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Birth name | Luis Edgardo Resto |
Born | Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. | July 22, 1961
Origin | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
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Years active | 1981–present |
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Website | luisresto |
Luis Edgardo Resto (born July 22, 1961) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and keyboardist who has worked closely with rapper Eminem since his third major-label album The Eminem Show . He is of Puerto Rican descent and was raised in Garden City, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.
Resto's career in recorded music began in the early 1980s in Detroit, with Michael Henderson and Was (Not Was). He continued playing keyboards and co-writing songs for a wide variety of artists (including many produced by Don Was), ranging from Anita Baker to Patti Smith to The Highwaymen to Vertical Horizon to Fuel, before beginning a prolific and lengthy collaboration with Eminem in 2001. He has played the keyboard for several Eminem-produced tracks and is credited for additional production on most Eminem-produced tracks on Encore . Resto released his own solo LP titled Combo De Momento which was released under his own imprint Resto World Music on May 18, 2010. He co-produced the Oscar-winning song, "Lose Yourself", featured in the movie 8 Mile with Jeff Bass and Eminem. [1]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2002 | "Lose Yourself" | Academy Award for Best Original Song | Won | [4] |
2003 | Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media | Nominated | [5] | |
Grammy Award for Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
Grammy Award for Best Rap Song | Won | |||
2010 | "Not Afraid" | Nominated | [6] |
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