The Clutch was an American collective of songwriters and record producers based inAtlanta, composed of Candice Clotiel "Gg" Nelson,Ezekiel "Zeke" Lewis,Patrick Michael "J. Que" Smith, Balewa Muhammad andKeri Hilson. They were on theBillboard Hot 100-top 40 singlesOmarion's "Ice Box",Ciara's "Like a Boy",Timbaland's "The Way I Are", andJustin Bieber's "One Less Lonely Girl".

A combination of two or more of the five writers on a song is considered a track "written by the Clutch" as they rarely worked as a complete fivesome. The Clutch wrote songs themselves, but also did so in tandem with fellow commercially successful producers—including Calvo Da Gr8,Bigg D,Hit-Boy, Timbaland,Danja,Bryan-Michael Cox,Bloodshy & Avant andTricky Stewart—to create several otherhit songs.^[1][2]

In June 2023, Clutch member Ezekiel Lewis was named President ofEpic Records.^[3] Prior, Lewis had been Vice President and head of A&R atMotown Records from 2011 to 2017 and Vice President of A&R at Epic since 2017.^[4]

^C Single release canceled

^P Promo only or limited release

^BU Reached onlyBillboard'sBubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart

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