Hollywood Hot Sauce

Last updated
Ghost Kid
Birth namePaul Dawson
Born New Bern, North Carolina, United States
Genres Hip hop, R&B, Country, Gospel, Pop
Occupation(s) Producer, Songwriter
Years active2009–present

Paul Dawson, best known as Ghost Kid, formally known as Hot Sauce or Hollywood Hot Sauce, is an American music producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. In short, Paul has written, produced and/or co-produced singles including Rihanna's "As Real As You and Me", Ariana Grande's "Hands on Me", Young Jeezy's "Shady Life", Robin Thicke's "Sex Therapy", New Boyz's "Spot Right There", and Usher's "Hot Tottie".

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Early life

Paul Dawson grew up in New Bern, North Carolina. He attributes his musical ability to a relationship with God and his mother's spiritual guidance, [1] Dawson moved to Atlanta, Georgia. In 2008, Hot Sauce met R&B singer Jovan Dais, who offered him a guitar gig on his tour. [1] After playing for Dais, Hot Sauce and Dais formed Atlanta based production company Dawson Dais Productions. Later teaming up with record producer Polow Da Don, Hot Sauce moved to LA in 2009. He gained musical success and gained an opportunity to work with major recording artists. 'Hollywood Hot Sauce' has worked on music with 50 Cent, Usher, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, Robin Thicke, Nas, Nelly, Weezer, Limp Bizkit [2] Keyshia Cole, New Boyz, Teairra Mari [3] and more. In 2012, Hotsauce teamed up with Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. There he was able to produce songs for Rihanna, Ariana Grande, and Young Jeezy.

Production credits

Track/TitleArtist/AlbumDetails
"Hands On Me" Ariana Grande/ My Everything Co-written and Produced
"As Real As You and Me" Rihanna/ Home Movie SoundtrackProduced
"Shady Life" Young Jeezy(featuring Kelly Rowland)/Seen It All Co-written and Produced
"Ambulance" Mishon Written and Produced
"Sex Therapy" Robin Thicke Co-Produced
"Diamonds" Robin Thicke Co-Produced
"Shaking It 4 Daddy" ("Sex Therapy") Robin Thicke(featuring Nicki Minaj)Co-Produced
"Gotta Be Your Man" Chris Brown Co-Produced
"Wait" Chris Brown (featuring Trey Songz, The Game)Co-Produced
"Calypso" Chris Brown Co-Produced
"Heaven" El DeBarge Guitars
"Your Love feat. Trey Songz" Diddy-Dirty Money Co-Produced
"I Know feat. Chris Brown and Wiz Khalifa" Diddy-Dirty Money Written and Produced
"Follow Your Dreams" T.I. Co-Produced
"Way You Love Me feat. Rick Ross" Keri Hilson Co-Produced
"She's Ready To Go" Limp Bizkit Co-Produced
"Meet In The Middle" Timbaland (featuring Bran'Nu)Co-Produced
"Here I Am" Monica ("Still Standing")Co-Produced
"Woo Hoo" Christina Aguilera ("Bionic")Co-Produced
"Hot Tottie" [4] Usher (featuring Jay-Z ("Versus")Co-Produced
"Baby By Me" 50 Cent (featuring Ne-Yo and Jovan Dais)Keyboards
"Spot Right There" New Boyz (featuring Teairra Mari)Written and Produced
"So Cold" [5] Chris Brown ( Graffiti )Co-Produced
"Touch It"Teairra MariWritten and Produced
"Bye, Bye"Teairra MariWritten and Produced
"Stay"Teairra MariWritten and Produced
"Booty Call" Teairra Mari Written and Produced
"Ur A Freak" Teairra Mari Written and Produced
"Pocket Bible"Ace JonesCo-Produced
"Good Good" Usher (featuring Summer Walker and 21 Savage)Co-Written, Music

Awards

2010 BMI Urban Music Award - Robin Thicke "Sex Therapy"

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