T-Minus (producer)

Tyler Mathew Carl Williams^[1] (born February 25, 1988), professionally known as T-Minus, is a Canadian record producer. He has produced hit records and worked with many popular artists including Lil Wayne, Logic, Eminem, Drake, Nicki Minaj, The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar, Camila Cabello, Travis Scott, Justin Bieber, Belly, ASAP Rocky, Big Sean, DMX, DJ Khaled, 2 Chainz, Lana Del Rey, Sia, J. Cole, and more. He is one of Drake's longest and most frequent collaborators, contributing to songs such as "HYFR", "The Motto", "Make Me Proud" (featuring Nicki Minaj) and "Blem".

T-Minus
Birth name	Tyler Mathew Carl Williams
Born	(1988-02-25) February 25, 1988 (age 36) Ajax, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Hip hop trap R&B
Occupation(s)	Record producer songwriter
Instrument(s)	Drum machine keyboards turntable sampler FL Studio
Years active	2006–present

He has garnered over 20 awards and nominations including Grammys, Platinum certifications, and BMI's Producer of the Year (earned on multiple occasions).

Early life edit

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.^[2]

Artistry edit

On his sound, T-Minus has said: "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."^[3]

Awards and nominations edit

Year	Award	Category	Result
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
2019	Grammy Awards	Best Rap Performance (J. Cole - Middle Child)	Nominated
2019	Grammy Awards	Album of the Year (H.E.R - Used to Know Her)	Nominated
2019	Grammy Awards	Best Rap/Sung Performance (Young Thug featuring J.Cole and Travis Scott – The London)	Nominated
2019	Grammy Awards	Best Rap Album (Dreamville - Revenge of the Dreamers III	Nominated
2022	Grammy Awards	Album of the Year (J. Cole - The Off-Season)	Nominated
2022	Grammy Awards	Best Melodic Rap Performance (J. Cole featuring Lil Baby - Pride Is the Devil\|)	Nominated

He also won Top Producer at the 2012 BMI Urban Awards.

Discography edit

Singles produced edit

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
2017	"Somethin Tells Me" (Bryson Tiller)	74	29	–	–	–	84	True to Self
2017	"Broke" (Lecrae)	–	–	–	–	–	–	All Things Work Together
2020	"Give Up"^[4] (Russ)	–	–	–	–	–	–	Non-album single
	"Lion King on Ice" (J. Cole)	51	15	–	–	59	65	The Fall Off
2021	"Interlude" (J. Cole)	8	5	–	–	16	25	The Off-Season

2007 edit

Drake – Comeback Season edit

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

2008 edit

Plies – Da REAList edit

15. "Co-Defendant"

Papa Duck edit

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

Tyra B. edit

00. "Break You Up"

2009 edit

LeToya Luckett – Lady Love edit

11. "Drained"

Mýa – Beauty & The Streets Vol.1 edit

15. "Black Out"

Birdman – Priceless edit

01. "Intro"

Birdman – Family Over Everything edit

02. "She Knows" (featuring Lil Wayne)

Ace Hood – The Preview edit

15. "White Leather"

Jazzfeezy – Jazzfeezy Presents: Unveiling the Rapture edit

03. Unstoppable" (featuring Burna, Bass Line and Dean Gray) (produced with Jazzfeezy)
04. "Words Won't Do" (featuring August) (produced with Jazzfeezy and Boi-1da)
14. "Flying High" (featuring Phax and Red Shortz) (produced with Jazzfeezy)

Rebstar – Arrival edit

12. "Without You" (featuring Trey Songz)

The Weeknd edit

00. "Our Love"

2010 edit

Donnis – Fashionably Late edit

05. "Tonight"

Ludacris – Battles of the Sexes edit

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

Travis Porter – Proud to Be a Problem edit

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

Travis Porter – I Am Travis Porter edit

17. "Lay Ya Body Down"

Diggy Simmons – Airborne edit

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

A-Game – PilotModeMuzik edit

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

Lil Scrappy – Prince of the South 2 edit

Leftover

00. "Get Lost" (featuring Cutty)

P. Reign edit

00. "In My Hood"

Lyfe Jennings – I Still Believe edit

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

T.I. – No Mercy edit

12. "Poppin Bottles" (featuring Drake)

Ciara – Basic Instinct edit

09. "Turn It Up" (featuring Usher)

Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday edit

07. "Moment 4 Life" (featuring Drake)

Luu Breeze – HollaLaLuuie edit

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

2011 edit

DJ Khaled – We the Best Forever edit

01. "I'm On One" (featuring Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne) (produced with 40 and Kromatik)

Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV edit

06. "She Will" (featuring Drake)

Wale – Ambition edit

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

T-Pain – RevolveR edit

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

Drake – Take Care edit

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

A-Game – Since 1988 edit

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

Don Trip & Starlito – Step Brothers edit

12. "Pray For Me"

Alley Boy – Definition of Fuck Shit 2 edit

07. "Word Law" (featuring Veli Sosa)

Birdman & Mack Maine – Billionaire Minds edit

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

2012 edit

T.I. – Fuck da City Up edit

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

Melanie Fiona – The MF Life edit

04. "I Been That Girl"

Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded edit

07. "Champion" (featuring Nas, Drake and Young Jeezy) (produced with Boi-1da)

D-WHY – Don't Flatter Yourself edit

Leftover

00. "Macchiato Music"

Burd & Keyz – Keyz of Life edit

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

Tank – This Is How I Feel edit

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

DJ Drama – Quality Street Music edit

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

Slaughterhouse – Welcome to: Our House edit

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

Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city edit

09. "Swimming Pools (Drank)"

Cyhi the Prynce – Ivy League Club edit

13. "Tomorrow"

Roscoe Dash – Roscoe 2.0

17. "Substance Abuse"

T-Pain – Stoic edit

03. "Don't You Quit"

Keyshia Cole – Woman to Woman edit

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

T.I. – Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head edit

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

ASAP Rocky – Long. Live. ASAP edit

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

2013 edit

Jigg – High Grade 2 edit

03. "So Hot"

Joe Budden – No Love Lost edit

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

Lil Wayne – I Am Not a Human Being II edit

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

Kelly Rowland – Talk a Good Game edit

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

Justin Bieber – Journals edit

01. "Heartbreaker" (produced with Maejor Ali & Chef Tone)

2014 edit

Wink Loc

00. "Want Me Dead (featuring Jeezy and Jigg)"

Bizzle – Well Wishes

13. "You Know (Remix)" (featuring Lecrae) (produced with Boi-1da)

Eric Bellinger – The Rebirth edit

06. "Delorean" (produced with Matthew Burnett)

Tinashe edit

00. "In The Meantime"

2015 edit

Big Sean – "Dark Sky Paradise" edit

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

Ludacris – "Ludaversal" edit

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

2016 edit

Travis Scott – Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight edit

14. "wonderful" (featuring The Weeknd) (produced with Boi-1da, Mike Dean and Travis Scott)

2017 edit

Drake – More Life edit

07. "Blem" (produced with Frank Dukes)
12. "Sacrifices" (featuring 2 Chainz and Young Thug) (produced with Deejae)

Bryson Tiller – True to Self edit

18. "Somethin Tells Me"

Lana Del Rey – Lust for Life edit

06. "Summer Bummer" (produced with Jahaan Sweet, Boi-1da and Rick Nowels)

Lecrae – All Things Work Together edit

03. "Broke" (produced with Nikhil Seetharam and Boi-1da)

PartyNextDoor – Seven Days edit

03. "Damage" (with Halsey) (produced with Frank Dukes)

Belly – Mumble Rap edit

02. "Make a Toast" (produced with Boi-1da, Vinylz, Allen Ritter and DannyBoyStyles)
03. "The Come Down Is Real Too"

2018 edit

6LACK – East Atlanta Love Letter edit

06. "Pretty Little Fears" (featuring J. Cole) (produced with Yakob)

A Boogie wit da Hoodie – Hoodie SZN

05. "Startender" (featuring Offset & Tyga)

Camila Cabello – Camila edit

05. "Inside Out" (produced with Frank Dukes)

Rich the Kid – The World Is Yours edit

10. "Early Morning Trappin" (featuring Trippie Redd) (produced with J. Valle)

Tinashe – Joyride edit

04. "He Don't Want It"

2 Chainz – The Play Don't Care Who Makes It edit

02. "Proud" (featuring YG & Offset) (produced with J. Valle)

J. Cole – KOD edit

07. "Kevin's Heart" (produced with Mark Pelli)

Drake – Scorpion edit

25. "March 14" (produced with J. Valle)

SAFE edit

"No Diamonds" (produced with ADP)

2019 edit

Rich the Kid – The World Is Yours 2 edit

06. "Two Cups" (featuring Offset & Big Sean)

Dreamville – Revenge of the Dreamers III edit

16. "Middle Child" (performed by J. Cole) (produced with J. Cole)

Young Thug – So Much Fun edit

17. "Mannequin Challenge" (featuring. Juice Wrld) (produced with J. Cole + ProbByc03)
19. "The London" (featuring J. Cole & Travis Scott)

2020 edit

Aminé – Limbo edit

05. "Can't Decide"
06. "Compensating" (featuring Young Thug)

J. Cole – The Fall Off edit

"Lion King on Ice"

2021 edit

J. Cole - The Off-Season edit

02. "a m a r i"
06. "1 0 0 . m i l'"
07. "p r i d e . i s . t h e . d e v i l"
09. "i n t e r l u d e"

Young Thug - Punk

02. "Stressed" (featuring J. Cole & T-Shyne)

Juice WRLD - Fighting Demons

08. "Rockstar In His Prime"

Bas

"The Jackie" (featuring J. Cole & Lil Tjay)

IDK - USEE4YOURSELF

06. "Shoot My Shot" (featuring Offset)

2024 edit

Erick the Architect - I've Never Been Here Before edit

11. Colette

Bas - We Only Talk About Real Shit When We're Fucked Up edit

04. Home Alone

J. Cole - Might Delete Later edit

01. Pricey (with Ari Lennox featuring Young Dro and Gucci Mane)

02.Crocodile Tearz

03. Ready '24 (featuring Cam'ron)

04. Huntin' Wabbitz

10. 3001

12. 7 Minute Drill

References edit

^ "BMI | Repertoire Search". Repertoire.bmi.com.
^ 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.
^ "Give Up prod by T-Minus droppin this Friday..." July 7, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2020 – via @russdiemon on Twitter (confirmed account).
^ . www.vh1.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

External links edit

T-Minus on Instagram

[1] "BMI | Repertoire Search". Repertoire.bmi.com.

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

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

[4] "Give Up prod by T-Minus droppin this Friday..." July 7, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2020 – via @russdiemon on Twitter (confirmed account).

[5] . www.vh1.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

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