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Neenyo was born and raised in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga. His uncle is Howard Huges, a Canadian Hip-Hop producer. Neenyo began "DJ-ing" at home during his adolescent years when mixtapes were becoming popular. He then ventured into electronic infused R&B music.
Neenyo works together with PARTYNEXTDOOR and collaborated with two studio albums: PartyNextDoor Two and PartyNextDoor 3.[4] In P2 he produced two songs titled "Sex on the Beach" and "Grown Woman". On the other album his produced tracks are "You've Been Missed", "Transparency" and "Don't Know How". Both albums were released under the label of OVO Sound. He has also produced mixes for an installment of HYPETRAK’s ongoing mix series,[5] i-D magazine and London based RinseFM 106.8 [6][7]
In March 2016, Neenyo collaborated with Canadian fashion designer Mikhael Kale, creating and producing the runway show for his fall-winter collection in Toronto Fashion Week.[8][9]
Music and production style
Neenyo mainly produces songs in the R&B and hip hop genre. He describes his style as “creating music off of emotions". In an interview given to Vice magazine, he mentions, "I don't think there's a song that I don't make an emotion out of because that's my whole goal for every song I do" [1]
Neenyo has cited numerous influences on his music, including Timbaland, Noah “40” Shebib and Jodeci.[1]
Neenyo has consecutively produced on four #1 Billboard albums. Drake and Future's What A Time To Be Alive debuted #1 on Billboard's Top200 chart. It was also nominated for 2016 American Music Awards at Favorite Album (Rap/HipHop) category.[17]PARTYNEXTDOOR's PartyNextDoor Two and P3 projects both debuted at #1 on Billboard's R&B Album chart. Jadakiss' The Last Kiss debuted at #1 on Billboard's HipHop/R&B Album chart.[2]
