Velous came up with his name after someone told him how marvelous his production skills were; the name is "marvelous" minus the "mar". In 2011, he released his debut mixtape,
Velocity The Mixtape. Its release helped Velous gain attention from Cus Maven, who signed him to Swanky Music Group. Velous met
Fabolous through fellow producer
Vinylz. The trio worked together for Fabolous' song "Gone For The Winter" from his sixth album,
The Young OG Project in 2014. The song also marked Velous' first major guest appearance as a recording artist. In 2014, fellow New York artist
French Montana signed Velous to his label,
Coke Boys Records. Montana spoke about Velous in an interview with the
Village Voice: "I love his style. He sings. He raps. He's everything in one." He revealed that Velous also impressed
Kanye West. "He came to the studio and played me like 1,000 songs", he said, before adding that West picked "like two beats" from Velous; one of which formed the basis of his 2014 single, "
All Day". The song peaked at number 15 on the
Billboard Hot 100 and received a
Grammy Award nomination for
Best Rap Song. Outside of production, Veloys is perhaps best known for his guest performance on the 2014 single "Adult Swim" by DJ Spinking, having appeared alongside
ASAP Ferg,
Tyga, and
Jeremih. Furthermore, he appeared alongside
Chris Brown on Fabolous' 2017 single "Flipmode", whose music video contained
cameo appearances from prominent figures in hip hop. Regarding Velous' involvement, Fabolous stated: Velous, alongside frequent collaborator Vinylz, co-produced Brown's 2019 single "
No Guidance", which featured Canadian rapper
Drake. The song peaked at number five on the
Billboard Hot 100 and yielded Velous' second Grammy Award nomination for
Best R&B Song. ==Discography==