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<h2 id="early-life">Early life</h2> <p>Samuel Gloade was born in the <a href="/facts/Boroughs_of_New_York_City/D1m6uCGd">borough</a> of <a href="/facts/The_Bronx/yVMesM0v">The Bronx</a> in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> He met American record producer <a href="/facts/Mike_Will_Made_It/ksvD10uW">Mike Will Made It</a> through his rap duo <a href="/facts/Rae_Sremmurd/eA91Ea6x">Rae Sremmurd</a> on <a href="/facts/Twitter/VWwDNGUm">Twitter</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> He later signed to the former's record label <a href="/facts/Mike_Will_Made_It/ksvD10uW">EarDrummers Records</a>. </p> <h2 id="career">Career</h2> <p>His most notable production include <a href="/facts/T-Wayne/DXKEFdsy">T-Wayne</a>'s "<a href="/facts/Nasty_Freestyle/kG74cI5K">Nasty Freestyle</a>", "<a href="/facts/Rake_It_Up/SxGrQHQG">Rake It Up</a>" by <a href="/facts/Yo_Gotti/uGSCrKg1">Yo Gotti</a> featuring <a href="/facts/Nicki_Minaj/Ns8pdHKL">Nicki Minaj</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> Cardi B's hit single, "<a href="/facts/Bartier_Cardi/qI5KaqlH">Bartier Cardi</a>", which features <a href="/facts/21_Savage/nnlTxaEu">21 Savage</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> "Rock" by Plies, and "<a href="/facts/King%2527s_Dead/5wSa3Xqu">King's Dead</a>" which was performed by <a href="/facts/Jay_Rock/4cK9Y3GE">Jay Rock</a>, Kendrick Lamar, <a href="/facts/Future_(rapper)/AQ4tl9oS">Future</a> and <a href="/facts/James_Blake_(musician)/yMxIHIbD">James Blake</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> 30 Roc also produced <a href="/facts/Roddy_Ricch/70Ugxskp">Roddy Ricch</a>'s number 1 hit, "<a href="/facts/The_Box_(Roddy_Ricch_song)/N27q4XwJ">The Box</a>", which reached the pole position of the <i><a href="/facts/Billboard_(magazine)/CVruQGq5">Billboard</a></i> <a href="/facts/Billboard_Hot_100/gwKl8VL9">Hot 100</a> in January 2020. He also helped produce the intro track of <a href="/facts/Travis_Scott/RAVxBt62">Travis Scott</a>'s <a href="/facts/Astroworld_(album)/RAQ5NG6I"><i>Astroworld</i></a>, "<a href="/facts/Stargazing_(Travis_Scott_song)/Ck1F9DlW">Stargazing</a>", peaking at number eight on the Hot 100 in 2018. Gloade was also an executive producer for Lil Yachty's second studio album, <i><a href="/facts/Lil_Boat_2/8ztlP7Sa">Lil Boat 2</a></i>. He served as a producer for Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar's “<a href="/facts/Range_Brothers/9pfzV0Y3">Range Brothers</a>”, a single from the former's debut studio album, <a href="/facts/The_Melodic_Blue/bX3aMqQs">The Melodic Blue</a>. </p> <h2 id="production-discography">Production discography</h2> <h3>Charted songs</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="2">Title</th><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="6">Peak chart positions</th><th rowspan="2">Album</th></tr><tr><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/Billboard_Hot_100/gwKl8VL9">US</a></th><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/Hot_R%2526B%2fHip-Hop_Songs/830VoC96">USR&B/HH</a></th><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/ARIA_Charts/aUXUHRK7">AUS</a></th><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/Canadian_Hot_100/ud8M8epG">CAN</a></th><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/Irish_Singles_Chart/CcEaTjyS">IRE</a></th><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/UK_Singles_Chart/s2yyGUlD">UK</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row">"<a href="/facts/Nasty_Freestyle/kG74cI5K">Nasty Freestyle</a>"(<a href="/facts/T-Wayne/DXKEFdsy">T-Wayne</a>)</th><td>2015</td><td>9</td><td>4</td><td>37</td><td>25</td><td>65</td><td>41</td><td>Non-album single</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">"<a href="/facts/Peek_a_Boo_(Lil_Yachty_song)/YmBRTLV6">Peek a Boo</a>"(<a href="/facts/Lil_Yachty/nwy2cRwq">Lil Yachty</a> featuring <a href="/facts/Migos/UdIxsaAM">Migos</a>)</th><td rowspan="4">2017</td><td>78</td><td>33</td><td>—</td><td>73</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Teenage_Emotions/h7K48R07">Teenage Emotions</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">"<a href="/facts/Rake_It_Up/SxGrQHQG">Rake It Up</a>"(<a href="/facts/Yo_Gotti/uGSCrKg1">Yo Gotti</a> featuring <a href="/facts/Nicki_Minaj/Ns8pdHKL">Nicki Minaj</a>)</th><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>124</td><td>49</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><i><a href="/facts/I_Still_Am/RsMkJWF4">I Still Am</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">"Rock"(<a href="/facts/Plies_(rapper)/h6RXX35R">Plies</a>)</th><td>95</td><td>40</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><i>Ain't No Mixtape Bih 3</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">"<a href="/facts/Bartier_Cardi/qI5KaqlH">Bartier Cardi</a>"(<a href="/facts/Cardi_B/nIK3ICVy">Cardi B</a> featuring <a href="/facts/21_Savage/nnlTxaEu">21 Savage</a>)</th><td>14</td><td>7</td><td>77</td><td>18</td><td>51</td><td>40</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Invasion_of_Privacy_(album)/AJYJHmfC">Invasion of Privacy</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">"<a href="/facts/King%2527s_Dead/5wSa3Xqu">King's Dead</a>"(<a href="/facts/Jay_Rock/4cK9Y3GE">Jay Rock</a>, <a href="/facts/Kendrick_Lamar/NPWURsoA">Kendrick Lamar</a>, <a href="/facts/James_Blake_(musician)/yMxIHIbD">James Blake</a> and <a href="/facts/Future_(rapper)/AQ4tl9oS">Future</a>)</th><td rowspan="7">2018</td><td>21</td><td>13</td><td>58</td><td>23</td><td>51</td><td>50</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Black_Panther_(soundtrack)/ph0MQo09">Black Panther: The Album</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Redemption_(Jay_Rock_album)/I3qfwCae">Redemption</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">"Boom!"(Lil Yachty featuring <a href="/facts/Ugly_God/0LI5KN8w">Ugly God</a>)</th><td>88</td><td>43</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Lil_Boat_2/8ztlP7Sa">Lil Boat 2</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">"<a href="/facts/Gucci_Flip_Flops/8yDFyLYe">Gucci Flip Flops</a>"(<a href="/facts/Bhad_Bhabie/g53ANRgP">Bhad Bhabie</a> featuring Lil Yachty)</th><td>79</td><td>39</td><td>—</td><td>62</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><i><a href="/facts/15_(mixtape)/8yDFyLYe">15</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">"<a href="/facts/Close_(Rae_Sremmurd%2c_Swae_Lee_and_Slim_Jxmmi_song)/gXW0tXu0">Close</a>"(<a href="/facts/Rae_Sremmurd/eA91Ea6x">Rae Sremmurd</a> featuring <a href="/facts/Travis_Scott/RAVxBt62">Travis Scott</a>)</th><td>98</td><td>48</td><td>—</td><td>71</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><i><a href="/facts/SR3MM/rzgMFrTJ">SR3MM</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">"<a href="/facts/Stargazing_(Travis_Scott_song)/Ck1F9DlW">Stargazing</a>"(Travis Scott)</th><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>10</td><td>7</td><td>12</td><td>15</td><td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/facts/Astroworld_(album)/RAQ5NG6I">Astroworld</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">"Who? What!"(Travis Scott featuring <a href="/facts/Quavo/FuveUrH1">Quavo</a> and <a href="/facts/Takeoff_(rapper)/sTDxjgPv">Takeoff</a>)</th><td>43</td><td>26</td><td>—</td><td>41</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">"Biggest Alley Oop"(Quavo)</th><td>86</td><td>40</td><td>—</td><td>69</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Quavo_Huncho/NNlkp82C">Quavo Huncho</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">"<a href="/facts/The_Box_(Roddy_Ricch_song)/N27q4XwJ">The Box</a>"(<a href="/facts/Roddy_Ricch/70Ugxskp">Roddy Ricch</a>)</th><td rowspan="3">2020</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Please_Excuse_Me_for_Being_Antisocial/KzKo2hhE">Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">"<a href="/facts/T.D_(song)/q6stC9KR">T.D</a>"(Lil Yachty and <a href="/facts/Tierra_Whack/lAJsjYU4">Tierra Whack</a> featuring <a href="/facts/Tyler%2c_the_Creator/oqXbXh8l">Tyler, the Creator</a> and <a href="/facts/ASAP_Rocky/Jv8FI4c4">ASAP Rocky</a>)</th><td>83</td><td>34</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Lil_Boat_3/AejYzNsy">Lil Boat 3</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">"<a href="/facts/What_That_Speed_Bout!%253F/GxbStDNc">What That Speed Bout!?</a>"(<a href="/facts/Mike_Will_Made_It/ksvD10uW">Mike Will Made It</a>, Nicki Minaj and <a href="/facts/YoungBoy_Never_Broke_Again/Y6QqRmwu">YoungBoy Never Broke Again</a>)</th><td>35</td><td>11</td><td>—</td><td>76</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td><i>Michael</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mike_Will_Made_It/ksvD10uW">EarDrummers Records</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Eardrummers Signee 30 Roc Talks Co-Producing Cardi B's 'Bartier Cardi,' Advice From Mike WiLL Made-It & His 2018 Plans". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2019. <a href="https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8094056/30-roc-interview-cardi-b-bartier-cardi" target="_blank">https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8094056/30-roc-interview-cardi-b-bartier-cardi</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Kanye West (Ft. Fivio Foreign & Playboi Carti) – Off The Grid, retrieved September 18, 2022 <a href="https://genius.com/Kanye-west-off-the-grid-lyrics" target="_blank">https://genius.com/Kanye-west-off-the-grid-lyrics</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Eardrummers Signee 30 Roc Talks Co-Producing Cardi B's 'Bartier Cardi,' Advice From Mike WiLL Made-It & His 2018 Plans". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2019. <a href="https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8094056/30-roc-interview-cardi-b-bartier-cardi" target="_blank">https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8094056/30-roc-interview-cardi-b-bartier-cardi</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Nelson, Keith Jr. (January 10, 2020). "Studio Sessions | 30 Roc details making Roddy Ricch's "The Box" in 15 minutes and working on Travis Scott's 'Astroworld'". REVOLT. <a href="https://www.revolt.tv/2020/1/10/21059055/travis-scott-roddy-ricch-producer-30-roc-interview" target="_blank">https://www.revolt.tv/2020/1/10/21059055/travis-scott-roddy-ricch-producer-30-roc-interview</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Ear Drummers Producer 30 Roc Breaks Down the "Rake It Up" (Yo Gotti and Nicki Minaj) Beat". THE IKONIC MUSIC BLOG. Archived from the original on March 2, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190302152417/http://www.theikonicmusicblog.com/music-industry-education/2017/10/25/ear-drummers-producer-30-roc-breaks-down-the-beat" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20190302152417/http://www.theikonicmusicblog.com/music-industry-education/2017/10/25/ear-drummers-producer-30-roc-breaks-down-the-beat</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Eardrummers Signee 30 Roc Talks Co-Producing Cardi B's 'Bartier Cardi,' Advice From Mike WiLL Made-It & His 2018 Plans". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2019. <a href="https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8094056/30-roc-interview-cardi-b-bartier-cardi" target="_blank">https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8094056/30-roc-interview-cardi-b-bartier-cardi</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Meet 30 Roc: Cardi B's "Bartier Cardi" Producer Is Ready For Fame". hotnewhiphop.com. January 17, 2018. <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/meet-30-roc-cardi-bs-bartier-cardi-producer-is-ready-for-fame-news.42235.html" target="_blank">https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/meet-30-roc-cardi-bs-bartier-cardi-producer-is-ready-for-fame-news.42235.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>