Sean Seaton, known professionally as Neenyo, is a

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and

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. He is best known for his works with

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as well as various artists including Future, Mr. Probz, blackbear,

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and

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. Neenyo has received widespread acclaim for his production style.

Life and career

Neenyo was born and raised in the

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suburb of Mississauga. His elder brother used to Dj at nightclubs and his uncle is the Canadian hip hop pioneer producer/DJ Howard Hughes. Following them, he began Djing at home during his adolescent years when mixtapes were becoming popular. He then ventured into electronic infused R&B music. Neenyo and

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grew up in the same neighborhood in Mississauga, Ontario, and they would later share their ideas and thoughts about music. Having produced for

' "Gang Green Season" and

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's "I’m Reloaded" in his early career, helped him entering into the American market. He later went to produce

on his Comeback Season mixtape and make beats for many more, including

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. In 2009 Jadakiss's The Last Kiss album which he produced ranked #1 on Billboard's Top rap albums chart. Since then, he has had the opportunity to work with Akon, The Lox, Bobby Valentino, Collie Buddz and others. In 2015, Neenyo produced another song titled “Plastic Bag” for Drake and Future's platinum-selling

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project. Neenyo works together with

and collaborated with two studio albums

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and

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. In P2, he produced two songs titled "Sex on the Beach" and "Grown Woman". On the other album his produced tracks are "You've Been Missed", "Transparency" and "Don't Know How". Both albums were released under the label of

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. He has also produced mixes for an installment of HYPETRAK’s ongoing mix series, i-D magazine and London based RinseFM 106.8 In March 2016, Neenyo collaborated with Canadian fashion designer Mikhael Kale, creating and producing the runway show for his fall-winter collection in Toronto Fashion Week.

Music and production style

Neenyo chiefly produces songs in the R&B and hip hop genre. He describes his style as “Creating music off of emotions". In an interview given to

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magazine, he mentions, "I don't think there's a song that I don't make an emotion out of because that's my whole goal for every song I do" Neenyo has cited numerous influences on his music, including

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, Noah “40” Shebib and

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Production discography

Awards and recognition

Neenyo has consecutively produced on four #1 Billboard albums. Drake and Future's

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debuted #1 on Billboard's Top200 chart. It was also nominated for 2016 American Music Awards at Favorite Album (Rap/HipHop) category.

and P3 projects both debuted at #1 on Billboard's R&B Album chart. Jadakiss' The Last Kiss debuted at #1 on Billboard's HipHop/R&B Album chart.

References

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