Rashad Smith
Birth nameBurton Rashad Smith
Also known as
  • Ringo Alge
  • Rashad Ringo
  • Tumblin Dice Smith
Born (1972-09-28) September 28, 1972
OriginBrooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • songwriter
  • disc jockey
Years active1989–present
Member of

Burton Rashad "Ringo" Smith (born September 28, 1972) is an American hip hop and R&B record producer. He was born in England and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, in a Jamaican and Haitian family. Rashad grew up alongside notable hip hop artists such as Mos Def, Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip, among others.

At the age of 19, he provided beats to Main Source, Eric B and Rakim and A Tribe Called Quest. He proceeded further into the music business by working directly with Andre Harrell at the newly minted Uptown Records.[1] While at Uptown, Rashad met session keyboardist Avon Marshell with whom he formed Tumblin Dice. The duo went on to produce for Uptown's biggest artist's, including Mary J. Blige and Jodeci's early albums. Tumblin Dice would go on to become resident producers for the recently formed Bad Boy Records, after Sean "Puffy" Combs requested Rashad join his production team The Hitmen. During this time, Rashad produced chart topping hits. Rashad continued his chart topping success after composing Busta Rhymes first hit single, "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check". Rashad has composed tracks for Aaliyah, Fat Joe, MC Lyte, Lil' Kim, Foxy Brown, Das EFX, Slick Rick, En Vogue, 50 Cent, Erykah Badu, Nicki Minaj, and DJ Khaled and others.

He is the cousin of producer and Main Source member K-Cut.[2]

Production credits

Writing credits

Remixes

Tours

Notable DJ gigs

References

  1. ↑ "RASHAD SMITH". Yomafia.wordpress.com. 17 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "Rap's Main Source". NOW. 19 December 2002. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Did You Know? LL Cool J's "Doin It" Was Meant For Biggie". Djbooth.
  4. ↑ Universal Music Group on Youtube – Ghostface Killah – Baby on YouTube. Retrieved on 2009-11-08.
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