Bryan Lamar Simmons (born April 4, 1987), professionally known as TM88 (also known as TrackMan 88), is an American record producer and DJ from

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. He is a member of the Atlanta-based record production and songwriting team

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, as one of the lead members next to Southside. Simmons produced the global hit

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. The track would go on to become Grammy nominated and one of the most streamed tracks on

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with around 1.5 billion streams as of July 2021.

Early life and career

Bryan Lamar Simmons was born on April 4, 1987, in

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. He lived in

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and later moved to

. In 2009, TM88, 22 at the time, started producing instrumentals for Slim Dunkin, an artist at Brick Squad Monopoly before his murder in late 2011. He was introduced to Southside, whom he started working with. Southside later invited him to join his production team

. In 2012, TM88 had his first major placement as a solo producer on

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's song "Lurkin" which was on his second studio album Triple F Life. TM88 caught up in 2013 on significant mixtapes from rappers like

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. TM88 later worked with

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and landed a placement on his ninth studio album Trap House III. He then got a production feature on Future's second studio album '' Honest'' on the track "Special" in 2014.

Discography

Albums

Mixtapes

EPs

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Production discography

References

External links

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