Woodard graduated high school in New Orleans at the time of
Hurricane Katrina and was forced to move to Los Angeles in 2006 at 17 after losing his familial home. He began releasing early productions on
MySpace, resulting in area artists and producers reaching out to inquire. After one such inquiry, Woodard and fellow producer
Hit-Boy would meet to work with new artist
Sean Kingston, forming music collective Surf Club. Woodard next moved to Atlanta where he began ghost-producing for
Grand Hustle Records producer Khao, who would pay him a flat $5000 rate for his productions, tweak them, and give Woodard drum production credits. This resulted in his first unofficial placements ("Double Up" from
R. Kelly's 2007 studio album
Double Up, and "Pak Man" from 2007
Yung Joc album
Hustlenomics). Other than his early work with Frank Ocean, Woodard is noted for working with rappers
Drake,
J. Cole, and
Kendrick Lamar in the early stages of their respective careers. In 2010, he was mentioned in early Drake cut "
9AM in Dallas" from his debut studio album
Thank Me Later after motivating him to record the song to a beat Woodard selected from producer
Boi-1da and recommended for Drake. In 2012, Woodard released 17-track 'beat-tape'
Verde to acclaim. In 2013, he would reunite with founding Surf Club member Hit-Boy to release
Beyoncé song "Rise Up" from animated film
Epic co-written with
Sia. Woodard and Hit-Boy would later reunite again in 2015 for project
The Heir Up There 2, before Woodard executive-produced
Currensy's 7-track mixtape
Cathedral. Rapper
Mac Miller surprise-released single "Speed Racer" (produced by Woodard) soon after the release of this third studio album
GO:OD AM. Woodard is also known for various
Troy Ave,
Young Money Entertainment and
The Pussycat Dolls productions. ==Discography==