Nitti Gritti

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NITTI
Birth nameRichard Cook Mears IV
Born (1994-05-10) May 10, 1994 (age 29)
Genres
Occupation(s) Vocalist, producer, DJ
Years active2016–present
Labels
Member ofSidepiece

Richard Cook Mears IV, [1] better known as Nitti Gritti [2] is a Los Angeles based record producer, DJ and vocalist. [3] [4] [5] His collaboration with Party Favor as Sidepiece, a music duo group, [6] was nominated for a Grammy in 2021 under Best Dance Recording segment for their 2019 single "On My Mind" featuring Diplo. [7] [8] NITTI is known for collaborating and working with Enrique Iglesias, [9] Pitbull, [10] DJ Snake, [11] [12] Shaquille O'Neal, [13] Tiesto, Diplo, Ookay, [14] Jimmy Levy, [15] Shndō, [16] etc. In 2019, NITTI's single "200 MPH" with Diplo won a Latin Grammy, which was on Bad Bunny's album X 100PRE . [17]

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Early life and career

Raised in Pennsylvania, Mears moved with his family to Haiti at the age of six where his parents served in Christian missionary work—his father as a soccer coach and his mother, a teacher. [10] After living In Haiti for eight years, he moved to Miami, Florida. [18] He started his professional music career under the name Nitti in the year 2016 as he released "It's Nit!". [19] [20] In 2018, he attended his first world tour and Ghastly's The Mystifying Oracle Tour. In the same year he produced Enrique's "Move To Miami" featuring Pitbull [9] and Bad Bunny's "200 MPH", with Diplo. [17] His 2018 release Crack was the 7th most played song at 2018 Ultra Music Festival. [21] Mears performed in Audiotistic Music Festival, [22] Electric Daisy Carnival, [23] [24] Life in Color, [25] Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival, [26] Asteria Music Festival etc. His single "200 MPH", received a Latin Grammy in 2019. [11]

On 19 September 2019, Nitti announced collaboration with Party Favor to form the duo Sidepiece. [27] [28] Their debut release was "Wanna See You" published through Billboard. [6] [29] Their 2020 single "On My Mind" was nominated in the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards for Best Dance Recording segment. [30] [31] [32] In 2020, he was ranked the 14th in the list of the Top 101 Producers in the world by 1001tracklists.com. [33] [34]

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

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