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Boi-1da is the professional name of Matthew Jehu Samuels, a record producer and songwriter born on the 12th of October 1986 in Kingston, Jamaica. He moved to Canada at age three and grew up in the North York and Scarborough districts of Toronto, as well as Ajax, Ontario.
Boi-1da produced two Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles: "Not Afraid" by Eminem in 2010 and "Work" by Rihanna featuring Drake in January 2016.
At age eight his mother bought him a Casio keyboard, and at fifteen a friend named Arun Sellai introduced him to FL Studio. He had no formal training but taught himself beat-making, eventually winning three consecutive Battle of the Beatmakers championships.
Boi-1da is an in-house producer for Drake's OVO Sound label and is a member of Drake's October's Very Own collective alongside Noah "40" Shebib and T-Minus. His first professional work was producing two tracks on Drake's 2006 mixtape Room for Improvement, and he served as executive producer for Drake's 2015 mixtape If You're Reading This It's Too Late.
Boi-1da has received fourteen Grammy nominations and holds one win. His nominated works include albums by Eminem and Kendrick Lamar and tracks by Drake, including "God's Plan".
Boi-1da is known for his dancehall-influenced sound, built around live instrumentation and air horn effects drawn from Jamaican music. He cites Dr. Dre, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland, and The Neptunes as influences, and produces his beats in FL Studio.