Press Kit
Hit-Boy — born Chauncey Hollis II — is a Grammy Award-winning American record producer, rapper and songwriter from Fontana, California. Over a fifteen-year run he has shaped the sound of modern hip-hop through landmark records with Jay-Z, Kanye West, Beyoncé, Nas, Travis Scott, Kendrick Lamar, Drake and Big Sean, and built the Surf Club / HS87 collective as a launchpad for the next wave of West Coast artistry. With three Grammy wins and eleven nominations to date — including multiple nods for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical — his new album, HITstory 2: Success Is A Dirty Word, is out now.
Quick facts
- Real name
- Chauncey Hollis II
- Stage name
- Hit-Boy
- Born
- Fontana, California, USA
- Roles
- Producer, Rapper, Songwriter, Label Head (Surf Club / HS87)
- Grammys
- 3 wins · 11 nominations — incl. Best Rap Performance (2013, 2022), Best Rap Album (2021)
- Latest album
- HITstory 2: Success Is A Dirty Word (SIADW)
Career milestones
- 2011Produces 'Niggas in Paris' for Jay-Z & Kanye West (Watch the Throne) — wins Grammy for Best Rap Performance.
- 2012Produces 'Backseat Freestyle' for Kendrick Lamar (good kid, m.A.A.d city) and 'Clique' (G.O.O.D. Music).
- 2013Launches HS87 (Hits Since '87) imprint and the Surf Club collective.
- 2018Co-produces 'Sicko Mode' on Travis Scott's Astroworld.
- 2020Releases King's Disease with Nas — wins Grammy for Best Rap Album.
- 2022Wins Grammy for Best Rap Performance for 'What It Feels Like' (Nipsey Hussle & Jay-Z); nominated for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical.
- 2023Magic 3 with Nas closes out a generational producer/MC trilogy run.
- 2026Releases HITstory 2: Success Is A Dirty Word.
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