In February 2016, Beyoncé released "Formation" without warning. "That was a culture shock," remembers Mike Will Made-It, who co-wrote and co-produced the single. "I thought that was going to go Number One. When that shit didn't go, I was like, I ain't never gonna get a Number One. Fuck that. I'm just gonna keep making hot shit." The following February, Mike Will Made-It was at the Grammys, nominated for his work on the song. "I'm like, I know for a fact we about to win a Grammy," the producer recalls. But Beyoncé was largely shut out that year, so Mike Will Made-It resigned himself to a Grammy-less existence. "Fuck it," he decided. "We don't do it for trophies anyway." The producer has since remedied both these disappointments. Nine months after the release of "Formation," the frenetic hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd 's "Black Beatles" topped the Hot 100, giving Mike Will Made-It his first Number One on that chart. He returned to the summit in May as the producer on Kendrick Lamar 's "Humble." And he got his Grammy this past February, when "Humble." took home the Best Rap Song honor. With those goals checked off – the producer has also… Read full this story
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