Christian Rich

Christian Rich
BornChicago, Illinois, U.S.
OriginLagos, Nigeria
GenresProgressive rap[1]
Occupations
Years active2003 (2003)–present
MembersTaiwo Hassan
Kehinde Hassan
Websitechristianrich.com

Christian Rich is an American-born Nigerian production and DJ duo consisting of twins Kehinde Hassan and Taiwo Hassan.[2][3][4][5]

Early life and career

The identical twin brothers were born in Chicago and raised in Nigeria for exposure to their father's Yoruba culture.[6] By 2013 they contributed to Drake's #1 Billboard album Nothing Was the Same on the intro of "Pound Cake" which features Jay Z and produced “Crawl” for Childish Gambino's Because the Internet.[7] They produced four tracks for Earl Sweatshirt's #1 Rap Billboard album Doris ("Chum", "Centurion", "Molasses", "Knight"), produced on J. Cole's Platinum, #1 Billboard album Born Sinner ("Sparks Will Fly") and earned a Grammy nomination with Childish Gambino. The brothers produced Vince Staples's big hit “Big Fish” and “Señorita”, Wale/G-Eazy's song “Fashion Week” and Marshmello/Juicy J's “You Can Cry”. They joined Jaden Smith on the joint single “GHOST”. They have production and writing credits with Snoh Aalegra, Juicy J, Anderson Paak and others.

Discography

Year Title Artist Album Credit
2021 "Just Like That" Snoh Aalegra Temporary Highes In The Violet Skies Producers
2020 "LABMO LIFE" Die Antwoord HOUSE OF ZEF
"DA GODZ MUS B CRAZY"
2019 "Shibuya (Ghost II)" (featuring Jaden, Vic Mensa and Belly) Christian Rich Shibuya (Ghost II) Artist & Producer
"Ghost" (Remix featuring ASAP Rocky) Jaden Erys Producer & Featured Artist
2018 "Christopher Nolan" Yxng Bane HBK Producer
"Breakfast Interlude Feat. Eyelar"
"Evergreen" James Davis Lamplighter EP Co-Producer
"Pick Me Up"
"Its Me" Nili Hadida Nili Hadida Producer/Writer
"This Way"
"Why Feel Alone"
"401"
"Dorian"
"Another Drink"
"Frank"
"Gold Memories"
"Brazilian War"
"Covered In Luck"
"A Lot Too Much"
"Dripping Summers" (featuring Little Dragon and Vic Mensa) Christian Rich Dripping Summers Artist & Producer
"Ghost" (featuring Christian Rich) Jaden GHOST Producer & Featured Artist
"Best Friends" (Christian Rich Re-Work) Little Dragon Best Friends Remixer
"You Can Cry" (with Juicy J featuring James Arthur) Marshmello Non-album single Co-Writer & Co-Producer
2017 "Fashion Week" (featuring G-Eazy) Wale Shine Producer
"The Passion" Jaden Syre Writer & Producer
"Big Fish" Vince Staples Big Fish Theory Producer
"Nothing Burns Like The Cold" (Featuring Vince Staples) Snoh Aalegra Feels Producer & Co-Writer
2016 "In Your River" Don't Explain
"One On One" (featuring Chris Brown) Casey Veggies Customized Greatly Vol. 4: The Return of The Boy Producer
"My Own" (featuring JMSN) Domo Genesis Genesis
"Deep" Lizzo Coconut Oil (EP) Producer & Co-Writer
2015 "Time Flies" (featuring Lil B) Mac Miller GO:OD AM Producer
"Señorita" Vince Staples Summertime '06
"Lake Como" Puro Instinct Lake Como Producer & Featured Artist
2014 "The Palisades" Childish Gambino Kauai
"Fire" Jaden CTV2 Producer
2013 "I.Crawl" Childish Gambino Because the Internet Co-Producer
"Pound Cake / Paris Morton Music 2" (featuring Jay Z) Drake Nothing Was the Same Intro/Speech Sampler With Utters
"Something Special" Chris Brown Non-album single Producer
"One On One (When I Love Ya)"
"Sparks Will Fly" J. Cole Born Sinner
"Centurion" Earl Sweatshirt Doris
"Knight"
"Molasses" Co-Producer
2012 "Chum"
"Dance" Rye Rye Go! Bang! Pop! Producer
2011 "Lovely" (featuring Pusha T) John West John West
2010 "Hot-n-Fun (Christian Rich Remix)" (featuring Nelly Furtado) N.E.R.D Hot-N-Fun The Remixes Remixer
"Hello Virgin" Christian Rich The Decadence Mixtape Artist & Producer
2009 "Famous Girl"
2008 "Schemer" G-Star Raw Records Volume 1 Producer & Featured Artist
2003 "Get In Touch With Us" (featuring Styles P) Lil' Kim La Bella Mafia Producer
"I'm Serious" Clipse Cradle 2 the Grave Soundtrack
"Jumpin'" Foxy Brown Ill Na Na 2: The Fever

References

  1. ^ Schmidt, Torsten (2018). "Christian Rich". Red Bull Music Academy. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  2. ^ Randall Roberts (August 16, 2013). "Producers Christian Rich talk Earl Sweatshirt, Beyonce, RZA, more". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  3. ^ Brad Wete, "Christian Rich Producer Talks Earl Sweatshirt Work, House EP, and Chris Brown's 'X'", Billboard, June 5, 2013.
  4. ^ Christian Rich, Producers Of Earl Sweatshirt, Vince Staples, Performing At The Continental
  5. ^ Ludovic Hunter-Tilney (August 14, 2015). "Christian Rich: FW14 — review". Financial Times. Retrieved November 3, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Rebecca Haithcoat (September 17, 2016). "'Big Fish' Style: Meet the Production Duo Quietly Making Your Favorite Beats". Complex. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  7. ^ "Christian Rich: 'We've Always Done Everything Together'". NPR. August 22, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2020.