Tramaine Winfrey (born March 9, 1986), known professionally asYoung Fyre, is an American record producer fromDes Moines,Iowa. He began his career as an in-house producerT-Pain's labelNappy Boy Entertainment in 2010,^[1] and has since worked extensively with rappersJaden Smith andTrinidad James.^[2][3] He foundedAudeoBox in 2019, a plugin and sound pack technology company for professional producers.^[4]

Young Fyre has produced for artists includingBritney Spears,^[5]Tech N9ne,Krizz Kaliko,Busta Rhymes,Big Time Rush,Nicky Jam,Tank,Rico Love,Will Smith,ASAP Rocky,Kehlani,Cousin Stizz,Marc Anthony,Young Buck,Bad Bunny,Benny Benassi,Tamar Braxton, andThe OMG Girlz, among others. His credits include T-Pain's singles "Best Love Song", "Rap Song" and "Booty Wurk (One Cheek at a Time)", Britney Spears' singles "Private Show" and "What You Need", andLil' Wayne's "How to Hate".^[1][6][7][8]

Young Fyre was born and raised inDes Moines, Iowa. Although most of the music popular in Iowa was pop, rock, and country, Winfrey's parents listened to R&B at home, and he began to experiment with the keyboard when his grandmother purchased one when he was 10.^[9] From there, he pursued his passion for music. He attributes his unique sound to these varying influences, explaining "the diversity came from listening to everything".^[9] He credits his early musical influences asTimbaland,Missy Elliott, andBusta Rhymes.

After years of honing his production skills, Young Fyre first gained recognition on RocBattle.com. After seeing an advertisement for the competition in a copy ofXXL, he created a profile and devised a methodical plan to win his battles.^[9] Young Fyre posted a beat battle record of 233–9, becoming Grand Champ and defeated established championRockwilder. His success on RocBattle gained him recognition in thehip hop community and eventually led to collaborations with numerous rappers in theMidwestern United States.

From 2008 to 2009, Young Fyre produced 17 tracks acrossTech N9ne'sKiller,Sickology 101 andK.O.D. albums, including the single "Like Yeah". He also produced 6 tracks onKutt Calhoun'sFeature Presentation and 3 tracks onBig Scoob'sMonsterifik, as well as 1 track each forYoung Buck andYung Berg.^[10]

In 2010, Nappy Boy EntertainmentrapperYoung Cash (Joey Galaxy) heard Young Fyre's music and joined him on aSkype call along with label founder/owner T-Pain, who called the producer and offered to fly him to Miami for a meeting, where Young Fyre was introduced to industry names likeTimbaland atThe Hit Factory Criteria Miami.^[9]

After signing with Nappy Boy Entertainment, Young Fyre began working with T-Pain and the rest of the Nappy Boy Entertainment roster. He produced the official remix ofTravie McCoy's hit song "Billionaire" featuring Bruno Mars. The remix features T-Pain,One Chance &Gucci Mane. He also produced One Chance's "Sexin' On You",Brandon T. Jackson's "Imma Do It Big" featuring T-Pain & One Chance, and Italianelectro houseDJ/producerBenny Benassi's"Electroman" featuring T-Pain.

In 2011, Young Fyre produced the majority of T-Pain's albumRevolver, including "Best Love Song" featuring Chris Brown, "Rap Song" featuring Rick Ross, and "Booty Wurk (One Cheek At a Time)" featuring Joey Galaxy, which were released as singles.^[1] Of his work with T-Pain onRevolver, Young Fyre explained, "Our chemistry is unbelievable. It's a joint effort on every song and it's a beautiful thing".^[1]

In 2017, Nappy Boy Entertainment filed a lawsuit against Cash Money Records^[11] for unpaid royalties for T-Pain and Young Fyre's work on Lil Wayne'sTha Carter III (2008) andTha Carter IV (2011).^[12]

After his work onRevolver, Young Fyre continued to produce, write, and occasionally provide vocals for a variety of artists. In 2015, he was temporarily sidelined by a hip injury, but he continued to create throughout his recovery.^[9] In 2016, he produced "Private Show", a track onBritney Spears' ninth studio albumGlory, released in August that year, on which he is credited as a producer and composer.^[13] It was around this time when Young Fyre was introduced toJaden Smith, through Fyre's mentorOmarr Rambert.^[9] Young Fyre went on to produce Jaden's 2017 albumSyre in addition to working withWill Smith on several projects.^[14]

After his injury in 2015, Young Fyre experimented with sound manipulation during his recovery,^[14] combining effects he was using in his own work and enlisting the help of a graphic designer and coder to launch music technology company AudeoBox, with the goal of developing streamlined, simple, and professional plugins and sample packs for artists and creatives involved in music production.^[15] In July 2021, in partnership withSplice, AudeoBox launched the comedic web series In The Box,^[16] created and directed by Young Fyre, which highlights influential producers and artists in the industry.^[17]

Young Fyre began collaborating with Trinidadian-American rapperTrinidad James in 2015,^[18] and the two worked together on James'Father Figga^[19] andDaddy Issues mixtapes.^[20] Young Fyre (with Splice's In The Box and Fyre's agency Damn Good Bros) also worked as creative director for ad campaigns^[21] for James' brand DADSocks.^[22] In August 2021, Fyre and Trinidad James released the albumBlack Filter to industry acclaim.^[23]

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• Record producers from Iowa

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