Murda Beatz

Biography

Shane Lee Lindstrom (born February 11, 1994), known professionally as Murda Beatz, is a Canadian record producer. Working predominantly in hip-hop and trap music, he has produced hit songs and albums for various musical acts since 2011. His credits include the singles "Butterfly Effect" by Travis Scott, "Back on Road" by Gucci Mane, "Nice for What" by Drake, and "Motorsport" by the Migos. He is best known for his guest appearance alongside Nicki Minaj on 6ix9ine's 2018 single "Fefe", which peaked at number three on both the Canadian Hot 100 and US Billboard Hot 100.
Lindstrom signed with Interscope Records to release his 2019 debut single, "Shopping Spree" (featuring Lil Pump and Sheck Wes). He has also released collaborative singles or mixtapes with artists including Smokepurpp, MadeinTYO, 24hrs, G Herbo, and PnB Rock, among others. His producer tag utters "Murda on the beat so it's not nice!", for which he is frequently recognized.

Early life and career

Lindstrom was born to Susi and Lee Lindstrom and raised in Fort Erie, Ontario, near Buffalo in a musical household and played drums as a child. Lindstrom is of Hungarian, English, and Swedish descent. He began producing beats at age 17 while he was still in high school using FL Studio after leaving his drumset at his friend's house. He chose his stage name "Murda Beatz" to promote his music on YouTube. When he turned 18, he moved to Chicago, and later worked with established stars such as Chief Keef and Lil Durk. Lindstrom stated that he met most of his early artists through social media and mutual friends. Eventually, he connected with Atlanta rap group Migos and moved in with them to start producing their music.
Lindstrom is notable for being a lead or featured artist on some of the tracks he produces, similarly to DJ Khaled, Mustard, or Mike Will Made It. He made the decision to transition to a "producer-artist," as Billboard describes it, in order to have more control and release music on his own timeline, instead of being dependent on the artists in the song. He released his first mixtape, Keep God First×Keep God First10 December 2016 · Studio album · Mixtape/StreetSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1M&Ms3:382Scorin'4:303Yacht Master3:124Novacane2:545Drop Out3:126Growth2:557Cappin' N Shit2:578Brown Money2:4099 Times Out Of 103:3310Pop Off2:0411Hunnids2:1212I Just1:3613Roller Coasters2:37, in December 2016. He opened for G-Eazy's tour in the summer of 2018. His first single as a lead artist, "Shopping Spree," was released in 2019 with Lil Pump and Sheck Wes. He released his second single, "Banana Split×Banana Split27 March 2020 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Banana Split3:13," which features YNW Melly and Lil Durk, in March 2020. In March 2020, he confirmed the title of his debut album to be Murda She Wrote, with an initial release date of June 2020, on which it failed to release.
In 2019, Lindstrom created his own record imprint, Murda Beatz Recordings, and signed singer Adam Halliday.
In 2021, Lindstrom was honored in the Forbes 30 Under 30 listing under the music category.

Personal life

By June 2022, Lindstrom began dating Brazilian singer Anitta, although they broke up two months later.

2014

Migos - No Label 2
02. "Copy Me"
06. "Antidote" (produced with Phenom da Don)
17. "Body Parts" (featuring Machine Gun Kelly)
19. "Emmitt Smith"
Lil Durk - Signed to the Streets 2
02. "Ten Four"
13. "Gas & Mud"
Migos - Rich Nigga Timeline
03. "Can't Believe It"
11. "Story I Tell"

2015

Migos - Yung Rich Nation
04. "Spray the Champagne" (produced with Honorable C.N.O.T.E.)
08. "Just for Tonight" (featuring Chris Brown)
09. "Pipe it Up"
11. "Playa Playa"
12. "Cocaina" (featuring Young Thug)
Migos - Back to the Bando
05. "Rich Nigga Trappin"
Freddie Gibbs - Shadow of a Doubt
07. "Mexico" (featuring Tory Lanez) (produced with Speakerbomb)
Jeremih - Late Nights
09. "I Did" (featuring Feather) (produced with Jeremih and Left Lane)

2016

Migos - YRN 2
11. "Hoe On A Mission"
13. "Hate It Or Love It"
Drake - Views
08. "With You" (featuring PartyNextDoor) (background vocals from Jeremih) (produced with Nineteen85 and Cardiak)
Roy Woods - Waking at Dawn
06. "Switch" (produced with FrancisGotHeat and Sunny Diamonds)
08. "Why"
Travis Scott - Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
07. "Sweet Sweet" (produced with Cubeatz and Mike Dean)
08. "Outside" (featuring 21 Savage) (produced with OZ, Nisi, and Mike Dean)
24hrs - 12:AM
01. "Gucci Flame / 12:AM in the 6
02. "Twenty Revenge" (featuring Yo Gotti) (produced with Apex Martin)
03. "Monster Truck" (produced with Cubeatz)
04. "Jungle Gym"
Kid Ink - RSS2
02. "Before the Checks" (featuring Casey Veggies) (produced with Cubeatz)
07. "Die in It" (produced with OZ)
PartyNextDoor and Jeremih
01. "Like Dat" (featuring Lil Wayne) (produced with Cubeatz)
Quavo
00. "Cuffed Up" (featuring PartyNextDoor)
00. "My Pockets"
PartyNextDoor
00. "Buzzin" (featuring Lil Yachty) (produced with Cubeatz)
00. "Can't Let The Summer Pass"
Rick Ross
00. "No U-Turns" (produced with Cubeatz)
Meek Mill - DC4
09. "Offended" (featuring Young Thug and 21 Savage) (produced with OZ and Cubeatz)
O.T. Genasis - Coke N Butter
04. "Feelings" (produced with Zaytoven and OG Parker)
Murda Beatz - Keep God First
01. "Intro"
02. "M&Ms" (featuring Offset and Blac Youngsta)
03. "Scorin'" (featuring Playboi Carti and Offset)
04. "More" (featuring PartyNextDoor and Quavo) (produced with Cubeatz)
05. "Yacht Master" (featuring Swae Lee and 2 Chainz)
06. "Novacane"
07. "She The Truth" (featuring Jeremih and Quavo) (produced with RetroFuture)
08. "Drop Out" (featuring Jimmy Prime)
09. "Growth" (featuring Offset)
10. "Cappin' N Shit" (featuring Skooly and 2 Chainz)
11. "Brown Money" (featuring Jay Whiss) (produced with OZ and Cubeatz)
12. "9 Times Out of 10" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign) (produced with Cubeatz)
13. "Pop Off" (featuring Offset)
14. "Hunnids" (featuring Smoke Dawg)
15. "I Just" (featuring Quavo)
16. "Roller Coasters" (featuring 24hrs) (produced with Rex Kudo)
Young Thug
00. "I Might" (featuring 21 Savage) (produced with Cubeatz)
Gucci Mane - The Return of East Atlanta Santa
08. "Yet" (produced with Cubeatz)

2017

PnB Rock - GTTM: Goin Thru the Motions
14. "Stand Back" (featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie)
Migos - Culture
05. "Get Right Witcha" (produced with Zaytoven)
Wifisfuneral - When Hell Falls
05. "Hunnits, Fifties" (featuring Yung Bans) (produced with Cubeatz)
Various Artists – The Fate of the Furious: The Album
02. "Go Off" (performed by Lil Uzi Vert, Quavo and Travis Scott) (produced with Breyan Isaac and The Featherstones)
Drake – More Life
02. "No Long Talk" (featuring Giggs) (produced with Cubeatz)
11. "Portland" (featuring Travis Scott and Quavo) (produced with Cubeatz)
Kid Ink – 7 Series
01. "Supersoaka" (produced with OZ and Cubeatz)
Meek Mill - Meekend Music
02. "Backboard" (featuring Young Thug) (produced with Maaly Raw)
G-Dragon - Kwon Ji Yong
05. "Outro. 신곡(神曲) (Divina Commedia)" (produced with Brian Lee and Frank Dukes)
Juicy J - Gas Face
09. "Leanin" (featuring Chris Brown and Quavo) (produced with Cubeatz)
French Montana - Jungle Rules
11. "Push Up" (produced with Cubeatz)
Tyga - BitchImTheShit2
07. "Bel Air" (featuring Quavo) (produced with Crakwav)
Aminé - Good for You
02. "Yellow" (featuring Nelly) produced with Metro Boomin and Frank Dukes)
Bebe Rexha - All Your Fault: Pt. 2
01. "That's It" (featuring Gucci Mane and 2 Chainz) (produced with Cubeatz)
Kodak Black - Project Baby 2: All Grown Up

8: "Unexplainable" (produced with River Tiber, Ging)
12: Built My Legacy (featuring Offset) (produced with Ging)
Mozzy - 1 Up Top Ahk
10. "Outside" (featuring Lil Durk, Dave East and Lex Aura)
Quentin Miller
00. "Unexplained Freestyle"
A Boogie wit da Hoodie - The Bigger Artist
02. "Undefeated" (featuring 21 Savage) (produced with Illmind)
Gucci Mane - Mr. Davis
01. "Work in Progress (Intro)" (produced with Cubeatz)
Yo Gotti - I Still Am
09. "One on One" (featuring YFN Lucci and Meek Mill) (background vocals from Desiigner)
11. "Yellow Tape" (featuring 21 Savage) (produced with Rasool Diaz)
Roy Woods - Say Less
04. "Take Time" (featuring 24hrs) (produced with Charlie Handsome)
Juicy J - Rubba Band Business
07. "Too Many" (featuring Wiz Khalifa and Denzel Curry)
G-Eazy - The Beautiful & Damned
11. "Gotdamn" (produced with OZ)
Travis Scott and Quavo – Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho
03. "Eye 2 Eye" (featuring Takeoff) (produced with Felix Leone)
05. "Huncho Jack" (produced with Mike Dean, Quavo, and Illmind)
06. "Saint" (produced with Illmind)

2018

Prime Boys – Koba World
03. "Come Wit It"
04. "Street Dreams"(produced with Smokescreen)
05. "Tinted"
06. "So What"
09. "Hold Me Down"
Migos – Culture II
11. "Gang Gang" (produced with The Arcade)
15. "Beast"
17. "Motorsport" (featuring Cardi B and Nicki Minaj) (produced with Cubeatz)
Nipsey Hussle – Victory Lap
11. "Grinding All My Life" (produced with Mike & Keys)
Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
13. "I Do" (featuring SZA) (produced with Cubeatz)
Smokepurpp and Murda Beatz – Bless Yo Trap
01. "123" (produced with Rasool Diaz)
02. "Big Dope" (produced with OZ)
03. "Do Not Disturb" (featuring Lil Yachty and Offset) (produced with Rasool Diaz)
04. "Pockets" (produced with Felix Leone)
05. "Good Habits"
06. "Mayo" (produced with Rasool Diaz)
07. "Pray" (featuring ASAP Ferg)
08. "Bumblebee" (produced with Frank Dukes and Rasool Diaz)
09. "Ways" (produced with Cubeatz)
10. "For the Gang" (produced with Cubeatz)
Nicki Minaj - Queen
17. "Miami"
6ix9ine – Dummy Boy
02. "Fefe" featuring Nicki Minaj & Murda Beatz
05. "Mama" featuring Nicki Minaj and Kanye West
Ski Mask The Slump God - Stokeley
08. "Far Gone" (featuring Lil Baby) (produced with Sool Got Hits)
Trippie Redd - Life's a Trip
05. "Forever Ever" (featuring Young Thug and Reese Laflare) (produced with G Koop)
Kris Wu – Antares
02. "November Rain"
Drake
Drake - "Nice for What"

2020

Ariana Grande – Positions
03. "Motive" (with Doja Cat)
Smoke Dawg — Struggle Before Glory
03. "Three of a Kind (ft. Jay Critch, Fredo)"
06. "Snow"
07. "No Discussion (ft. AJ Tracey)"
08. "These Games (ft. Jay Whiss, Safe)"
Lay Zhang – LIT
02. "玉 (Jade)"
Jay Whiss — Peace of Mind
01. "Don't Change on Me"
03. "Valet" (ft. Puffy L'z)
07. "Back Track"

2021

Ariana Grande – Positions (Deluxe)
16. "Test Drive"
BamBam – Ribbon
01. "Intro"
05. "Air'"
Chlöe – In Pieces
01. "Have Mercy"

2022

Murda Beatz - Non-album single
Murda Beatz feat. Blxst & Wale - "One Shot"
Unc & Phew - Only Built for Infinity Links
Quavo and Takeoff - "Tony Starks"
Quavo and Takeoff - "HOTEL LOBBY"
Quavo and Takeoff - "Look @ This "
Quavo and Takeoff - "Mixy" (with Summer Walker)

2023

Ludmilla – Vilã
08. "Solteiras Shake" (with DJ Gabriel do Borel)
Quavo – Rocket Power
01. "Fueled Up" (with Kenny Beats)
08. "Wall to Wall" (with Pooh Beatz, Felix Leone and Jack Uriah)
17. "Rocket Power" (with Bnyx, Dez Wright and O'Neal)
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2
04. Beep Beep
2024
BamBam - Bamesis
05. "Thank You Come Again"