Timbaland is an American record producer, composer, rapper, and singer.

[2] Timbaland released his first solo studio album, Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment, in 1998.

[3] Two years later, in 2000, Timbaland produced several hit songs including Ludacris' "Rollout (My Business)",[4] and contributed three singles to Aaliyah's self-titled third album.

[5] He collaborated with Nelly Furtado on Loose[6] and with Justin Timberlake on FutureSex/LoveSounds in 2006.

[7] Timbaland released his second solo studio album, Timbaland Presents Shock Value, in 2007,[8] and helped produce Madonna's twelfth studio album, Hard Candy, released in 2008.

[9] Timbaland has received 21 Grammy Award nominations, winning four awards: one of them is for his collaboration with Timberlake on "SexyBack" in 2007, and another one for "LoveStoned", another collaboration with Timberlake, in 2008.

[10] American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a non-profit performance rights organization that also holds a series of annual awards shows.

(Co-recipients Swizz Beatz & DJ D-Nice) The BET Hip Hop Awards is an annual awards show hosted by Black Entertainment Television.