[2][3] Simmons produced the 2017 hit single "XO Tour Llif3" by Lil Uzi Vert, which peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and received diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
His other notable production credits include songs for Young Thug, Future, Gucci Mane, Migos, Wiz Khalifa, and Juicy J; he formed the group TGOD Mafia with the latter two in 2016, with whom he released a collaborative studio album in June of that year.
In 2009, Simmons, aged 22, began producing instrumentals for Slim Dunkin, an artist on Brick Squad Monopoly before his murder in late 2011.
In 2012, TM88 had his first major placement as a solo producer on Waka Flocka Flame's song "Lurkin", which was on his second studio album Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family.
In 2013, Simmons worked with Gucci Mane, and landed a placement on his commercial mixtape, Trap House III (2013).