While a student at Georgia Tech, Felder recorded a demo with the singer/songwriter
Sterling Simms, which led to a meeting with
L.A. Reid and resulted in Felder writing and producing a track on a
Mariah Carey album in 2005. Their first big hit was "
Your Love", the lead single on
Nicki Minaj's 2010 debut studio album
Pink Friday. which both went to number 1 on the
Billboard Mainstream Top 40 charts. Felder was nominated for a 2015
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for writing
Usher's single "
Good Kisser"; produced two songs on the
Alicia Keys album
Girl on Fire, which won the 2014
Grammy Award for Best R&B Album; wrote and produced "
Invincible", the lead single from
Kelly Clarkson's 2015 album
Piece by Piece; winning a 2019
BMI Pop Award for the single. Felder has also written and produced songs for artists including
Trey Songz,
Rihanna,
Miguel,
Kehlani,
Ariana Grande,
Jennifer Lopez,
Mario,
Tamia,
ZZ Ward, and
Sabrina Carpenter. Felder was named as a top producer by
BMI in 2012 and 2013, and won a 2017
BMI Pop Award for co-writing Alessia Cara's "Here", and a 2018 BMI Pop Award for co-writing her single "
Scars to Your Beautiful". He also wrote and produced three tracks on
Lizzo's 2019 major label debut
Cuz I Love You, wrote and produced the top 40 single "
Who Do You Love" by
The Chainsmokers featuring
5 Seconds of Summer, and working on music with Kehlani, Demi Lovato, and Alessia Cara in 2019. Felder is published by
Reservoir and managed by
Lucas Keller and Peter Coquillard at Milk & Honey. Felder is on the board of directors of the
Mechanical Licensing Collective, which works to increase the royalty money from streaming companies to songwriters. ==Personal life==