J. White Did It

White has produced three Billboard Hot 100-number one singles: "Bodak Yellow" (2017) and "I Like It" (2018) both for Cardi B, as well as "Savage Remix" (2020) for Megan Thee Stallion.

[5] In 2005, White moved to New York City where he started learning how to produce records.

[5] There, he met Klenord "Shaft" Raphael, a producer who later went on to become his mentor and manager, who taught him how to sample songs.

During this period of time, he produced beats for several artists including Stevie Stone, Krizz Kaliko, Eric Bellinger, and Lyrica Anderson, but his music career wasn't taking off.

[6] He told The Kansas City Star that he wasn't getting credit on a lot of records he produced at the time.

Their first collaboration was for 2016 promotional single "What a Girl Likes", followed by a number of songs from Cardi B's second mixtape, Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol.

[6][7] In 2017, White produced Cardi B's major-label debut single "Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)".

[10] In September of that year, he signed a deal with rights management and publishing company Kobalt Music Group.

[11] Billboard staff, Los Angeles Times, and Apple Music's editorial selection ranked it as the best song of the year.

[13] White executive produced Iggy Azalea's second studio album In My Defense (2019),[14] including its lead single "Sally Walker".

[17][18] White's mother was murdered on January 28, 2015, due to domestic violence, leading to what he recalls as "one of the lowest years of [his] life.

[6] He believes hip hop records should come naturally and quickly: "I don't really believe in spending a lot of time [on hip hop records]," he told DJ Booth, adding, "If the energy is there and it hits you, it will hit you automatically.