Hit-Boy facts for kids

Chauncey Alexander Hollis Jr. (born May 21, 1987), known professionally as Hit-Boy, is an American record producer, rapper, singer, and songwriter.

Career

Hit-Boy has produced for big-name artists such as Big Sean, Kid Cudi, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Lil Wayne, Eminem, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, Nas, Chris Brown, Snoop Dogg, Justin Bieber, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Selena Gomez and several others.

On June 7, 2012, Hollis released his first official song in which he raps, the promotional single "Jay-Z Interview", which was produced by Bink!.

In 2016, Hit-Boy and Local Los Angeles rapper Dom Kennedy came together to work on a joint mixtape named Half-A-Mil EP, subsequently adopting the name (dropping the EP) as an alias for the duo. Half-A-Mil EP was released on December 11, 2016. The mixtape consisted of five songs, with "100 Rounds" being the lead single off the mixtape. Following the release of their first mixtape, the pair decided to put out another mixtape a few months after their previous mixtape. Half-A-Mil 2 EP released on February 24, 2017. The mixtape contained six songs with one guest feature from B.Carr. The duo would take a break and would not release music under the Half-A-Mil name. After some time, the frequent collaborators released Half-A-Mil 3 EP, continuing the mixtape series and being the last one in the saga. Half-A-Mil 3 EP was August 8, 2017. The mixtape only had two feature from 24hrs on "Don't run" and Quentin Miller on the tracks "Might as Well" and "In The Hills".

After releasing all three mixtapes, the pair finally released their first commercial album, Courtesy of Half-a-Mil, on November 29, 2017. The album contains 14 tracks and numerous features. The Tandem would go on to take a hiatus and not release any new music. Nearly two and half years later, the group would release their second studio. "Also Known As" was released on July 31, 2020. The album consists of 11 tracks and features from 03 Greedo, 24hrs, and Nas.

From 2020 to 2022, Hit-Boy teamed up with Nas to executively produce the King's Disease series, King's Disease, King's Disease II, and most recently King's Disease III to close out 2022. King's Disease 1 and 2 were consecutively nominated for Grammy Award for Best Rap Album of the Year, with King's Disease winning and awarding Nas with the rapper's first Grammy award throughout his storied career. They also collaborated on Nas's fifteenth studio album, Magic in late 2022.

In 2023, Hit-Boy has worked on and released a multitude of projects- including kicking off a series of his own albums titled SURF OR DROWN in March, featuring appearances from Nas, The Alchemist, Curren$y & more. Not even three months later, Hit-Boy followed up the album with its sequel, SURF OR DROWN Vol. 2, on Father's Day in June alongside his father, Big Hit, who appears on nine of the ten songs.

Hit-Boy executive produced a handful of albums and songs for different artists in 2023, including executive producing three Nas albums (King's Disease III, Magic 2, and Magic 3), Musiq Soulchild's Victims & Villains, Madden 2024 Soundtrack (for the second year in a row), a single for Creed III Soundtrack with Blxst, collaborating again for Bus Stop and Go Down with Don Toliver on his album Love Sick, "Delresto (Echoes)" by Travis Scott and Beyoncé from Scott's Utopia (producing on Travis' last three albums), confirmed to be executive producing alongside The Alchemist on Benny the Butcher's new album Everybody Can't Go, and more.

Musical style

Production

Hit-Boy uses FL Studio and custom music plug-ins to make his beats.

Personal life

Hit-Boy is the nephew of Rodney Benford, from the R&B group Troop. He grew up in Fontana, California.

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Mixtapes

See also

In Spanish: Hit-Boy para niños