6ix (producer)

6ix (producer)

6ix in 2015
Background information
Birth name Arjun Ivatury
Also known as The Official (with OB)
Born (1991-02-17) February 17, 1991
Origin Bowie, Maryland, United States
Genres Hip hop
Occupation(s) Record producer, musician
Instruments FL Studio
Years active 2009-present
Labels Visionary Music Group
Associated acts Logic, Dizzy Wright, QuESt, Jon Bellion

Arjun Ivatury, known professionally as 6ix, is an American producer and songwriter from Bowie, Maryland. He is the in-house producer for rapper Logic. He is currently associated with independent record label Visionary Music Group. 6ix produces many of Logic's songs (starting with the Young Sinatra mixtape in 2011) and has produced for other artists such as Dizzy Wright, Michael Christmas, and former Visionary artist QuESt.

Music career

6ix was making beats in Maryland and was in college when he heard of Logic. When he was finally able to meet Logic, he gave him an instrumental CD and emailed him numerous beats.[1] Due to some of his production resembling that of J. Cole's mixtape Friday Night Lights and Kanye West's earlier work, Logic began to work closely with 6ix.[2] In 2011, Logic released his mixtape Young Sinatra with four of the 22 songs produced by 6ix. In 2012, Logic released his third mixtape Young Sinatra: Undeniable.

After it was announced that Logic signed to Def Jam Records, Logic revealed that 6ix would be one of many producers on his debut album along with Hit-Boy, C-Sick, No I.D., and more.[3] 6ix dropped out of pre-med at the University of Maryland to move to Los Angeles with Logic.[2] In 2013, 6ix contributed to the production of Logic's fourth mixtape Young Sinatra: Welcome to Forever and Dizzy Wright's EP, State of Mind. In 2014, 6ix produced six of the songs on former Visionary artist QuESt's mixtape Searching Sylvan. He later produced numerous songs on Logic's debut album Under Pressure, giving 6ix an even bigger buzz. He provided production for nine songs on Logic's sophomore album The Incredible True Story, released on November 13, 2015, and produced all songs on Logic's 2016 mixtape Bobby Tarantino.

Selective production discography

2010

Logic - Young, Broke, & Infamous

2011

Logic - Young Sinatra

2012

Logic

Logic - Young Sinatra: Undeniable

C Dot Castro

Logic

2013

Logic - Young Sinatra: Welcome to Forever

Dizzy Wright - The Golden Age

2014

Logic

Dizzy Wright - State of Mind EP

QuESt - Searching Sylvan

Logic - Under Pressure

2015

Logic

Michael Christmas - What A Weird Day

Logic - The Incredible True Story

2016

Big Lenbo

Silas - Shades of Blue

Logic - Bobby Tarantino

References

  1. "6ix". Hotnewhiphop.com. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Logic + 6ix talk about Working Together, J Cole, 6ix Dropping out of Med School + More". YouTube. hardknocktv. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  3. Holz, Jay. "Civil Interview: Logic Says Signing to a Major Label Has a Lot of Misconceptions". Karen Civil. Karen Civil. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
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