Floyd Nathaniel Hills (born February 22, 1982), known professionally asDanja (/ˈdeɪndʒə/), is an American record producer fromVirginia Beach, Virginia. Beginning his career as a co-producer for fellow VirginianTimbaland, he has since produced forLloyd Banks,Britney Spears,Dua Lipa,Usher,Keri Hilson,T.I.,Nelly Furtado,Ciara,Mariah Carey,Madonna,Whitney Houston,Missy Elliott,M.I.A.,Justin Timberlake,JoJo,Joe Jonas,Simple Plan,the Clutch,Pink,T-Pain,Diddy,Meek Mill,Björk,Duran Duran andAgnez Mo.

Hills was born inVirginia Beach, Virginia. He took up the drums and piano in his early teens. He got his start by playing in his church when he was growing up.^[1]

In 2000, Danja worked with producerTeddy Riley onBlackstreet's fourth album,Level II.^[2] In 2001, a chance encounter withTimbaland turned into an opportunity to play some music for him. Two years later, Timbaland brought Danja to Miami to work in his studio.^[1][3][4]

With Timbaland, Hills produced a wide catalog of songs in 2006 including "Put You on The Game" bythe Game, "Promiscuous" and "Say It Right" byNelly Furtado, "SexyBack", "What Goes Around... Comes Around" and "My Love" byJustin Timberlake. In the subsequent years, he produced "Love Story" byKatharine McPhee, "Innocence" and "Earth Intruders" byBjörk, and "Give It to Me" and "The Way I Are" off Timbaland's second solo album.^[5]

In 2007, Danja produced "Gimme More" forBritney Spears, as well as "Break the Ice" and five other tracks for her albumBlackout. The following year, he produced "Kill the Lights" and other songs for her following album,Circus.^[2] Danja produced several tracks with Timbaland andJustin Timberlake forMadonna's 2008 albumHard Candy, including its lead single "4 Minutes". He also producedMariah Carey's "Migrate" fromE=MC²,Keri Hilson's "Knock You Down" fromIn a Perfect World..., andPink's "Sober" fromFunhouse.

Danja produced the song "Toy Soldier" onKeri Hilson's second albumNo Boys Allowed (2010), "Freak" byJamie Foxx, "The Writer" byJesse McCartney, and "Sleep When I'm Gone" byDJ Khaled on the albumWe the Best Forever (2011). In 2010, Danja produced three songs onDiddy – Dirty Money's albumLast Train to Paris and "Everything on Me" on T.I.'s albumNo Mercy. Danja produced several singles for the recording career of songwriting collaboratorKevin Cossom, including his debut "Baby I Like It" featuring Fabolous andDiddy. ForTravis Garland, he produced "Believe", "Don't Leave Me Rose", and "Killer". Danja has also produced "Sexy to Me" byJoJo, which is also featured on the singer's commercial forClearasil. According to Danja'sTwitter account, he was in studio withMary J. Blige andJay-Z.

Danja metMarcella Araica in the early 2000s and the two began working together. In 2008, they co-founded the N.A.R.S. (New Age Rock Stars) record label and in June 2014 opened a recording studio north of Miami inHallandale, Florida, called Dream Asylum Studios.^[6]

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