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and Brooklyn drill and is known for his bass heavy percussion. In 2019, he produced Pop Smoke's debut mixtape, ''

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''. He also produced most of the songs on Pop Smoke's sophomore mixtape, ''

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'', and he helped produce Pop Smoke's posthumous album ''

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'', which topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 artist charts in July 2020. 808Melo has also produced songs for Travis Scott,

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Career

808Melo started producing in 2016 when he bought a laptop computer and the FL Studio

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program. He developed a style of crisp bass lines with sliding 808 percussion drum patterns. He became popular in the UK after producing songs for

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, CB and OFB. The latter lead to him be recognized as one of the best producers for UK drill music with Headie One and RV’s “Know Better” in early 2018. After producing for Headie One, OFB and K-Trap, his music was discovered by Pop Smoke, who enlisted him to produce his debut mixtape, ''

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. It peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 100 Bubbling Under chart. Later in 2019, he and AXL Beats gained a mainstream hit for producing the single “GATTI” by Travis Scott and Pop Smoke, which appeared on the former's collaborative tape, ''JACKBOYS''. 808Melo primarily produced Pop Smoke’s second mixtape ''

''. He produced 4 out of the 18 original tracks on Pop Smoke's posthumous album entitled ''

'', which reached number one on the Billboard 200 Chart. In May 2020, 808Melo earned platinum certification for producing Pop Smoke's “Dior”. Since the death of Pop Smoke, 808Melo has produced for rappers

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Production discography

Mixtapes

* ''

'' by Pop Smoke, released: July 26, 2019 via Victor Victor and Republic Records * ''

'' by Pop Smoke, released: February 7, 2020 via Victor Victor and Republic Records

Albums

* ''

'' by Pop Smoke, released on July 3, 2020, via Victor Victor Worldwide and Republic Records

References

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