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, Redman,

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, and many more.

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introduced Cooke to T.I.'s

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knowing that they were a supportive team and would help take his career to the next level.

Grand Hustle to present

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, and more. Beat Billionaire then signed with

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. Beat Billionaire has produced records for the entire MMG roster. He is best known for producing the Rick Ross’ 2010 hit "John Doe", Wale's hit single "Bag of Money" and more recently the hit single from the motion picture ''

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'', "Purple Lamborghini" which reached number 33 on the charts and number 6 on the hot dance/electronic chart and number 7 on the rap charts and top 100 worldwide. This hit also came with a 2016

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nomination for Beat Billionaire.

Production discography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beat Billionaire 1982 births Living people Record producers from Virginia People from Richmond, Virginia