Young Fyre
Tramaine Winfrey, known professionally as Young Fyre, is an American record producer from Des Moines, Iowa. He began his career as an in-house producer T-Pain's label Nappy Boy Entertainment in 2010, and has since worked extensively with rappers Jaden Smith and Trinidad James. He founded in 2019, a plugin and sound pack technology company for professional producers.
Young Fyre has produced for artists including Britney Spears, Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, Busta Rhymes, Big Time Rush, Nicky Jam, Tank, Rico Love, Will Smith, ASAP Rocky, Kehlani, Cousin Stizz, Marc Anthony, Young Buck, Bad Bunny, Benny Benassi, Tamar Braxton, and The OMG Girlz, among others. His credits include T-Pain's singles "Best Love Song", "Rap Song" and "Booty Wurk ", Britney Spears' singles "Private Show" and "What You Need", and Lil' Wayne's "How to Hate".
Early life
Young Fyre was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa. Although most of the music popular in Iowa was pop, rock, and country, Winfrey's parents listened to R&B at home, and he began to experiment with the keyboard when his grandmother purchased one when he was 10. From there, he pursued his passion for music. He attributes his unique sound to these varying influences, explaining "the diversity came from listening to everything". He credits his early musical influences as Timbaland, Missy Elliott, and Busta Rhymes.Music career
Early career
After years of honing his production skills, Young Fyre first gained recognition on RocBattle.com. After seeing an advertisement for the competition in a copy of XXL, he created a profile and devised a methodical plan to win his battles. Young Fyre posted a beat battle record of 233–9, becoming Grand Champ and defeated established champion Rockwilder. His success on RocBattle gained him recognition in the hip hop community and eventually led to collaborations with numerous rappers in the Midwestern United States.First Placements
From 2008 to 2009, Young Fyre produced 17 tracks across Tech N9ne's Killer, Sickology 101 and K.O.D. albums, including the single "Like Yeah". He also produced 6 tracks on Kutt Calhoun's Feature Presentation and 3 tracks on Big Scoob's Monsterifik, as well as 1 track each for Young Buck and Yung Berg.Nappy Boy Entertainment
In 2010, Nappy Boy Entertainment rapper Young Cash heard Young Fyre's music and joined him on a Skype call along with label founder/owner T-Pain, who called the producer and offered to fly him to Miami for a meeting, where Young Fyre was introduced to industry names like Timbaland at The Hit Factory Criteria Miami.After signing with Nappy Boy Entertainment, Young Fyre began working with T-Pain and the rest of the Nappy Boy Entertainment roster. He produced the official remix of Travie McCoy's hit song "Billionaire" featuring Bruno Mars. The remix features T-Pain, One Chance & Gucci Mane. He also produced One Chance's "Sexin' On You", Brandon T. Jackson's "Imma Do It Big" featuring T-Pain & One Chance, and Italian electro house DJ/producer Benny Benassi's "Electroman" featuring T-Pain.
In 2011, Young Fyre produced the majority of T-Pain's album Revolver, including "Best Love Song" featuring Chris Brown, "Rap Song" featuring Rick Ross, and "Booty Wurk " featuring Joey Galaxy, which were released as singles. Of his work with T-Pain on Revolver, Young Fyre explained, "Our chemistry is unbelievable. It's a joint effort on every song and it's a beautiful thing".
In 2017, Nappy Boy Entertainment filed a lawsuit against Cash Money Records for unpaid royalties for T-Pain and Young Fyre's work on Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III and Tha Carter IV.