{{short description|American record producer and songwriter (born 1992)}} {{Infobox person |name = LilJuMadeDaBeat |birth_name = Julian Martrel Mason |birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1992|3|17}} |birth_place = [[DeSoto, Texas]], United States |alma_mater = [[University of Houston]] |module = {{Infobox musical artist |embed = yes |origin = [[Houston|Houston, Texas]], United States |genre = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[pop music|pop]]}} |label = [[1501 Certified Entertainment|1501 Certified]] |occupation = {{Hlist | Record producer | songwriter }} |background = person<!-- track if single person or group for hCard microformat: use value person or group_or_band. --> }} }}
'''Julian Martrel Mason''' (born March 17, 1992), better known under the pseudonym '''LilJuMadeDaBeat''', is an American record producer and songwriter, most known for his work with [[2 Chainz]], [[Beyoncé]] and [[Megan Thee Stallion]]. Mason has co-written and/or produced hits "[[Big Ole Freak]]", "[[Cash Shit]]", "[[Captain Hook (Megan Thee Stallion song)|Captain Hook]]", "[[Body (Megan Thee Stallion song)|Body]]", "[[Megan's Piano]]", and "[[Thot Shit]]" among others.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/how-julian-liljumadedabeat-mason-became-a-go-to-producer-for-megan-thee-stallion-and-beyonce-14637404|title=Dallas Producer LilJuMadeDaBeat Is the Beatmaker Behind Your Favorite Songs|first=Alex|last=Gonzalez|website=Dallas Observer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814211021/https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/how-julian-liljumadedabeat-mason-became-a-go-to-producer-for-megan-thee-stallion-and-beyonce-14637404 |archive-date=2023-08-14 }}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/A-Conversation-with-Megan-Thee-Stallion-Producer-LilJuMadeDaBeat|title=The Beat Goes On: A Conversation with Megan Thee Stallion Producer LilJuMadeDaBeat|date=April 13, 2021|website=BMI.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814211358/https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/A-Conversation-with-Megan-Thee-Stallion-Producer-LilJuMadeDaBeat |archive-date=2023-08-14 }}</ref>
==Early life== Born in DeSoto, a smaller suburb of Dallas, Mason's love of music can be traced back to exposure to his parents' record collection. A friend introduced him to a demo version of music production software [[FL Studio]] in grade ten, and he began creating productions. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://respect-mag.com/2019/06/respect-interview-meet-liljumadedabeat-the-producer-behind-megan-thee-stallions-big-ole-freak/|title=RESPECT. Interview: Meet Liljumadedabeat, the Producer Behind Megan Thee Stallion's "Big Ole Freak"|first=Tracy|last=Mitchell|date=June 15, 2019|access-date=July 26, 2023|archive-date=July 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726172541/https://respect-mag.com/2019/06/respect-interview-meet-liljumadedabeat-the-producer-behind-megan-thee-stallions-big-ole-freak/|url-status=live}}</ref> He subsequently joined his DeSoto High School band as a percussionist, graduating in the top 10 percent of his class, and attended [[University of Houston]] for a period after being accepted into their architecture program. <ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wfaa.com/article/entertainment/meet-the-desoto-native-who-produces-megan-thee-stallion-songs/287-382e21d2-3543-45cf-b174-71d42cd2cfad|title='And if the beat live...': Meet the DeSoto native who produced your favorite Megan Thee Stallion songs|date=June 8, 2022|website=wfaa.com|access-date=July 26, 2023|archive-date=July 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726172540/https://www.wfaa.com/article/entertainment/meet-the-desoto-native-who-produces-megan-thee-stallion-songs/287-382e21d2-3543-45cf-b174-71d42cd2cfad|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Career== ===2013–2016: Music industry beginnings and Gucci Mane === In 2013, three years after graduating high school, and encountering some academic trouble in college, Mason dropped out and remained in Houston. <ref name="auto"/> Wanting to realize his dream of making music instead of architecture, Mason's past experimentation with FL Studio was met with success, as Atlanta rapper [[Gucci Mane]] utilized one of his productions to create "With My Pistol", later placed on his 2013 mixtape ''World War 3, Vol. 3: Gas''. <ref name="auto1"/> Discussions began for Gucci Mane to sign Mason as a producer to his label, but legal trouble for the rapper ended these discussions, and Mason continued to work behind the scenes as a freelance music producer for another five years. <ref name="auto1"/>
===2017–2024: Megan Thee Stallion, 1501 Entertainment, and ''Renaissance'' === In 2017, Mason was contracted by label [[1501 Certified Entertainment|1501 Certified]] to become their in-house producer, working with potential signee [[Megan Pete]], then an up-and-coming rapper from Houston. <ref name="auto"/> The first song they created together was “Tina Montana", which would become the first track made for her breakout 2018 EP ''[[Tina Snow]]''. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/megan-thee-stallion-2021-grammys|title=The Rise And Rise Of Megan Thee Stallion: Juicy J, Scott Storch, LilJuMadeDaBeat & More On The Houston Rapper's Emergence|website=www.grammy.com|access-date=2023-07-26|archive-date=2023-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726172539/https://www.grammy.com/news/megan-thee-stallion-2021-grammys|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto2"/> Coupled with breakout single "[[Big Ole Freak]]", her career began to take off, and Mason was signed to a publishing deal with [[Sony Music Publishing]]. <ref name="auto"/> Mason has since written and produced on top-10 [[Megan Thee Stallion]] projects ''[[Fever (mixtape)|Fever]]'' (2019) ''[[Suga (EP)|Suga]]'' (2020), ''[[Good News (Megan Thee Stallion album)|Good News]]'' (2020), ''[[Something for Thee Hotties]]'' (2021), ''[[Traumazine]]'' (2022), and ''[[Megan (album)|Megan]]'' (2024), recently reaching number one on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Rap Producers chart. <ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/lil-ju-no-1-rap-rb-hip-hop-producers-charts-megan-thee-stallion/|title=Lil Ju Hits No. 1 on Rap & R&B/Hip-Hop Producers Charts, Thanks to Megan Thee Stallion Hits|first=Xander|last=Zellner|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 3, 2020|access-date=July 26, 2023|archive-date=July 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726172540/https://www.billboard.com/pro/lil-ju-no-1-rap-rb-hip-hop-producers-charts-megan-thee-stallion/|url-status=live}}</ref> Mason next worked with fellow Houstonian [[Beyoncé]], who would use one of his production loops to complete the first 36 seconds of "Thique", a record from her 2022 album ''[[Renaissance (Beyoncé album)|Renaissance]]'' that was initially created almost a decade earlier from a skeleton produced by rapper-producer [[Hit-Boy]]. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/hit-boy-says-beyonces-thique-was-originally-made-in-2014-3292288|title=Hit-Boy says Beyoncé's 'Thique' was originally made in 2014|first=Damian|last=Jones|website=[[NME]]|date=August 17, 2022|access-date=July 26, 2023|archive-date=July 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726172539/https://www.nme.com/news/music/hit-boy-says-beyonces-thique-was-originally-made-in-2014-3292288|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/beyonce-making-of-renaissance-who-produced-hit-boy-discography-1396456/|title=Exclusive: Hit-Boy Produced Beyoncé's New Song 'Thique'… Eight Years Ago|first=Brian|last=Hiatt|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=August 12, 2022|access-date=July 26, 2023|archive-date=August 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812224610/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/beyonce-making-of-renaissance-who-produced-hit-boy-discography-1396456/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2024, Mason co-composed and co-produced "[[Hiss (song)|Hiss]]" from Megan Thee Stallion's self-titled third studio album, later debuting at number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] and [[Billboard Global 200|Global 200]] charts, and top five on various international charts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2249195/megan-thee-stallion-hiss/music/|title=Megan Thee Stallion Shares New Single "Hiss": Listen|date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
==Production and songwriting credits==
Credits are courtesy of [[Discogs]], [[Tidal (service)|Tidal]], [[Apple Music]], [[Genius (company)|Genius]], and [[AllMusic]].
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" style="width:24.5em;"| Title ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Artist ! scope="col"| Album |- ! scope="row"| "With My Pistol" |2013 |[[Gucci Mane]] |''World War 3, Vol. 3: Gas'' |- ! scope="row"| "OK Bitch" | rowspan="7"|2018 |[[2 Chainz]] |''[[The Play Don't Care Who Makes It]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "Walking Ticket" |[[Key Glock]] |''Glockoma'' |- ! scope="row"| "Freak Nasty" | rowspan="11"|[[Megan Thee Stallion]] | rowspan="5"|''[[Tina Snow]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "Neva" |- ! scope="row"| "[[Big Ole Freak]]" |- ! scope="row"| "Tina Montana" |- ! scope="row"| "Make a Bag" (featuring [[Moneybagg Yo]]) |- ! scope="row"| "Realer" | rowspan="7"|2019 | rowspan="6"|''[[Fever (mixtape)|Fever]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "[[Cash Shit]]" (featuring [[DaBaby]]) |- ! scope="row"| "Shake That" |- ! scope="row"| "Ratchet" |- ! scope="row"| "Big Drank" |- ! scope="row"| "Running Up Freestyle" |- ! scope="row"| "Stank Walk" |[[Asian Doll]] |''Fight Night'' |- ! scope="row"| "[[Captain Hook (Megan Thee Stallion song)|Captain Hook]]" | rowspan="4"|2020 | rowspan="3"|[[Megan Thee Stallion]] |''[[Suga (EP)]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "Do It on the Tip" (featuring [[City Girls]]) | rowspan="2"|''[[Good News (Megan Thee Stallion album)|Good News]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "[[Body (Megan Thee Stallion song)|Body]]" |- ! scope="row"| "Lambo Wrist" |[[2 Chainz]] |''[[So Help Me God!]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "Megan Monday Freestyle" | rowspan="6"|2021 | rowspan="8"|[[Megan Thee Stallion]] | rowspan="6"|''[[Something for Thee Hotties]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "Southside Forever Freestyle" |- ! scope="row"| "Outta Town Freestyle" |- ! scope="row"| "[[Megan's Piano]]" |- ! scope="row"| "Tina Snow Interlude" |- ! scope="row"| "[[Thot Shit]]" |- ! scope="row"| "Flip Flop" | rowspan="7"|2022 |''[[Traumazine]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "Get It on the Floor" (featuring J. Alphonse Nicholson) |''P-Valley: Season 2 (Music From the Original TV Series)'' |- ! scope="row"| "Thique" |[[Beyoncé]] |''[[Renaissance (Beyoncé album)|Renaissance]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "Million Dollars Worth of Game" (featuring [[42 Dugg]]) |[[2 Chainz]] |''[[Dope Don't Sell Itself]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "Shiest Talk" (featuring [[Pooh Shiesty]]) |[[Lil Baby]] |''[[It's Only Me]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "Pop That Trunk" |[[Juicy J]] & [[Wiz Khalifa]] |''Stoner's Night'' |- ! scope="row"| "The Recipe" |[[Babyface (musician)|Babyface]] & [[Muni Long]] |''[[Girls' Night Out (Babyface album)|Girls' Night Out]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "Same Side" (featuring [[Rob49]]) | rowspan="2"|2023 |[[Lil Durk]] |''[[Almost Healed]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "[[You (Lola Brooke song)|You]]" (featuring [[Bryson Tiller]]) |[[Lola Brooke]] |''Dennis Daughter'' |- ! scope="row"| "[[Hiss (Megan Thee Stallion song)|Hiss]]" | rowspan="10"|2024 | rowspan="10"|[[Megan Thee Stallion]] | rowspan="7"|''[[Megan (album)|Megan]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "[[Boa (song)|Boa]]" |- ! scope="row"| "Rattle" |- ! scope="row"| "Figueroa" |- ! scope="row"| "Where Them Girls At" |- ! scope="row"| "B.A.S" |- ! scope="row"| "It's Prime Day (Amazon Music)" |- ! scope="row"| "[[Neva Play]]" (featuring [[RM (musician)|RM]]) | rowspan="3"|''[[Megan: Act II]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "Number One Rule" |- ! scope="row"| "Roc Steady" (featuring [[Flo Milli]]) |- |}
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Work ! scope="col"| Award ! scope="col"| Result !Ref |- | 2019 | "[[Big Ole Freak]]" | [[2019 BET Hip Hop Awards|BET Hip-Hop Award for Single of the Year]] | {{Nominated}} | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/09/entertainment/bet-hip-hop-awards-2019-trnd/index.html|title=BET Hip Hop Awards 2019: The winners list|first=Lisa Respers|last=France|date=October 9, 2019|website=CNN|access-date=August 14, 2023|archive-date=May 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528201302/https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/09/entertainment/bet-hip-hop-awards-2019-trnd/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"| 2023 | rowspan="2"| [[Renaissance (Beyoncé album)|''Renaissance'']] |[[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]] | {{Nominated}} | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list|title=2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List|website=www.grammy.com|access-date=2022-11-28|archive-date=2014-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207032519/https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |[[Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album]] {{ref|Best Dance/Electronic Album|A}} | {{Won}} | |- |}
===Notes=== :A. {{ref|Best Dance/Electronic Album|A}} Winning producers in this category with less than a 50% album contribution are awarded with a Winner's Certificate.
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