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Cam O'bi
Birth nameCameron Osteen
BornLas Vegas, Nevada. U.S.
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Cameron Osteen, better known by his stage name Cam O'bi, is an American record producer, singer-songwriter and audio engineer. He has produced for Chance the Rapper, Vic Mensa, Mick Jenkins, Noname, J. Cole, Bas, Saba, and Isaiah Rashad. His upcoming debut album is titled Grown Ass Kid. [1]

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Musical career

2012–17: Career beginnings

Osteen began his music career as part of J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, a production team based in Tampa, Florida, but is best known for his solo production and songwriting work with Chicago artists Chance the Rapper, Vic Mensa, Mick Jenkins, Noname, and Saba. In 2015, he went on tour with J. Cole as a producer in the Forest Hills Drive Tour, where he began working more with Dreamville artists including Bas and Lute. Osteen was also part of the team working on Grammy Award winning Coloring Book (mixtape) in 2017, [2] which was the first ever streaming only album to win a Grammy Award. [3] In 2017 he was included in the XXL best Hip-Hop producers list. [4]

2018–present: Solo career

January 2018 saw the launch of Osteen as an artist in his own right, with single TenderHeaded which features Smino. The song received positive feedback from media music press. [5] [6] [7] and has found its way on the BBC Radio 1 playlists in the UK. [8] His debut album Grown Ass Kid has no release date, but is expected to be released in 2018. [9] The album will feature the single Grown Ass Kid which was a co-production between Chance the Rapper and Cam Obi, and was initially intended for Grammy Award winning Coloring Book in 2017, however didn't make the final cut. [10]

Discography

Studio albums

Production discography

2013

Chance the Rapper – Acid Rap [11]
Vic Mensa – Innanetape [12]
Lil Wayne – Dedication 5

2014

Mick Jenkins – The Waters [13]

2015

Rejjie Snow
EarthGang – Strays With Rabies

2016

Bas – Too High to Riot [14]
Domo Genesis – Genesis
Twenty88 – Twenty88
Towkio – .Wav Theory [15]
Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book [16]
Noname – Telefone [17]
Saba – Bucket List Project [18]
Isaiah Rashad – The Sun's Tirade [19]
Mick Jenkins – The Healing Component [20]

2017

J. Cole
SZA – CTRL [21]
Lute – West1996 pt. 2 [22]

Purple Tuesday (featuring Jesse Boykins lll & Joey Bada$$)

2018

Rejjie S- Dear Annie

2019

Revenge of the Dreamers III
Cam O’bi – Grown Ass Kid [23]

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