Ricky Mears, better known as NITTI is a
Miami
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based record producer, DJ and vocalist. His collaboration with
Party Favor
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as ''Sidepiece'', a music duo group,
was nominated for a
Grammy
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in 2021 under Best Dance Recording segment for their 2019 single "On My Mind" featuring
Diplo
Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer. He is the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer, a member of the supergroup LSD with ...
. NITTI is known for collaborating and working with Enrique Iglesias,
Pitbull (rapper), Pitbull,
DJ Snake,
Shaquille O'Neal, Tiësto, Tiesto,
Diplo
Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer. He is the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer, a member of the supergroup LSD with ...
, Ookay, Jimmy Levy, Shndō etc. In 2019, NITTI's single "200 MPH (song), 200 MPH" with
Diplo
Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer. He is the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer, a member of the supergroup LSD with ...
won a Latin Grammy Award, Latin Grammy, which was on Bad Bunny's album ''X 100pre, X 100PRE''.
Early life and career
Raised in Pennsylvania, Mears moved with his family to Haiti at the age of six where his parents served in Christian missionary work—his father as a soccer coach and his mother, a teacher.
After living In Haiti for eight years, he moved to Miami, Miami, Florida. He started his professional music career under the name Nitti in the year 2016 as he released "It's Nit!". In 2018, he attended his first world tour and Ghastly (DJ), Ghastly's The Mystifying Oracle Tour. In the same year he produced Enrique's "Move to Miami, Move To Miami" featuring Pitbull (rapper), Pitbull
and Bad Bunny's "200 MPH (song), 200 MPH", with
Diplo
Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer. He is the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer, a member of the supergroup LSD with ...
.
His 2018 release ''Crack'' was the 7th most played song at 2018 Ultra Music Festival. Mears performed in Audiotistic Music Festival, Electric Daisy Carnival, Life in Color, Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival, Asteria Music Festival etc. His single "200 MPH (song), 200 MPH", received a Latin Grammy Award, Latin Grammy in 2019.
On 19 September 2019, Nitti announced collaboration with
Party Favor
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Occasions
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to form the Duet, duo ''Sidepiece.'' Their debut release was "Wanna See You" published through Billboard (magazine), Billboard.
Their 2020 single "On My Mind" was nominated in the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards for Best Dance Recording segment. In 2020, he was ranked the 14th in the list of the Top 101 Producers in the world by 1001tracklists.com.
Discography
Extended plays
* ''C'est La Vie'' (2017)
* ''Fear'' (2017)
* ''Judge Me'' (2018)
* ''Drive'' (2018)
* ''4 on the Floor'' (2019)
* ''What a Time to Be Alive'' (2020)
* ''Ro Sham Bo'' (2020)
* ''All In'' (2020)
* ''The Loud / Losing Count'' (2021)
Singles
* It's Nit! (2016)
*Get Down (2016)
*Put a Little Grit in It (2016)
*Dirty dancing (2017)
*Let Me Go (2017)
*Badlands w/ Kompany (2017)
*Buti w/ Nonsens (2017)
*Waxin’ (2017)
*Gin & Juice w/ Adair (2017)
*Snappin’ & Trappin’ w/ Part Native (2017)
*Milky w/ Holly (2017)
*Limbo w/ Adair (2017)
*Famous w/ Jupe (2017)
*Sick (2017)
*Too Much (2017)
*Eskeddit w/ Chavalo (2017)
*Crack (2018)
*Bailando w/ Vlien Boy (2018)
*In This (2018)
*Hush Money (2018)
*Forbidden Kingdom Anthem (2018)
*Apocalypse w/ Yookie (2019)
*Ballin w/ Hoodlit featuring Guapdad4000 (2019)
*Underdogs w/ Gammer (2019)
*Holy Chit w/ Tynan (2019)
*Eyes on You (2019)
*Crack VIP (2019)
*Pass Out w/ Gaeko and Kaku (2020)
*Rock N Roll w/ Maliboux (2020)
*Rawhide w/ Lil Texas (2020)
*Selfish w/ Sogumm, Kaku and Jason Lee (2020)
*Cold Day In Hell w/ Dr.Fresch (2020)
*Where I Belong w/ Runn (2021) - US Dance/Mix Show Airplay #24
*Matrix (2021) - US Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales #12
*Hey Motherfucker w/ Timmy Trumpet (2021)
*Bad Bitches w/ Marshmello and Megan Thee Stallion (2021) - US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs #23
*Stay / What You Wanted (2021)
*Your Body w/ Valentino Khan (2021)
*Moshpit / Comin For Ya Neck (2021)
*Daddy / What Happens In Vegas (2021)
*Drive You Crazy w/ Dylan Matthew (2022)
References
External links
Nitti Grittiat MusicBrainz, Musicbrainz
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American DJs
American electronic musicians
Mad Decent artists
Electronic dance music DJs
1994 births
Living people