CashMoneyAP

Alex Petit (born May 19, 1995), professionally known as CashMoneyAP, is a French record producer, songwriter and record executive.[1] He is best known for posting "type beats" on video platform YouTube and on beat-selling platform Beatstars.[2]

CashMoneyAP
Birth nameAlex Petit
Born (1995-05-19) May 19, 1995
France
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • songwriter
  • record executive
Years active2010-present
Labels
Associated acts
Websitecashgangrecords.com

Early life

Alex Petit was born in south of France on May 19, 1995.[3] He started making "type beats", which is production in the style of certain popular artists, and posted them on YouTube, where he eventually gained a following.[4]

Career

Petit has produced beats for artists such as Roddy Ricch, Lil Skies, Gucci Mane, and more. He started to gain mainstream attraction after he produced Lil Skies' song "Nowadays", which peaked at number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Other ventures

Petit founded the record label and production collective Cash Gang in early 2020. Its roster includes record producers Alecto, Daniel Moras, Kai, Layz, Luci G, Palaze, Relly Made, Santo, Tig, Weird Mahdi, YoungKio and YoungNef.[5] It is a subsidiary of the record label Petit is signed to, Victor Victor Worldwide.[6]

Controversy
Main article: For the Night

In July 2020, the late American rapper Pop Smoke released his debut album Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon. Petit had production on the songs "For the Night" and "Gangstas".[7][8] The former song's melody is a recreation of an original composition by Swiss record producer Wylo. According to Wylo, Petit, who wanted to sign him, stole the beat from Wylo. Wylo stated: "CashMoneyAP let one of his producers remake the sample to try to not credit and pay me". Wylo's lawyers eventually stepped in and he was credited on the song.[9] Wylo went on to post to original composition on his Instagram profile.[9]

Production discography

Charted songs
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US US
R&B/HH		 CAN IRE NZ
Hot		 UK
"Nowadays"
(Lil Skies featuring Landon Cube)		 2017 55 22 63 — — — Life of a Dark Rose
"Lust"
(Lil Skies)		 87 47 — — — —
"BabyWipe"
(Ski Mask The Slump God)		 — — — — — — YouWillRegret[10]
"Pineapple"
(Ty Dolla Sign featuring Gucci Mane and Quavo)		 2018 —[upper-alpha 1] — 91 — — — Beach House 3
"Self Control"
(YoungBoy Never Broke Again)		 2019 50 24 — — — — AI YoungBoy 2
"Pop Star"
(DaBaby featuring Kevin Gates)		 49 25 97 — — — Kirk
"Forever"
(NLE Choppa)		 —[upper-alpha 2] — — — — — TBA
"Famous Hoes"
(NLE Choppa)		 83 36 95 — — — Non-album singles
"Dirty Iyanna"
(YoungBoy Never Broke Again)		 67 28 — — — —
"Walk Em Down"
(NLE Choppa featuring Roddy Ricch)		 2020 38 16 49 65 9 85 Top Shotta
"Vacation"
(Tyga)		 —[upper-alpha 3] — — — 10 — TBA
"For the Night"
(Pop Smoke featuring Lil Baby and DaBaby)		 6 5 7 24 2 14 Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon
"Gangstas"
(Pop Smoke)		 37 18 16 — — —
"Woo Year"
(Pop Smoke)		 — — — — — —
"Hello"
(Pop Smoke) featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie		 — — — 77 — —
"Riot"
(Lil Skies)		 — — — — — — TBA

Notes
  1. "Pineapple" did not chart on the Hot 100, but did peak at number 18 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
  2. "Forever" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 18 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
  3. "Vacation" did not chart on the Hot 100, but did peak at number 23 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.

References
  1. "Meet CashMoneyAp, Hip-Hop's Newest Entrepreneurial Producer". Forbes. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  2. "How Selling and Leasing 'Type Beats' Is Making Unknown Producers Rich". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVMbQobWsu4&t=48
  4. "LL Presents: The CashMoneyAP Q&A". Lyrical Lemonade. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  5. "CASH GANG (@cashgang) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com.
  6. "Cash Gang". Cash Gang.
  7. O'Connor, Roisin (July 3, 2020). "Pop Smoke – Shoot For the Stars Aim For the Moon review: Late rapper's album is brilliant and bittersweet". The Independent. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  8. Amorosi, A.D. (July 3, 2020). "Pop Smoke's 'Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon': Album Review". Variety. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  9. Wyloprod (July 4, 2020). "Post by Wyloprod on Instagram". Retrieved July 11, 2020 – via Instagram.
  10. https://genius.com/Ski-mask-the-slump-god-babywipe-lyrics#about
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