The Monsters & Strangerz are an American production and songwriting team from

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. The team features The Monsters: Alexander " Eskeerdo" Izquierdo, Stefan Johnson, Jordan K. Johnson and Oliver "German" Peterhof and The Strangerz: Marcus "Marc Lo" Lomax and Val Blavatnik and Clarence Coffee Jr. In 2011, The Monsters & Strangerz moved their operation to

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and have produced and written for artists including Maroon 5,

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, Halsey,

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, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Dua Lipa, Demi Lovato, Jason Derulo,

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, and many others.

History

The Monsters originated as a team in 2008, when Stefan Johnson began to engineer for Miami artist and songwriter Alexander " Eskeerdo" Izquierdo. At the time Johnson was an in-demand engineer working with major artists like Rick Ross,

, and Diddy. Shortly after meeting Eskeerdo and Johnson along with his brother and producer Jordan Johnson formed The Monsters. The Strangerz met through a mutual friend in high school in early 2005. Marcus "MarcLo" Lomax is the son of a pastor and a multi-instrumentalist; he began his musical career in his father's church band. Clarence Coffee Jr. is the son of a gospel singer; he grew up perfecting his vocals and melodies after being inspired by his family's passion for music. The Monsters & Strangerz were introduced to each other in late 2010. The group frequently collaborates on songwriting and production with American singer-songwriter, rapper and producer

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, who they started working with in 2018.

Discography

Production and songwriting credits

Songwriting credits

Top 10 Singles

References

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