Ned Cameron

American record producer
  • Hip hop
  • country
Occupation(s)Record producer, songwriterYears active2010–presentLabels
  • Taperoom
  • Warner/Chappell Music
  • Tha Alumni
Musical artist

Ned Cameron (born December 25, 1987) is an American record producer from San Francisco, California. He is known as a pioneer of the West Coast hip hop sound for his groundbreaking work with Kid Ink, Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign, Tyga, Machine Gun Kelly, Chris Brown, Sean Kingston.

Career

In the early 2000s, Cameron began his career at DJ Ill Will's record label, Tha Alumni Music Group. Working closely with American rapper and labelmate Kid Ink, Cameron produced his single "I Just Want It All" from Kid Ink's Daydreamer mixtape in late 2011, followed by Kid Ink's single, "Time of Your Life" in 2012." Cameron also produced "Walk In The Club" and "Hell & Back" on Kid Ink's debut studii album Up & Away.[2][3] He then joined Tha Alumni Music Group in February, 2012.

After co-producing DJ Felli Fel's 2013 single "Reason To Hate" featuring Ne-Yo, Tyga, and Wiz Khalifa, Cameron produced "Money and the Power" and "Sunset" on Kid Ink’s major label debut, Almost Home. Cameron is responsible for "More Than A King" from Kid Ink’s second studio album, My Own Lane. For other artists, Cameron produced "Story of the Stairs" for Machine Gun Kelly, as well as Wiz Khalifa's 2014 song "Hope".

Cameron did not resurface until December 2023, when he signed a publishing deal with Ashley Gorley and Warner Chappell.

Personal life

In 2017, Cameron was admitted to Encino Hospital due to opioid abuse. Shortly after, he was admitted to a rehabilitation facility located in Malibu, California. The following year, Cameron was transferred to a facility in Burbank. In 2023 Cameron signed a global publishing deal with hit maker Ashley Gorley and Warner Chappell Music.

Production discography

Title Year Artist(s) Album
"I Just Want It All" 2011 Kid Ink Daydreamer
"When I Sleep" Lil Wayne
(featuring Kid Ink and Ned Cameron)
"Time of Your Life" 2012 Kid Ink Up & Away
"Walk In the Club"
"Hell & Back"
"Time of Your Life" (Remix) Kid Ink
(featuring Chris Brown and Tyga)
"Hell & Back" (Remix) Kid Ink
(featuring Machine Gun Kelly)
"Reasons to Hate" 2013 DJ Felli Fel
(featuring Ne-Yo, Tyga and Wiz Khalifa)
"Money and the Power" Kid Ink Almost Home
"Sunset"
"More Than a King" 2014 My Own Lane
"Hope" Wiz Khalifa
(featuring Ty Dolla Sign)
Blacc Hollywood
"Every City We Go" 2015 Kid Ink
(featuring Migos)
Full Speed
"Wait Up" 2015 Sean Kingston
Notes
  • "When I Sleep" was recorded for Tha Carter IV but didn't make the final cut.

References

  1. ^ "ACE Repertory – "I Just Want It All" by Kid Ink".
  2. ^ Bristout, Ralph (12 June 2012). "Kid Ink, Up & Away". XXL Magazine. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  3. ^ Lynch, Sean. "Video: Kid Ink - Hell and Back". TheSource Magazine. Retrieved 18 September 2012.[permanent dead link]
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