

Paak, with his debut album Venice and a sophomore release, 2016's Malibu met with universal rave reviews.Paak is now an 8x GRAMMY Award winner, producer, songwriter, artist & director. It only paves the way for more from Metro.īorn Brandon Paak Anderson in Oxnard, California, as a teen he played drums in his church Band. “Creepin” and “Superhero (Heroes & Villains)” each landed in the Top 10 of the Hot 100. Meanwhile, it yielded a string of smashes. It bowed at #1 on the Billboard 200, Top Rap Albums Chart, and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart with the biggest sales week of his career. 2022 saw him return to the top of the culture with his massively successful second full-length album, HEROES & VILLAINS. Continuing a long creative partnership with Drake, he produced Certified Lover Boy’s “Knife Talk”, debuting in the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2021. To date, he has received “Producer of the Year” at the BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards four consecutive years in a row (he is tied with Kanye West for having the most BMI Producer of the Year awards) and “Producer of the Year” at the BET Hip Hop Awards twice. The FADER hailed him as “The Most Trusted Guy in Rap,” HIGHSNOBIETY christened this era “The Boom Years,” and The Wall Street Journal dubbed him “The Rap Producer Shaping Pop Music.” Plus, he launched his own record label Boominati Worldwide in partnership with Republic Records. In 2018, he unleashed his full-length solo debut, Not All Heroes Wear Capes, seizing #1 on the Billboard 200 upon release, reaching platinum status. Other knockout collaborative albums included Double or Nothing with Big Sean and Without Warning with Offset and 21 Savage, both of which crashed the Top 10 of the Billboard 200. Along the way, he also joined forces with 21 Savage for the 2016 blockbuster Savage Mode and its even bigger 2020 successor Savage Mode II-which bowed at #1 on the Billboard 200, went gold, and closed out the year on multiple year-end lists. Working with The Weeknd, he co-produced the Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit “Heartless” and contributed three more tracks to the chart-dominating 2020 epic After Hours. With dozens of smashes to his name, his unmatched, unprecedented, and undeniable discography encompasses the quintuple-platinum “Jumpman” by Drake and Future, quadruple-platinum “Bad and Boujee” by Migos, 14x Platinum “Congratulations” by Post Malone, 9x Platinum “Mask Off” by Future, 6x Platinum “Bounce Back” by Big Sean, and many more. Since 2013, GRAMMY® Award-nominated diamond-certified producer, DJ, and artist Metro Boomin has defined not only the sound, but the direction of hip-hop.
