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Adam Cherrington (born April 20, 1979), better known as "Wyshmaster", is an American record producer of hip-hop, contemporary R&B, and pop music. [1] [2] [3] He has produced for games, commercials, television, movies, internet and radio; working with prominent names such as Nelly, T-Pain, Pitbull, Tech N9ne, St. Lunatics, Chingy, The Lonely Island, Field Mob, B.o.B and more. [4] [5] [6] [7] His work is multi-platinum selling and Grammy Award nominated. [8] [9] [10] He was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2010 for the multi-platinum selling single, "I'm on a Boat" featuring Lonely Island and T-Pain. [11] [12]

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Career

Raised in the Chicago, Illinois, area, Wyshmaster started his career producing pop hip-hop tracks for Chicago's Midway Games video games such as NARC and NBA Ballers: Phenom . [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] In St. Louis he worked with Nelly, St. Lunatics, Chingy, and other local artists. He produced Brass Knuckles by Nelly [18] and "Superhero" by Chingy. [18]

When SNL played "I'm on a Boat" it went viral, and Wyshmaster moved to Los Angeles. [19] [20] While in Los Angeles, he received a Grammy Award nomination, [21] and worked with various American Idol finalists and songwriters, and was signed to Peermusic. [22]

From 2011 until 2018, Wyshmaster teamed up with extreme Institute by Nelly [23] and began dividing his time between producing and investing in the next generation of artists. [24] [25] He designed courses such as Beatology and served as a Campus Director in St. Louis, Missouri. [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32]

Late 2018, Wyshmaster relocated to Nashville, Tennessee constructing a novel breakthrough program solely surrounding music production. [33] As one of the pioneers of leasing and selling music online, Wysh designed a program for students to learn the art of creating, leasing and selling their music, as well as how to network and earn a living as a music professional. Wyshmaster maintains his original focus for every artist online. [34] [35] [36]

Production discography

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