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American record producer (born 1985)

Musical artist

Christian J. Ward (born September 9, 1985), known professionally as Hitmaka, is an American Director Opus videos Movies Disc Jockey give orders to former Producer and rapper. Innate and raised in Chicago, Illinois,^[7][8][9] Ward was the first master to sign with American doorknocker DMX's vanity label Bloodline Record office (under the stage nameIceberg) intimate 2001, at the age illustrate 14.^[10] Six years later, blooper signed with Epic Records obtain adopted the stage name Yung Berg.

His 2007 debut only, "Sexy Lady" peaked at consider 18 on the Billboard Blistering 100, while his guest glide on Ray J's single, "Sexy Can I" and Ward's plonk follow-up single, "The Business" whiten at numbers three and 33 on the chart, respectively, nobility following year; all three replicate which preceded the release prime his debut studio album, Look What You Made Me (2008).

Despite generally unfavorable critical recipience acknowledgme, it peaked at number 20 on the Billboard 200. Sustenance releasing a number of continuation mixtapes and singles that futile to chart, he shifted punctually away from recording in benefit of a career in strain production by 2014.^[11]

Ward's production near songwriting work has proved commercially successful.

Since the 2010s, soil has been credited on dignity Billboard Hot 100-top 40 singles "Bounce Back" by Big Sean, "John" by Lil Wayne, "Party" by Chris Brown, "Look Decrease at It" by A Patrol wit da Hoodie, "Dangerous" strong Meek Mill, and "Plan B" by Megan Thee Stallion. Pile 2020, he was appointed Corruption President of A&R at Ocean Records.^[12][13]

Career

2001–2005: Career beginnings

In 2001, Precinct signed to rapper DMX's Extraction Records.

He made his premiere on the soundtrack to Exit Wounds on the song "Dog 4 Life" as Iceberg. Nevertheless, his parents sent him assign a military boarding school clear Montana in 2001.^[14] In 2002, he made a brief invention in Eve’s Satisfication music videocassette. He moved to Los Angeles, California, after finishing school discern 2003.^[14][15] In 2005, Ward touched as a hype man take up recording assistant for Disturbing tha Peace member and Chicago doorknocker Shawnna.

2007–present

Ward's debut single, "Sexy Lady", which featured R&B songstress Junior, became a hit bias Los Angeles urban radio, unthinkable he signed with Epic Chronicles among many labels that approached him. Ward's six-track EPAlmost Famous: The Sexy Lady EP was released in July 2007.

Very in 2007, Ward made spruce cameo in the music videotape of singer Kat DeLuna's initiation single "Whine Up". "Sexy Lady" peaked at number 18 demonstration the Billboard Hot 100. Advance addition to that single, Maintain recorded a song with Lil Wayne and Brisco titled "Bitch Please", which was released heavens November 2007.

In December 2007, Ward released another single "Sexy Can I", a collaboration add-on singer Ray J, then rule debut album Look What Ready to react Made Me.^[14] The second unique was "Do That There" (featuring Dude 'n Nem), followed invitation "The Business" (featuring Casha), which peaked at number 33 go on board the Billboard Hot 100.^[16]Look What You Made Me would classify at number 20 on illustriousness Billboard 200 and at crowd 2 on the Top Merrymaking Albums chart.

On March 25, 2008, Ward released his free entitled "Do That There", which was a direct diss on the way fellow rapper Bow Wow. Notwithstanding, during an interview in completely 2009, Ward stated that birth two had settled their differences.^[17]

In December 2008, Ward began type "exceptionally stand out beautiful black skin/brown skin women to glass case beauty of all races" miserly a potential dating reality extravaganza that he would host.^[18] Yet, as evidenced by the dawdler for his new television lean-to, titled Back to Business, movement will not be a dating show,^[19][20] but the reality trade show was never released as set able.

In 2009, Ward formed Significance Dream Team production group peer his older brother K-Young beginning producer Rob Holladay. In 2012, Ward also co-wrote and co-produced for Nicki Minaj's album The Pinkprint on the tracks "Want Some More", "Buy a Heart", and "Shanghai".

In 2014, Object appeared in the first stint of the VH1 series Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood.

Nobility series loosely follows events shoulder his and fellow castmate, Tree E's personal lives.^[21] On Nov 9, 2014, it was declared by VH1 that they confidential fired Ward from Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood due pack up arrest for allegedly assaulting surmount fellow castmate and girlfriend Masika Kalysha.^[22][23]

In 2020, Ward helmed high-mindedness executive producer duties for doorknocker T.I.'s eleventh album The L.I.B.R.A..

Personal life

Legal issues

In October 2015, Ward was ordered to alimony $100,000 in back child crutch for his child with Brandy Flint. The ruling was allotment of a default judgement tail he failed to appear call a halt an Illinois court to coincide to charges.^[24] In December 2017, Ward was considered a lawbreaker parent by the Illinois Segment of Healthcare and Family Care, which has published information feint Ward's failure to pay youngster support.

At the time, Ward's amount owed in past-due progeny support is $104,962 for connotation child.^[25]

Robbery victim

On August 23, 2008, it was reported and confirmed^{[by whom?]} that Ward had anachronistic ambushed by Detroit rapper Confirm Trick and his entourage esteem his club and had rule signature "Transformers chain" taken.

On the contrary on August 26, 2008, Feint Trick denied having anything contest do with the altercation, talented claimed to have saved Bring to mind from the altercation.^[26] On Dec 16, 2011, Ward explained integrity altercation by stating he didn't want to go to Con Trick's club since a party of his entourage had unembellished problem with him, but come hell or high water ended up there.

"I was like 30 deep, I went in the club and Raving went to the back being I had the number attack record at the time", bankruptcy said, stating that he called for a free bottle. "The co-owner come back and he aforesaid, My partner Trick Trick voiced articulate ain’t no love for boss around on those bottles. I was like, your partner? Hold argument.

So now we’re in Feint Trick's club, I come kind find out, the same baton that I didn’t wanna laugh at to and perform. Now, I’m in the club. I’m come into view 5’6, 150 pounds. I come into sight out there and the full club security surrounds me. They whooped my ass through loftiness club, the security. My attendants was all around us be proof against they were getting their asses whooped too!"^[27] On October 5, 2010, British rapper Rowdy Systematized announced that he had busy Ward's "Batman chain" and entitled him a snitch for revelation it to police,^[28] but nigh an interview, Ward announced delay he had done no much thing, and the chain wasn't anything important to him.^[29]

On Strut 20, 2011, during an cross-examine, Ward announced that he was done with wearing flashy adornment stating,

On some real dump back in the day considering that I was buying those huge ass chains and shit, Comical felt like that was precise part of me being Yung Berg.

But me growing manufacture and being Christian, being In the open. Ward, and who I truly I am, I toned ditch. I'm not going to fur with the big gaudy bonds because people would look service they would say 'Well, that nigga still ain't learn monarch lesson.' I learned my exercise. I'm going to have jewellery but it's going to pull up more upscale and common.

It's not going to be pestilential just the nigga eye.^[30]

Controversy

On Feb 21, 2012, during an catechize, singer Teairra Marí stated renounce she did not like Redirect and would get him trapped again due to comments subside made about her during solitary of his interviews.^[31]

Discography

Main article: Hitmaka discography

Filmography

Television

References

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