30 Roc

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30 Roc
Birth nameSamuel Gloade
Also known as
  • 30
  • You a Fool for This One
Born1993 (age 3031)
Bronx, New York, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • songwriter
Years active2014–present
Labels EarDrummers
Website iam30roc.com

Samuel Gloade, professionally known as 30 Roc, is an American record producer and songwriter. He is best known for production with notable artists, including Lil Yachty, Migos, Plies, Cardi B, [1] Rich Homie Quan, Kanye West, [2] Kendrick Lamar, and Baby Keem among many others.

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Early life

Samuel Gloade was born in the borough of The Bronx in New York City. [1] He met American record producer Mike Will Made It through his rap duo Rae Sremmurd on Twitter. [3] He later signed to the former's record label EarDrummers Records.

Career

His most notable production include T-Wayne's "Nasty Freestyle", "Rake It Up" by Yo Gotti featuring Nicki Minaj, [4] Cardi B's hit single, "Bartier Cardi", which features 21 Savage, [1] "Rock" by Plies, and "King's Dead" which was performed by Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future and James Blake. [5] 30 Roc also produced Roddy Ricch's number 1 hit, "The Box", which reached the pole position of the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2020. He also helped produce the intro track of Travis Scott's Astroworld, "Stargazing", peaking at number eight on the Hot 100 in 2018. Gloade was also an executive producer for Lil Yachty's second studio album, Lil Boat 2 . He served as a producer for Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar's “Range Brothers”, a single from the former's debut studio album, The Melodic Blue.

Production discography

Charted songs

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US US
R&B/HH
AUS CAN IRE UK
"Nasty Freestyle"
(T-Wayne)
20159437256541Non-album single
"Peek a Boo"
(Lil Yachty featuring Migos)
2017783373 Teenage Emotions
"Rake It Up"
(Yo Gotti featuring Nicki Minaj)
8512449 I Still Am
"Rock"
(Plies)
9540Ain't No Mixtape Bih 3
"Bartier Cardi"
(Cardi B featuring 21 Savage)
14777185140 Invasion of Privacy
"King's Dead"
(Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, James Blake and Future)
2018211358235150 Black Panther: The Album and Redemption
"Boom!"
(Lil Yachty featuring Ugly God)
8843 Lil Boat 2
"Gucci Flip Flops"
(Bhad Bhabie featuring Lil Yachty)
793962 15
"Close"
(Rae Sremmurd featuring Travis Scott)
984871 SR3MM
"Stargazing"
(Travis Scott)
871071215 Astroworld
"Who? What!"
(Travis Scott featuring Quavo and Takeoff)
432641
"Biggest Alley Oop"
(Quavo)
864069 Quavo Huncho
"The Box"
(Roddy Ricch)
2020114122 Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial
"T.D"
(Lil Yachty and Tierra Whack featuring Tyler, the Creator and ASAP Rocky)
8334 Lil Boat 3
"What That Speed Bout!?"
(Mike Will Made It, Nicki Minaj and YoungBoy Never Broke Again)
351176Michael

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