Mike Smith (record producer)

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Mike Smith
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Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, recording artist, author, television personality
Years active2013–present
Notable credit(s) Snoop Dogg Billy Ray Cyrus Sway Calloway DJ Khaled, Crooked I, Tech N9ne, Cyhi The Prynce, DJ Whoo Kid, Twista, RZA and Inspectah Deck of Wu Tang Clan, DMC (Run DMC), Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses)
SpouseErika Smith
Website http://www.mikesmith.net
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Mike Smith is a Cuban American recording artist, record and television producer. He is a Number 1 Billboard charting artist and his music has had over two billion streams with over five million units sold. He is best known for being one of the stars and main judge on BET's original programming series One Shot and for co writing the hit song "A Hard Working Man" by Snoop Dogg, Billy Ray Cyrus, and The Avila Brothers. This song has been featured on NFL Thursday Night Primetime and CBS NFL Today. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] He is also well known for numerous hit singles including the Top 5 Billboard hit "Beautiful Day" and Billboard Top 40 hits "Hardworking Man" and "You're My Kind Of Beautiful".

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Smith has worked with many artists, including Snoop Dogg, Billy Ray Cyrus, DJ Khaled, T.I., Juicy J, Royce Da 5'9', Remy Ma, and Gilby Clarke of Guns N' Roses. [7] [8]

Personal life

Smith first made his fortune in the 1990s when he was only 23 years old with an IT business. He then built, bought, and sold three regional chains of medical practices.

Smith is married to Erika Smith, a choreographer and dancer, who is also one of the executive producers of One Shot. She also danced in one of Inspectah Deck of the Wu-Tang Clan's music videos. The couple has six children together. [9]

Career

In 2013 Mike Smith, along with Jonathan Hay, co-founded SMH Records, a music label out of Charlotte, North Carolina with Caroline Distribution a division of Capitol Music Group. [10] Nigerian heiress Bim Fernandez signed with SMH in November 2013, becoming part of the Smith/Hay musical project Pink Grenade. [11] Pink Grenade released an album in July 2014, accompanied by four singles that gathered millions of views online. [12] [13] Guest rappers Crooked I, Troy Ave, Dizzy Wright and Royce da 5'9" were featured on four songs. [14] In August 2014 the record label offered $15 million to Jay Z to produce his next album. Smith stated to HipHopDX "I will write Jay Z a check for $15 million today as an advance for us to produce an album for him." [15] In 2015 Mike Smith was a performer and producer for the studio album When Music Worlds Collide that was profiled on Fox News, [16] Business Insider [17] and Billboard. He was awarded TIDAL Rising Artist for his compilation album When Music Worlds Collide by Jay Z's music streaming service. [18] The version Deluxe: When Music Worlds Collide featuring new collaborations with notable hip-hop artists was released in 2016. [19]

Mike Smith and Erika Smith with Tech N9ne and Twista on set of BET One Shot Mike Smith Erika Smith BET One Shot.jpg
Mike Smith and Erika Smith with Tech N9ne and Twista on set of BET One Shot

In 2016 Mike Smith and wife Erika Smith were executive producers of "BET's One Shot" the hip-hop lyrical competition series hosted by Sway Calloway and also starring Mike Smith. The show debuted on BET on August 16, 2016, and also starred DJ Khaled, TI, RZA, and Twista. [20] [21] Smith's debut album Always You And Me was number 7 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, number 47 on the Billboard New Artist album chart, and number 67 on the Billboard 200. His book, Lovin' Each Day, became an Amazon bestseller. [22] Billboard premiered "Lost Souls" the single he co-produced for Orlando massacre survivor Patience Carter, Nitty Scott and Iliana Eve. [23] [24]

Mike Smith with TI, Sway Calloway, King Tech, King Crooked, and DJ Drama on set of BET One Shot Mike Smith TI BET One Shot.jpg
Mike Smith with TI, Sway Calloway, King Tech, King Crooked, and DJ Drama on set of BET One Shot

In 2017 Smith relaunched Wu-Tang label Razor Sharp Records with RZA and King Tech. [25] [26] Smith released the single "Alibi" with Chanel Sosa, RZA and Tech from the album Smith Hay & the Blue Notes. Smith worked with other Wu-Tang Clan member Inspectah Deck on the single "Daddy's Little Girl". [27]

Mike Smith with DJ Khaled, Sway Calloway, King Tech, and King Crooked on set of BET One Shot Mike Smith BET One Shot DJ Khaled.jpg
Mike Smith with DJ Khaled, Sway Calloway, King Tech, and King Crooked on set of BET One Shot

In July 2017, Smith hit Number 28 on the Spotify Viral 50 Chart with his song Almost Paradise with Royce Da 5 9. [28]

On December 30, 2017, Smith's second solo album, Pieces of my Soul, reached number 5 on the Billboard Heatseekers, [29] Number 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers South Central, [30] Number 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers South Atlantic, [31] and Number 48 on the Independent Album Chart. [32]

Smith's duo Smith and Hay reached number 1 on the Billboard Jazz Album chart for the week of January 20, 2018. [33]

Smith's duo Smith and Hay released the album The Whoodlum Ball with DJ Whoo Kid on May 11, 2018. The week of May 26, 2018, this album hit number 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart, [34] Number 9 on the Billboard Rap Album Chart, [35] Number 11 on the Billboard Independent Album Chart, [36] Number 16 on the Billboard Digital Album Chart, [37] Number 54 on the Billboard Album Chart, [38] and Number 156 on the Billboard 200 Chart. [39]

On September 15, Mike Smith peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Charts with the single "Beautiful Day". [40] [41]

On December 15, 2018, Billboard 's Year End Charts were released. Mike Smith's single "Beautiful Day" was the 33rd biggest song of the year on the Billboard Christian Streaming Year End Chart. [42]

In 2019, Smith was one of the producers of Juicy J's moderate hit "Don't You Wanna". [43] On July 15 Jazz Part Two was released and hit No. 1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Charts. [44] On July 26, Smith released Follow the Leader, a cover of Eric B. & Rakim's album in the style of jazz with Jonathan Hay and Benny Reid that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Jazz Charts and was up for Grammy consideration. [45] [46] [47]

On January 17, 2020, Smith released the album "Somewhere In The Middle". [48] On March 14, 2020, the first single "Hardworking Man" from the album "Somewhere In The Middle" hit number 25 on the Billboard Rock Chart. [49]

On January 26, 2021, Smith became a brand ambassador for AMS Neve helping to promote the brand new Neve 8424 console. [50]

On April 1, 2022, Smith's song "Hardworking Man" was recreated by Snoop Dogg, Billy Ray Cyrus, and the Avila Brothers and renamed "A Hard Working Man". [51] Mike is listed as a co writer on the song. [52]

On July 10, 2022, it was announced that Mike Smith and RZA would be Executive Producers of the feature film "Nyctophia" and Smith and RZA's production company Razor Sharp would be one of the Producers of the film as well. Smith would be Music Supervisor of the film as well. [53] [54] [55]

On October 6, 2022, Smith's song "A Hard Working Man" a song he co wrote with Snoop Dogg, Billy Ray Cyrus, and The Avila Brothers was featured on Thursday Night NFL Primetime. [56] . On October 24, 2022 “A Hard Working Man” was featured in the CBS Sports Special Highlighting the League’s Tight Ends, on Sunday, as the lyrics celebrate the grind, toughness and grit that the Tight End offers their team. [57]

On December 15, 2022, it was announced that Mike Smith’s SMH Records has signed a production deal with Island of Misfits Media to create the new animated series “Death Travelers". [58] [59]

“Death Travelers” is an animated series created by Smith, who also executive produces with Erika Smith and Snoop Dogg. The project follows Smith and his music partner Nio, as they travel into the afterlife “rescuing lost souls, righting supernatural wrongs, searching for lost love, and maybe earning enough to quit their day jobs.” The show concept includes each episode having a famous musical guest as a story character while debuting original music. Some of the first musical stars will include Snoop Dogg and RZA. [60] [61]

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