CashMoneyAP
{{Short description|French record producer (born 1995)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = CashMoneyAP
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|5|19|mf=yes}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.deezer.com/en/artist/55692952|title = Alex Christian Jean Petit}}
| birth_place = Guadeloupe, France
| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|trap}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Record producer|songwriter|record executive}}
| years_active = 2010–present
| label = {{hlist|Victor Victor|UMPG|Cash Gang|Atlantic{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r3VLOwvvGs|title = CashMoneyAp - No Patience (Feat. Polo G & NoCap) Music Video|website = YouTube}}}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|Lil Skies|Ty Dolla Sign|NLE Choppa|Pop Smoke}}
}}
Alex Christian Jean Petit (born May 19, 1995), known professionally as CashMoneyAP, is a French record producer and record executive. He is best known for having produced the Billboard Hot 100-top ten single "For the Night" (2020) by Pop Smoke, as well as the top 40 singles "Gangstas" (2020) also by Pop Smoke, and "Slut Me Out" (2022) by NLE Choppa. He gained initial recognition for posting "type beats" on YouTube and the music licensing platform BeatStars.{{Cite web |last=Pierre |first=Alphonse |date=2018-09-04 |title=How Selling and Leasing ‘Type Beats’ Is Making Unknown Producers Rich |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/how-selling-and-leasing-type-beats-is-making-unknown-producers-rich/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}
Early life
Alex Christian Jean Petit, Sr. was born in Guadeloupe, a French-Caribbean island, on May 19, 1995.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVMbQobWsu4&t=48|title=CashMoneyAP Talks About His Come up, the Future of Selling Beats Online, Signing a Pub Deal + More|website=YouTube}} He started making "type beats", which is production in the style of certain popular artists, and posted them on YouTube, where he eventually gained a following.{{Cite web|title=LL Presents: The CashMoneyAP Q&A|url=https://www.lyricallemonade.com/p/ll-presents-the-cashmoneyap-qa|last=|first=|date=|website=Lyrical Lemonade|access-date=May 8, 2020}} His stage name, "CashMoneyAP", originates from the name of the label Cash Money Records and his initials (Alex Petit).
Career
Petit has produced beats for artists such as Roddy Ricch, Lil Skies, Gucci Mane, NLE Choppa, and more. Between 2013 and 2014, he started gaining attention in Chicago when he started producing beats for prominent drill rappers such as Fredo Santana, Lil Jay and Famous Dex. He started to gain mainstream attraction after he produced Lil Skies' song "Nowadays", which peaked at number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Other ventures
Petit founded the record label and production collective Cash Gang in early 2020. Its roster includes record producers Daniel Moras, Layz, Luci G, Palaze, Relly Made, Santo, Tig, Weird Mahdi, SZR, YoungKio and YoungNef.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/cashgang/|title=CASH GANG (@cashgang) • Instagram photos and videos|website=www.instagram.com}} It is a subsidiary of the record label Petit is signed to, Victor Victor Worldwide.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cashgangrecords.com/|title=Cash Gang|website=Cash Gang}} Petit is also signed as a producer to Universal Music Publishing Group and as a recording artist to Atlantic Records.
Production discography
= Charted songs =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ ! rowspan="2" |Title ! rowspan="2" |Year ! colspan="6" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" |Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|US
!scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|US !scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|CAN !scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|IRE !scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|NZ !scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|UK |
|---|
| scope="row" |"Nowadays" {{Small|(Lil Skies featuring Landon Cube)}} | rowspan="2" |2017 |55 |22 |63 |— |— |— | rowspan="2" |Life of a Dark Rose |
| scope="row"|"Lust" {{Small|(Lil Skies)}} |87 |47 |— |— |— |— |
| scope="row"|"Pineapple" {{Small|(Ty Dolla Sign featuring Gucci Mane and Quavo)}} |2018 |—{{Efn|"Pineapple" did not chart on the Hot 100, but did peak at number 18 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.|name=|group=upper-alpha}} |— |91 |— |— |— |
| scope="row"|"Self Control" {{Small|(YoungBoy Never Broke Again)}} | rowspan="5" |2019 |50 |24 |— |— |— |— |
| scope="row"| "Pop Star" {{Small|(DaBaby featuring Kevin Gates)}} |49 |25 |97 |— |— |— |Kirk |
| scope="row"| "Forever" {{Small|(NLE Choppa)}} |—{{Efn|"Forever" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 18 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.|name=|group=upper-alpha}} |— |— |— |— |— |{{TBA}} |
| scope="row" |"Famous Hoes" {{Small|(NLE Choppa)}} |83 |36 |95 |— |— |— | rowspan="2"{{N/a|Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row"|"Dirty Iyanna" {{Small|(YoungBoy Never Broke Again)}} |67 |28 |— |— |— |— |
| scope="row"|"Walk Em Down" {{Small|(NLE Choppa featuring Roddy Ricch)}} | rowspan="7" |2020 |38 |16 |49 |65 |9 |85 |
| scope="row"| "Vacation" {{Small|(Tyga)}} |—{{Efn|"Vacation" did not chart on the Hot 100, but did peak at number 23 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.|name=|group=upper-alpha}} |— |— |— |10 |— |{{TBA}} |
| scope="row"|"For the Night" {{Small|(Pop Smoke featuring Lil Baby and DaBaby)}} |6 |5 |7 |24 |2 |14 | rowspan="3" |Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon |
| scope="row"| "Gangstas" {{Small|(Pop Smoke)}} |37 |18 |16 |— |— |— |
| scope="row" | "Hello" {{Small|(Pop Smoke featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie)}} |84 |32 |31 |77 |37 |— |
| scope="row" | "Riot" {{Small|(Lil Skies)}} |— |— |— |— |37 |— |
| scope="row"| "None of Your Love" {{Small|(Lil Tjay)}} |— |— |— |— |29 |— |
| scope="row" | "Mr. Jones" {{Small|(Pop Smoke featuring Future)}} | rowspan="2" |2021 |71 |26 |49 |— |— |— |
| scope="row" | "Jumpin" {{Small|(NLE Choppa featuring Polo G)}} |89 |40 |74 |— |25 |— | rowspan="2" |Me vs. Me |
| scope="row" | "Shotta Flow 6" {{Small|(NLE Choppa)}} | rowspan="3" |2022 |86 |30 |— |— |— |— |
| scope="row" | "Slut Me Out" {{Small|(NLE Choppa)}} |28 |9 |24 |70 |15 |68 |
| scope="row"| "Her" {{Small|(Megan Thee Stallion)}} |62 |19 |— |— |6 |— |
Notes
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