Glen Earl Boothe (born March 8, 1988), professionally known as Knxwledge (pronounced "knowledge"), is an American hip hop record producer and songwriter based in

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. Since 2009, he has had over 100 releases via

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. His songs are often a mix of various genres, such as

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, and modern rap.

Career

In 2010, he released his debut album ''Klouds'' via All City. In 2012, he released a 53-track retrospective compilation on

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, which was released by Leaving Records. In 2015, he released his debut album for

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, ''Hud Dreems'', and produced the track "Momma" on

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's junior release, ''

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'', which went on to win Best Rap Album at the

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in 2016. His work alongside Anderson .Paak as the duo

NxWorries NxWorries (pronounced as "no worries") is an American music superduo consisting of recording artist Anderson .Paak and record producer Knxwledge. They are signed to Stones Throw Records and released their debut studio album, '' Yes Lawd!'', in ...

has received critical acclaim. In March 2020 he released ''1988'', his second album for Stones Throw. Knxwledge gained popularity rather quickly at first by making his beats line up with freestyles from famous rappers like

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. This ended up giving him the rise in popularity that attracted millions of fans to his music. Meek Mill shortly thereafter threatened DMCA strikes against Knxwledge for using his personal content, causing Knxwledge to delete every Meek Mill mash-up.

Discography

Albums

* 2010 : ''Klouds'' * 2010 : ''SKR∆WBERRiES.FUNR∆iSRS VOL.3'' * 2011 : ''Old.Klouds.LP'' * 2012 : ''Ovrstnd.LP'' * 2012 : ''koapastetik.LP'' * 2012 : ''klemintine, taype'' * 2012 : ''Buttrskotch'' (LR023) * 2013 : ''relevnt.b/sde_LP.'' * 2013 : ''Anthology'' * 2013 : ''Ovrstnd.B.Sde_'' * 2013 : ''Kauliflowr'' * 2015 : ''Hud Dreems'' * 2017 : ''GREENTXTS.V1'' * 2018 : ''GT.V2'' * 2019 : ''Musiq.Prt_1'' * 2019 : ''TodaysAlreadYesterday.'' * 2019 : ''終了していません'' * 2020 : ''1988'' * 2020 : ''Musiq.PRT_2'' * 2020 : ''10,000 Proof'' * 2022 : ''家.V1''

Hexual Sealings series

* 2011 : ''Hexual.Sealings.LP'' * 2011 : ''HexualSealings.EP.1.5'' * 2012 : ''Hexual.Sealings.Vol.2'' * 2012 : ''Hexual.Sealings.Vol.2.5'' * 2012 : ''Hexual.Sealings.Vol.3_ ootleg' * 2012 : ''Hexual.Sealings.Pt.3.5'' * 2013 : ''Hexual.Sealings.Pt.4.b-side_'' * 2013 : ''hex.4.∆.side_'' * 2013 : ''Hexual.Sealings.Prt.4.5_'' * 2013 : ''Hexual.Sealings.Prt.5'' * 2013 : ''Hexual.Sealings.Prt5.5_'' * 2013 : ''Hexual.Sealings.Prt.6_'' * 2014 : ''HexualSealings.Prt.7'' * 2014 : ''Hexual.Sealings.PRT.7.5'' * 2015 : ''H.S.PRT.8*'' * 2015 : ''HS8.8_'' * 2015 : ''H.S.PRT9_'' * 2016 : ''HEX.9.8_'' * 2016 : ''HEX10.'' * 2017 : ''HEX.10.8_'' * 2017 : ''HEX.11_'' * 2017 : ''HX11.8_'' * 2018 : ''HEX.PRT12'' * 2018 : ''HX.12.8'' * 2019 : ''HX.PRT13_'' * 2019 : ''HX.PRT_13.8'' * 2020 : ''HX.PRT14_'' * 2020 : ''HX.PRT14.8'' * 2020 : ''HX.PRT_15'' * 2020 : ''HX.PRT15.8_'' * 2021 : ''HX.PRT16_'' * 2021 : ''HX.PRT17'' * 2021 : ''HX.18'' * 2021 : ''HX.19'' * 2021 : ''HX.20'' * 2022 : ''HX.21'' * 2022 : ''HX.22'' * 2022 : ''HX.23''

Wrap Taypes series

* 2011 : ''WrapTaypes.Port.1'' * 2012 : ''WrapTaypes.Port2 ootleg' * 2012 : ''WrapTaypes.Prt3'' * 2012 : ''WrapTaypes.Prt.4'' * 2013 : ''WrapTaypes.Prt.4.5_'' * 2013 : ''WrapTaypes.PRT.5'' * 2013 : ''WrapTaypes.PRT.5.5 ootleg' * 2013 : ''WrapTaypes.Prt.6'' * 2013 : ''WrapTaypes.Prt6.6_ ootleg' * 2014 : ''WrapTaypes.Prt.7_'' * 2015 : ''WT.PRT.7.5_'' * 2015 : ''WT.PRT.8_'' * 2015 : ''WT.PRT9_'' * 2015 : ''WrapTaypes'' * 2016 : ''WT.9.8_ '' * 2016 : ''WT.PRT10_'' * 2017 : ''WT.PRT10.8_'' * 2017 : ''WT.PRT.11_'' * 2017 : ''WT.11_8'' * 2017 : ''WT.12_'' * 2017 : ''WT.12.8_'' * 2018 : ''WT.PRT_13'' * 2018 : ''WT.13.8_ ��フミックス' * 2019 : ''WT.14_'' * 2019 : ''WT.PRT_14.8_カセットバージョン'' * 2019 : ''WT_PRT15.'' * 2020 : ''WT15.8_'' * 2020 : ''WT.PRT.16.'' * 2020 : ''WT16.8_'' * 2021 : ''WT.17'' * 2021 : ''WT.18'' * 2022 : ''WT.19'' * 2022 : ''WT.20''

Video Game Music series

* 2020 : ''VGM's.PRT_1'' * 2020 : ''VGM's.PRT_2'' * 2020 : ''VGM's.PRT_3'' * 2020 : ''VGM's.PRT_4'' * 2020 : ''VGM's.PRT5_'' * 2020 : ''VGM's.PRT6_'' * 2020 : ''VGM's.PRT7_'' * 2020 : ''VGM's.PRT.8_'' * 2021 : ''VGM's.PRT9_'' * 2021 : ''VGM's.PRT.10_'' * 2021 : ''VGM's.PRT.11'' * 2021 : ''VGM.12'' * 2021 : ''VGM.13'' * 2021 : ''VGM.14'' * 2021 : ''VGM.15'' * 2022 : ''VGM.16'' * 2022 : ''VGM.17'' * 2022 : ''VGM.18'' * 2022 : ''VGM.19'' * 2022 : ''VGM.20'' * 2022 : ''VGM.21'' * 2022 : ''VGM.22''

Extended plays

* 2009 : ''3p'' * 2010 : ''K∆NN∆LOUPE.EP'' * 2011 : ''Mango.EP'' * 2011 : ''Gwapes.EP'' * 2011 : ''Komposure.EP'' * 2011 : ''Flowrs.EP'' * 2011 : ''ShadySide.EP'' * 2011 : ''Hud.Dreems.EP'' * 2011 : ''Randomb.EP'' * 2011 : ''Konsistensi.EP'' * 2011 : ''UndrTheWeathr.EP'' * 2012 : ''komfi.EP'' * 2012 : ''karma.loops.prt.1'' * 2012 : ''karma.loops.prt2'' * 2012 : ''kuntent.EP'' * 2012 : ''klarity.EP'' * 2012 : ''kameo.EP'' * 2012 : ''karma.loops.prt3'' * 2012 : ''karma.loops.prt4'' * 2012 : ''knt.remembr'' * 2012 : '' BiXXX's'' * 2012 : ''togethrniss_b_side'' * 2012 : ''togethrniss_∆_side'' * 2013 : ''Hud.Dreems.PRT.1.5'' * 2013 : ''karma.loops.PRT.5'' * 2013 : ''Ovrstnd.∆.Sde'' * 2013 : ''Rap Jointz Vol.1'' * 2015 : ''2PK.4TRK_'' * 2017 : ''MEEK.VOL1_'' * 2018 : ''MEEK.VOL2_'' * 2018 : ''MEEK.VOL3_'' * 2018 : ''Gladwemet'' * 2018 : ''2PK.4TRK.B.SiDE.'' * 2019 : ''MEEK.VOL4_'' * 2020 : ''MEEK.VOL5_'' * 2020 : ''MEEK.VOL6'' * 2020 : ''Koko''

Collaborations

* 2011 : ''AfrikanDivas.'' * 2013 : ''777 #5'' * 2015 : ''DGM.VOL.1_VATOGATO&CAKEDOG'' * 2015 : ''

Link Up & Suede ''Link Up & Suede'' is the debut EP by NxWorries, the Los Angeles-based duo of hip hop producer Knxwledge and R&B vocalist Anderson .Paak. The EP was released on December 4, 2015 under Stones Throw Records, and was supported by two singles: "S ...

'' * 2016 : ''

Yes Lawd! ''Yes Lawd!'' is the debut studio album by American neo soul duo NxWorries, which consists of vocalist Anderson .Paak and producer Knxwledge. It was released on October 21, 2016, by Stones Throw Records. It is supported by four singles, "Sued ...

'' * 2017 : ''Yes Lawd! Remixes'' * 2017 : ''The Spook...'' * 2018 : ''ボビーとボビーのボリューム1'' * 2018 : ''dntaskmefrshit.'' * 2020 : ''DGM.VOL.2_VATOGATO&CAKEDOG''

Singles

* 2011 : ''Dryice'' * 2011 : ''Petaluma nt.ask' * 2016 : ''Fa-lala_ '' * 2017 : ''BBYBOY. '' * 2018 : ''yesindeed_ ��かにはい' * 2019 : ''jstfrends.'' * 2020 : ''do you'' * 2020 : ''learn'' * 2020 : ''howtokope.'' * 2020: ''dont be afraid'' * 2020: '' ctm_s not promised''

Mixes

* 2011 : ''Krimbos edli' * 2012 : ''Takeitbak.Medli'' * 2012 : ''klosetoyew OUR.MiXX' * 2012 : ''Boiler Room Mix'' * 2013 : ''Touching Bass'' * 2013 : ''Welcome to Mandeville (New Years Edition)'' * 2015 : ''StrwbrryMomnts''

Production discography

2011

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– "4u" and "dotheknxwledge (Outerlude)" from ''

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'' *Vida Jafari – "Jukeroo" and "Movin' Remix" from ''Movin.EP'' * Co$$ – "What It Is ?" – from ''Before I Awoke''

2012

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feat. Capital Steez – "Killuminati" from ''

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'' * Capital Steez feat. Jakk the Rapper – "Black Petunia" from ''AmeriKKKan Korruption'' *

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- "City Blocks" from ''Rise and Rhyme, Vol . 1''

2013

* Iman Omari – "(VIBE)rations (Intro)" from ''(VIBE)rations'' * Blu – "Keep Pushinn" from ''

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'' *

– "Killuminati Part 2" *

Quelle Chris Gavin Christopher Tennille (born October 19, 1984), known as Quelle Chris, is an American record producer, rapper and songwriter from Detroit, Michigan. He has released over 15 albums as a solo act and with his collaborative projects. He has bee ...

– "Look at Shorty" from ''Ghost At The Finish Line'' * Blu – "Timejuss" and "Draginbreff" from ''Classic Drug References Vol.1''

2014

Jeremiah Jae Jeremiah Jae (born June 7, 1989) is an American rapper, record producer, and multimedia artist from Chicago, Illinois. Early life Jeremiah Jae was born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 7, 1989. He is the son of jazz composer and musician Robert Irv ...

– "Almost" from ''Good Times'' *

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– "Track Three" from ''Palace'' *

Homeboy Sandman Angel Del Villar II (born September 24, 1980), better known by his stage name Homeboy Sandman, is an American rapper from Elmhurst, Queens, New York, United States. Career Homeboy Sandman recorded and released his first EP, ''Nourishment'', in M ...

– "Problems" from '' Hallways'' * Hus Kingpin – "Pyramid Points(Knxwledge Remix)" and "Style Star(Knxwledge Remix)" from ''Richard Dumas: The Mixtape'' * Fatima - "Underwater" from ''Yellow Memories'' * Eagle Nebula - "Most Beautiful" from ''Call Me Nebs''

2015

– "Momma" from ''

'' * Big Twins – "It's a Stick Up" from ''Thrive 2'' *

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– "In The Sky", "Love You" and "The Bullet and the Gun" from ''Seven Sundays''

2016

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and

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– "I Ain't Even Done" *

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– "supreme interlude." *

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feat. Knxwledge – "Balance" from ''

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'' *

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– "Gnarly Dude" from ''F.Y.I.'' * Mach-Hommy – "Fresh Off the Boat" from ''H.B.O. (Haitian Body Odor)'' *

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and

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– "Cartridge Remix" and "Fat Albert Remix" feat.

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from '' The Carrollton Heist: Remixed'' *

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– "Dreaminofthinkin" from '' Fireplace: TheNotTheOtherSide'' * Mach-Hommy – "Selfy Stik"

2017

* Tha God Fahim – "GreenLITE" and "Dark Shogunn" from ''Tha Dark Shogunn Saga Vol. 2'' *

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– "The Good Fight" from ''

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'' *

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– "No Smoke" from '' Rosebudd's Revenge'' * Tha God Fahim – "Tek & An O-Z" from ''Dreams of Medina 2'' * Tha God Fahim – "Child of Destiny" from ''Dump Legend 2'' *

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– "Hot Pepper" and "Durag vs. Headband" from ''

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'' * Mach-Hommy – "Ron van Clief" and "Faraday Cage" from ''Dumpmeister'' *

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– "B Lunch" from ''Hitler Wears Hermes V''

2018

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– "Stolat" and "Sun Go Nova" from ''

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'' *

– "Live From the Moon", "Prince Charming", and "Picasso's Ear" from '' White Bronco ''

2019

* Mabanua - "Call on Me feat. Chara (Knxwledge Remix)"

2020

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– "Simple" * Steve Arrington – "Make Ya Say Yie" and "Love Is Gone" from ''Down to The Lowest Terms: The Soul Sessions''

2021

* Bruiser Wolf – "Momma Was A Dopefiend" from ''Dope Game Stupid'' *

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- "Dearest Alfred(Knxwledge Remix)" from ''Mordechai Remixes''

2022

- "The Sky is Blue Because The Sunset Is Red" from ''DEATHFAME'' * Fatlip & Blu - "Street Life" feat.

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from ''Live From The End of The World, Vol 1 Demos''

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Knxwledge Living people African-American record producers American hip hop record producers American hip hop DJs Stones Throw Records artists West Coast hip hop musicians 1988 births People from Freehold Township, New Jersey 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people NxWorries members