Aaron Bow
{{short description|American record producer (born 1992)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Aaron Bow
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| birth_name = Aaron Kendric Booe https://music.apple.com/ca/song/xtc/1590366140
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1992|12|23}}
| birth_place = Knob Noster, Missouri, U.S.
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| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Record producer
- songwriter
}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
- Teddy Walton
- Travis Scott
- Post Malone
- Kendrick Lamar
- Doja Cat
- Bryson Tiller
- Gucci Mane
- DJ Khaled
- T-Pain
- Jay Rock
- Lil Yachty
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Aaron Kendric Booe (born December 23, 1992), known professionally as Aaron Bow, is an American record producer and songwriter. He has produced for artists including Travis Scott, Post Malone, Kendrick Lamar, Doja Cat, Lil Yachty, 6lack, Roddy Ricch, Gucci Mane, Bryson Tiller, among others.
Early life
Aaron Bow grew up in Missouri, while spending summers at his grandmother's house in North Carolina.{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8512913/aaron-bow-dj-khaled-celebrate-interview|title=How Aaron Bow Made Beats to Leave Missouri and Produce on DJ Khaled's Latest|website=Billboard|access-date=2020-02-19}} Intent on playing in a band, he began to teach himself guitar at the age of 12. A few years later, in high school, his attention shifted to making beats in FL Studio. 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.
In 2012, he secured his first major placement with the track "Throwin Racks" by Yung Dred, featuring Gucci Mane.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdJSEk2gkuE|title=Throwin Racks|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211013023/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdJSEk2gkuE&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=2012-12-11 |access-date=}} 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.{{Citation|title=117 The Darius Glover Story|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3730964/|access-date=2020-02-19}} In 2016, Bow scored a feature film exploring Philadelphia's underground dirt bike community entitled The Last Ride: A Philadelphia Story.{{Citation|title=The Last Ride: A Philadelphia Story|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5119528/|access-date=2020-02-19}}
Career
In 2017, Bow collaborated with Teddy Walton to co-produce "Crushed Glass" by Freddie Gibbs{{Citation|title=Freddie Gibbs – Crushed Glass|url=https://genius.com/Freddie-gibbs-crushed-glass-lyrics|language=en|access-date=2020-02-19}} and "Pacific Ocean" by Young Dolph.{{Citation|title=Young Dolph – Pacific Ocean|url=https://genius.com/Young-dolph-pacific-ocean-lyrics|language=en|access-date=2020-02-19}}
In 2018, Bow co-produced "Redemption" by Zacari and Babes Wodumo.{{Cite web|url=https://djbooth.net/features/2018-02-15-black-panther-redemption-beat|title=Producer Kurtis McKenzie Shares His 'Black Panther' Soundtrack Beat Placement Story|last=Zisook|first=Brian "Z"|website=DJBooth|language=en|date=2018-02-15|access-date=2020-02-19}} The track was featured on Kendrick Lamar's Black Panther: The Album, which became platinum certified in May 2018{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/|title=Gold & Platinum|website=RIAA|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-19}} and was nominated for Album of the Year at 61st Annual Grammy Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/kendrick-lamar|title=Kendrick Lamar|date=2019-11-19|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-19}} Bow and Walton also co-produced "ES Tales" by Jay Rock{{Citation|title=Jay Rock – ES Tales|url=https://genius.com/Jay-rock-es-tales-lyrics|language=en|access-date=2020-02-19}} and "Pop Another" by Maxo Kream.{{Citation|title=Maxo Kream – Pop Another|url=https://genius.com/Maxo-kream-pop-another-lyrics|language=en|access-date=2020-02-19}}
In 2019, Bow co-produced "Celebrate" by DJ Khaled, featuring Travis Scott and Post Malone.{{Cite tweet|user=_AaronBow|number=1129234548426825728|url=https://twitter.com/_AaronBow/status/1129234548426825728|title=Travis Scott & Post Malone " Celebrate " on DJ Khaled's new album. Grateful to be apart of [sic] this song and album pic.twitter.com/lIhEw6x6lU|last=Bow|first=Aaron|date=2019-05-16|website=@_AaronBow|language=en|access-date=2020-02-19}} The track peaked at #52 on the Billboard Hot 100. "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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/dj-khaled|title=DJ Khaled Chart History|website=Billboard|access-date=2020-02-19}} Bow also co-produced Bryson Tiller's single "Blame" alongside Teddy Walton and J-Louis.{{Cite tweet |user=_AaronBow |number=1153863600248778752 |title=New @brysontiller " Blame " produced by me @teddywalton & @thisjlouis http://trapsoul.com GANG|last=Bow|first=Aaron|date=2019-07-23|website=Twitter |language=en|access-date=2020-02-19}}
In 2020, Bow co-produced "Franchise" by Travis Scott.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ogdenpayne/2020/10/26/how-teddy-walton-became-one-of-hip-hops-most-savvy-independent-producers/|title=How Teddy Walton Became One Of Hip-Hop’s Most Savvy Independent Producers|first=Ogden|last=Payne|website=Forbes}} 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.{{Cite tweet |title=Detroit 2 drops tonight at midnight, Thankful to have been able to help with these. Shout out everyone apart of [sic] this album. @bigsean you got a classic #d2 🏹 |user=_AaronBow |last=Bow |first=Aaron |number=1301676814688038919 |date=2020-09-04 |access-date=2020-09-04|website=Twitter|language=en}} 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".{{Cite web|url=https://www.hulu.com/black-stories|title=Watch Around The Way during Black History Month|website=Hulu|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-19}} Bow also co-produced the track "Dive" from Kid Cudi's Man on the Moon III: The Chosen.{{Cite web|last=Minsker|first=Evan|title=Kid Cudi Releases New Album Man on the Moon III: Listen and Read the Full Credits|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/kid-cudi-releases-new-album-man-on-the-moon-iii-listen-and-read-the-full-credits/|access-date=2020-12-11|website=Pitchfork|language=en-us}}
In 2021, Bow co-produced "Been Like This" from Doja Cat's album Planet Her.{{Citation|title=Doja Cat – Been Like This|url=https://genius.com/Doja-cat-been-like-this-lyrics|access-date=2021-06-30}} The production earned him his first Grammy nomination.{{cite web |title=Grammy Awards Search: Aaron Bow |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/Aaron-Bow/37947 |work=Grammy Awards |access-date=December 2, 2022}}
Discography
| class="wikitable"
|+Production and songwriting !Title !Artist(s) |
| colspan="2" |2024 |
|---|
| "Floodgate" |
| colspan="2" |2021 |
| "Been Like This" |
| colspan="2" |2020 |
| "Dive" |
| "Everything That's Missing" |
| "Don Life" |
| "Franchise" |
| colspan="2" |2019 |
| "Celebrate" |
| "Blame" |
| "Gentleman (Remix)" |
| colspan="2" |2018 |
| "Redemption" |
| "ES Tales" |
| "Gentleman" |
| "Pop Another" |
| colspan="2" |2017 |
| "Crushed Glass" |
| "Pacific Ocean" |
| class="wikitable"
|+Instrumental !Title !Artist(s) |
| colspan="2" |2019 |
|---|
| "Young & Invincible" |
| class="wikitable"
|+Composition !Title !Project |
| colspan="2" |2020 |
|---|
| Your Attention Please
|Short series |
| colspan="2" |2016 |
| The Last Ride: A Philadelphia Story
|Feature film |
| colspan="2" |2014 |
| 117: The Darius Glover Story
|Short film |
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Category:21st-century American composers