Aaron Bow

Aaron Bow grew up in Missouri, while spending summers at his grandmother's house in North Carolina.^[2] Intent on playing in a band, he began to teach himself guitar at the age of 12.^[2] A few years later, in high school, his attention shifted to making beats in FL Studio.^[2] Bow honed his craft by collaborating with local producers and artists, while simultaneously sending his work to artists online. His genre-less sound is inspired by eclectic influences including Phil Collins, Gucci Mane, Pharrell, and Lex Luger.^[2]

In 2012, he secured his first major placement with the track "Throwin Racks" by Yung Dred, featuring Gucci Mane.^[3][2] In 2014, Bow scored a short film about the world's first paraplegic motocross rider entitled 117: The Darius Glover Story, which premiered at the New Orleans Film Festival.^[4] In 2016, Bow scored a feature film exploring Philadelphia's underground dirt bike community entitled The Last Ride: A Philadelphia Story.^[5]

In 2017, Bow collaborated with Teddy Walton to co-produce "Crushed Glass" by Freddie Gibbs^[6] and "Pacific Ocean" by Young Dolph.^[7]

In 2018, Bow co-produced "Redemption" by Zacari and Babes Wodumo.^[8] The track was featured on Kendrick Lamar's Black Panther: The Album, which became platinum certified in May 2018^[9] and was nominated for Album of the Year at 61st Annual Grammy Awards.^[10] Bow and Walton also co-produced "ES Tales" by Jay Rock^[11] and "Pop Another" by Maxo Kream.^[12]

In 2019, Bow co-produced "Celebrate" by DJ Khaled, featuring Travis Scott and Post Malone.^[2][13] The track peaked at #52 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[14] "Celebrate" was featured on DJ Khaled's project Father of Asahd, which hit #2 on the Billboard 200 album and #1 on the Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B Chart.^[14] Bow also co-produced Bryson Tiller's single "Blame" alongside Teddy Walton and J-Louis.^[15]

In 2020, Bow co-produced "Franchise" by Travis Scott.^[16] Bow later co-produced two tracks off Big Sean's album Detroit 2: "Don Life" featuring Lil Wayne, and "Everything That's Missing" featuring Dwele.^[17] That same year, Bow worked on the original score for Your Attention Please, a Hulu short series hosted by Craig Robinson celebrating inspiring black voices “who are part of the next generation of excellence".^[18] Bow also co-produced the track "Dive" from Kid Cudi's Man on the Moon III: The Chosen.^[19]

In 2021, Bow co-produced "Been Like This" from Doja Cat's album Planet Her.^[20] The production earned him his first Grammy nomination.^[21]