Beam (hip-hop musician)


Tyshane Thompson, known professionally as Beam, is a Jamaican-born American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the son of dancehall and gospel reggae singer Papa San. He was one-half of the production duo 808&Elite. Beam released his debut studio album, Alien, on February 4, 2022. It includes collaborations with Justin Bieber, Jorja Smith, and his father, among others.

Career

According to Thompson's father, he started producing at age ten. He formed the now-disbanded production duo 808&Elite with Matt Massaro.
He first received notice when he produced for Andy Mineo on the tracks "Young", featuring KB, and "Michael Jackson", featuring Thi'sl, Rich Perez, R-Swift, and Bubba Watson, from the mixtape Formerly Known in 2011. In 2012 he produced the highly popular, Jamaican-tinged song "Black Rose" by Lecrae on the mixtape Church Clothes. He also appeared in the final episode of the web-series Saturday Morning Car-Tunez, created by Andy Mineo, where he helped remix the Puff Daddy song "It's All About the Benjamins". On July 6, 2012, Thompson and Matt Massaro, under the name 808&Elite, released the single "Me Monster", featuring Andy Mineo, from their upcoming beat-tape, Diamonds x Pearls. The tape was made available two days later for free download exclusively through the Christian hip-hop website Rapzilla. Thompson's talent was praised by critics when he and ThaInnaCircle produced the bass-heavy, East Coast style, reggae and dancehall-influenced song "Violence" by Lecrae from the Grammy-winning album Gravity, released on September 4, 2012. In October 2012, Thompson competed at the second Annual Rapzilla.com Beat Battle at the 2012 Flavor Fest. Thompson, his father Papa San and brother Tyrone Andrew, are working on a collaborative project. 808 & Elite now produces under Street Symphony's Track or Die label. In addition to his work with his father and brother, Lecrae, and Andy Mineo, Tyshane has produced, both independently and as part of 808 & Elite, for artists such as 2 Chainz, Yo Gotti, G-Eazy, Xavier Omär, and Asaiah Ziv.
He was featured by Beyoncé on her 2022 album Renaissance, on the song "Energy".
He co-wrote the track "Burn" from ¥$ album Vultures 1, released on 10 February 2024.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other charted songs

Guest appearances

Production discography

2010

;Tyrone Andrew – ''The Road''

2011

;Andy Mineo – Formerly Known
;Paul Morris – Paul Morris Under Construction – Co-produced with Paul Morris

2012

;Papa San – My Story
Tyrone Andrew – "Encamp"
;Lecrae – Church Clothes
Andy Mineo – Saturday Morning Cartoons
Tyrone Andrew – "Love or Hate"
;Lecrae – Gravity
DJ Official and Alex Medina – Gravity The Remix EP
'''KIDD – "Fireworks" '''

2013

;Beleaf – Theo's Gift
;Gabe – "Yikes"
;Andy Mineo – Heroes for Sale
;SPZRKT – The Loner
;SPZRKT – "Best of Your Love"
;Social Club – Summer of George
;KIDD – "Murder My Flesh" –
;KIDD – Murder My Flesh
;Papa San – One Blood
;SPZRKT – Lucid Dream
;Lecrae – Church Clothes 2
;Man Praisin Hard – ''Critical Condition: The Mixtape, pt. 2''

2014

;GABRL – "Starters"
;J Mynor – "New Me"
;KB – 100
;The Rise – Casual Tuesdays
;D. Tropp – Away from Home
;Surf Gvng – Surf Gvng
;Ernest Rush – ''STRT TRBL''

2015

;Gabrl – Here's a Mixtape
;Yo Gotti – ''CM8''

2016

;Adrian Stresow – Pajama Day
;Stef Silva – "Highs"
;Xavier Omar – "Hesitate"
;Trav – ''Push3''

2017

;Social Club Misfits – "Dive"

2018

;21 Savage – ''I Am > I Was''

2019

;Andy Mineo – "Work In Progress"
;Skip Marley – "Enemy"

2021

;Anuel AA – "Llorando en un Ferrari"

2022

;Justin Bieber – "Honest"
;Beyoncé - ''Renaissance''

2023

;Metro Boomin - ''Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ''

808&Elite discography

EPs

Compilations

Singles

Production discography

Note that this includes tracks produced only by Matt Massaro aka 808

2011

;Andy Mineo – ''Formerly Known''

2013

;Andy Mineo – Heroes for Sale
;116 Clique – "Now They Know"
;Lecrae – Church Clothes 2
;SPZRKT – ''Lucid Dream''

2014

;Bishop – Rose Gold
;Thomas McLaren – "Us"
;GABRL – "Better "
;GABRL – "Wake Up"
;2 Chainz – Freebase
;Tracy T – The Wolf of All Streets
;Tedashii – Below Paradise
;HillaryJane – Sticks and Stones
;Wave Chapelle – Only the Beginning
;Lecrae – Anomaly
;Paul Morris – Square One
;Spencer Kane – Runway
;Ernest Rush – ''STRT TRBL''

2015

;Thomas McLaren – "Us"
;Yo Gotti – Concealed
;Neek Bucks – Here For a Reason Vol. II
"How Can I"
;Genra – "The Notebook"
;Genra – "Black Holes" – produced by 8X8
;KB – Tomorrow We Live
;GABRL – Here's a Mixtape
;Reconcile – Catching Bodies
;2 Chainz – ''Trapavelli Tre''

2016

;Reconcile – "Cross on Me"
;2 Chainz – Felt Like Cappin
;SPZRT – "Hesitate"
;David Banner – "Black Fist"
;Trav – Push3
;G Easy – "So Much Better"
;Gabrl – "Too Much Left"
;Zoey Dollaz – October
;2 Chainz – "Let's Ride" –

Filmography

As composer

As actor

Awards