A close friend of Latif's family, Teddy Pendergrass, served as a mentor for the young budding artist.

[2] Latif was given a demo deal, which helped him hone his writing skills, and gave him knowledge about the recording process.

This actually worked out well for Latif, because the "taste of spotlight" from the performance convinced him to tell his parents that he did not want to go back to Berklee College of Music.

It was mainly written by Latif, with production by Ryan Leslie, Bryan-Michael Cox, Adonis Shropshire, Greg Charley, Andy C, Teddy Bishop, Mechalie Jamison, D "French" Spencer, and Sean Garrett.

He has also continued to write for other artists, such as JoJo, Cassie, The Roots, Jim Jones, Joey Bada$$, Usher, Trey Songz, Chris Brown, Faith Evans, and Musiq Soulchild to name a few.

In 2017, he teamed with friend and fellow writer-producer Aaron Kleinstaub to form duo Lo Boii.