YoungKio

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YoungKio
Birth nameKiowa Roukema
Born (1999-12-03) 3 December 1999 (age 24)
Purmerend, Netherlands
Genres
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  • Record producer
  • songwriter
Instruments
Years active2016–present
Labels

Kiowa Roukema (born 3 December 1999), professionally known as YoungKio, is a Dutch record producer and songwriter. He is best known for producing "Old Town Road", by American rapper Lil Nas X in 2019. Since the rise in popularity of "Old Town Road", YoungKio signed to Victor Victor Worldwide, Universal Music Publishing Group and French record producer CashMoneyAP's record label and production collective Cash Gang. He is of Surinamese descent.

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Career

Roukema first started producing beats in 2016. He began producing on the popular digital audio workstation FL Studio, which his friend gifted to him. [2] Roukema's early and current influences include producers Wheezy and TM88. [3] He later stated, "In my opinion, I became good at it pretty fast." He began posting his type beats on YouTube and sold leases for $30. [4] With this money, he saved up to purchase a year-long membership to the beat store hosting platform BeatStars. [5]

In 2018, one of Roukema's beats was leased by American rapper Lil Nas X for his song "Old Town Road". The beat sampled the 2008 Nine Inch Nails song "Ghost IV – 34". [4] The song was released independently on December 3, 2018, and gained popularity on social video sharing app TikTok. Since the rise in popularity of "Old Town Road", Roukema has done interviews with Forbes , GQ , and many other publications. He has also flown to Los Angeles to work with producers like CashMoneyAP, and appeared in the "Old Town Road" music video. [2] He has since been hired to produce beats for prominent artists like Lil Pump and Rico Nasty. [2]

Production discography

Charted singles


TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US USR&B/HH AUS CAN DEN IRE NOR NZ SWE UK
"Old Town Road"
(Lil Nas X either solo or remix featuring Billy Ray Cyrus)		20181
[6] 		1
[7] 		1
[8] 		1
[9] 		1
[10] 		1
[11] 		1
[12] 		1
[13] 		2
[14] 		1
[15] 		7
"Papi Chulo"
(Octavian and Skepta)		2020—————————37
[22] 		Alpha
"Burn the Hoods"
(Ski Mask the Slump God)		— [upper-alpha 1] —————————Non-album single
"Jumpin"
(NLE Choppa featuring Polo G) [24] 		20218940—74—————— Me vs. Me
"Shotta Flow 6"
(NLE Choppa) [25] 		20228630————————
"Her"
(Megan Thee Stallion) [26] 		6219———————— Traumazine

Notes

  1. ↑ "Burn the Hoods" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 22 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. [23]

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