Christian Rich

Christian Rich
Christian Rich
Born	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Origin	Lagos, Nigeria
Genres	Progressive rap
Occupations	Producers; DJs; recording artists; songwriters;
Years active	2003–present
Members	Taiwo Hassan; Kehinde Hassan
Website	christianrich.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
2020	"DA GODZ MUS B CRAZY"	Die Antwoord	HOUSE OF ZEF
2019	"Shibuya (Ghost II)" (featuring Jaden, Vic Mensa and Belly)	Christian Rich	Shibuya (Ghost II)	Artist & Producer
2019	"Ghost" (Remix featuring ASAP Rocky)	Jaden	Erys	Producer & Featured Artist
2018	"Christopher Nolan"	Yxng Bane	HBK	Producer
	"Breakfast Interlude Feat. Eyelar"	Yxng Bane	HBK	Producer
	"Evergreen"	James Davis	Lamplighter EP	Co-Producer
	"Pick Me Up"	James Davis	Lamplighter EP	Co-Producer
	"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"	Snoh Aalegra	Don't Explain	Producer & Co-Writer
	"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	Producer
	"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	Producer
	"Lake Como"	Puro Instinct	Lake Como	Producer & Featured Artist
2014	"The Palisades"	Childish Gambino	Kauai	Producer & Featured Artist
2014	"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)"	Chris Brown	Non-album single
	"Sparks Will Fly"	J. Cole	Born Sinner
	"Centurion"	Earl Sweatshirt	Doris
	"Knight"
	"Molasses"			Co-Producer
2012	"Chum"			Co-Producer
2012	"Dance"	Rye Rye	Go! Bang! Pop!	Producer
2011	"Lovely" (featuring Pusha T)	John West	John West	Producer
2010	"Hot-n-Fun (Christian Rich Remix)" (featuring Nelly Furtado)	N.E.R.D	Hot-N-Fun The Remixes	Remixer
2010	"Hello Virgin"	Christian Rich	The Decadence Mixtape	Artist & Producer
2009	"Famous Girl"		The Decadence Mixtape	Artist & Producer
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

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

External links

Official website

[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.

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