Yourself

Leftover

00. "Macchiato Music"

Burd & Keyz - Keyz of Life

05. "Faithful" (feat. Luu Breeze, A-Game & Jahron B) (produced with Burd & Keyz)

Tank - This Is How I Feel

05. "Compliments" (feat. Kris Stephens & T.I.)

DJ Drama - Quality Street Music

03. "My Moment" (feat. 2 Chainz, Meek Mill & Jeremih)

Slaughterhouse - Welcome to: Our House

04. "Throw That" (feat. Eminem) (co-produced by Eminem)
12. "Frat House" (co-produced by Eminem and Nikhil S.)

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city

09. "Swimming Pools (Drank)"

Cyhi the Prynce - Ivy League Club

13. "Tomorrow"

Roscoe Dash - Roscoe 2.0

17. "Substance Abuse"

T-Pain - Stoic

03. "Don't You Quit"

Keyshia Cole - Woman to Woman

02. Zero (feat. Meek Mill) (produced with Vidal)
11. Forever

T.I. - Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head

08. "Go Get It"
09. "Guns and Roses" (feat. P!nk)
12. "Addresses"

ASAP Rocky - Long. Live. ASAP

03. "PMW (All I Need)" (feat. ScHoolboy Q)

2013

Jigg - High Grade 2

03. "So Hot"

Joe Budden - No Love Lost

03. "She Don't Put It Down" (feat. Lil Wayne & Tank)
17. "She Don't Put It Down (Remix)" (Feat. Fabolous, Twista & Tank)

Lil Wayne - I Am Not a Human Being II

09. "Rich as Fuck" (feat. 2 Chainz)

Kelly Rowland - Talk a Good Game

04. "Talk a Good Game" (featuring Kevin Cossom)

Justin Bieber - Journals

01. "Heartbreaker" (Co-Prod. with Maejor Ali & Chef Tone)

2014

Wink Loc

00. "Want Me Dead (feat. Jeezy & Jigg)"

Bizzle - Well Wishes

13. "You Know (Remix)" (feat. Lecrae) (co-produced by Boi-1da)

Eric Bellinger - The ReBirth

06. "Delorean" (co-produced with Matt Burnett)

Tinashe

00. "In The Meantime"

2015

Big Sean - "Dark Sky Paradise"

07. "Win Some, Lose Some" (co-produced with Boi-1da)

Ludacris - "Ludaversal"

16. "Problems" (feat. Cee-Lo Green)

2016

Travis Scott

00. "Wonderful (feat. The Weeknd)" (co-produced with Boi-1da)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result
2011	Grammy Awards	Best Rap Solo Performance ("Ludacris - How Low")	Nominated
2013	Grammy Awards	Best Rap Song ("Drake featuring Lil Wayne - The Motto")	Nominated
2014	Grammy Awards	Album of the Year (Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid M.a.A.d City)	Nominated

References

^ "2012 BMI Urban Music Awards". BMI.
^ "Mariah Carey Dazzles at BMI Awards". Rolling Stone.
^ Dolabaille, DC. "Who is T-Minus?". Black Ink Magazine. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
^ Krishnamurthy, Sowmya. "T-Minus on What Happened to "Partynauseous" and Writing New Drake Beats". MTV. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
^ http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1623626/20091012/puff_daddy.jhtml

External links

T-Minus on Instagram
T-Minus on Twitter

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[BMI-1] "2012 BMI Urban Music Awards". BMI.

[Rolling_Stone-2] "Mariah Carey Dazzles at BMI Awards". Rolling Stone.

[3] Dolabaille, DC. "Who is T-Minus?". Black Ink Magazine. Retrieved 2010-01-17.

[4] Krishnamurthy, Sowmya. "T-Minus on What Happened to "Partynauseous" and Writing New Drake Beats". MTV. Retrieved 2012-11-13.

[5] ttp://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1623626/20091012/puff_daddy.jhtml

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