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Career

In 2009, Shux produced and co-wrote the

track " Empire State of Mind", which earned him a

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in the Best Rap Song Award category. In 2012, Shux scored the music for Plan B's film ''

Ill Manors ''Ill Manors'' (stylised as ''ill Manors'') is a 2012 British crime drama film written, co-scored and directed by Ben Drew AKA musician Plan B. The film revolves around the lives of eight main characters, played by Riz Ahmed, Ed Skrein, Ke ...

''. Shux also co-wrote and produced seven tracks on Plan B's

Mercury Prize The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize, is an annual Music award, music prize awarded for the best album released by a musical act from the Music of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom or Music of Ireland, Ireland. It was cre ...

nominated album ''ilL Manors'', including the title track which ''

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'' hailed as "the greatest British protest song in years." In 2018, Shux co-wrote and produced

and

's " All the Stars" for the '' Black Panther OST''. The song was nominated for multiple Grammy awards, a Golden Globe award, and an Oscar.

Discography

Awards and nominations

2022 * 64th Grammy Awards **Nominated: Album Of The Year — Doja Cat - Planet Her 2019 *

91st Academy Awards The 91st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best 2018 in film, films of 2018 and took place on February 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During th ...

**Nominated: Best Original Song — All The Stars * 61st Grammy Awards **Nominated: Record Of The Year — All The Stars **Nominated: Song Of The Year — All The Stars **Nominated: Best Song Written For Visual Media — All The Stars * 76th Golden Globe Awards **Nominated: Best Original Song — All The Stars 2013 *

Ivor Novello Awards The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Welsh entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and Musical composition, composing. They have been presented annually in London by the The Ivors Academy, Ivors Academy, formerly called the Britis ...

**Nominated: Best Contemporary Song Ill Manors performed by Plan B **Nominated: Best Original Film Score Ill Manors performed by Plan B * Brit Awards **Nominated: MasterCard BriSsh Album of the Year Plan B — Ill Manors 2012 *

Mercury Music Prize The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize, is an annual Music award, music prize awarded for the best album released by a musical act from the Music of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom or Music of Ireland, Ireland. It was cre ...

**Nominated: Best Album — Ill Manors * MOBO's **Won: Best Hip Hop/Grime: Plan B * 53rd Grammy Awards **Nominated: Record Of The Year — Empire State of Mind **Won: Best Rap Song — Empire State of Mind 2010 *

ASCAP The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadc ...

**Won: Song Of The Year — Empire State of Mind **Won: Rap Song Of The Year — Empire State of Mind **Nominated: Most Performed Songs Of The Year — Empire State of Mind 2006 *

**Nominated: Album Of The Year – Sway — This is my Demo

References

External links

Alexander Shuckburgh accepting 2011 Grammy Award (photo)

Al Shux interview
at VIBE.com (4 December 2009) {{DEFAULTSORT:Shux, Al 1982 births Living people Alumni of the University of Westminster A English male songwriters English record producers Musicians from London Grammy Award winners for rap music