Tyler Mathew Carl Williams (born February 25, 1988), known professionally as T-Minus, is a Canadian record producer. He has been credited on releases for high-profile music industry acts in hip hop and R&B, including Drake, Nicki Minaj, The Weeknd, Lil Wayne, Logic, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Camila Cabello, Travis Scott, Justin Bieber, Belly, ASAP Rocky, Big Sean, DMX, DJ Khaled, 2 Chainz, Lana Del Rey, Sia, J. Cole, and Nelly Furtado, among others. He is one of Drake's most longest frequent collaborators, having produced his 2007 debut single "Replacement Girl", and later contributing to his songs "HYFR", "The Motto", "Make Me Proud" (featuring Nicki Minaj) and "Blem". He has contributed to eight Grammy Award-nominated singles or albums, and received an Album of the Year nomination for his work on Lamar's Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City (2012). He won Top Producer BMI's 2012 R&B/Hip Hop Awards.

Early life

T-Minus first started experimenting with music as a student at Pickering High School. "I’ve always loved music," he says. "I used to play the drums, so I’ve always been interested in music in that way." After sitting at the drum kit for a few years, he decided to try making his own rhythms, so he downloaded a digital audio workstation program called Fruity Loops when he was 15 years old and was soon creating entire songs.

Artistry

On his sound, T-Minus has said: "I'm just taking things to a new place as far as music goes. I don't want to go to the same route that I was going to before so far as how everything sounds, how everything sits in your ears... I'm going back to the roots of R&B, mid-'90s, from hearing a Timbaland record, an Aaliyah, something from Blackground Music, for example. When the music had so much emotion."

Awards and nominations

He also won Top Producer at the 2012 BMI Urban Awards.

Discography

Singles produced

2007

Drake – Comeback Season

2008

Plies – Da REAList

Papa Duck

Tyra B.

2009

LeToya Luckett – Lady Love

Mýa – Beauty & The Streets Vol.1

Birdman – Priceless

Birdman – Family Over Everything

Ace Hood – The Preview

Jazzfeezy – Jazzfeezy Presents: Unveiling the Rapture

Rebstar – Arrival

The Weeknd

2010

Donnis – Fashionably Late

Ludacris – Battles of the Sexes

Travis Porter – Proud to Be a Problem

Travis Porter – I Am Travis Porter

Diggy Simmons – Airborne

A-Game – PilotModeMuzik

Lil Scrappy – Prince of the South 2

P. Reign

Lyfe Jennings – I Still Believe

T.I. – No Mercy

Ciara – Basic Instinct

Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday

Luu Breeze – HollaLaLuuie

2011

DJ Khaled – We the Best Forever

Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV

Wale – Ambition

T-Pain – RevolveR

Drake – Take Care

A-Game – Since 1988

Don Trip & Starlito – Step Brothers

Alley Boy – Definition of Fuck Shit 2

Birdman & Mack Maine – Billionaire Minds

2012

T.I. – Fuck da City Up

Melanie Fiona – The MF Life

Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded

D-WHY – Don't Flatter Yourself

Burd & Keyz – Keyz of Life

Tank – This Is How I Feel

DJ Drama – Quality Street Music

Slaughterhouse – Welcome to: Our House

Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city

Cyhi the Prynce – Ivy League Club

Roscoe Dash – Roscoe 2.0

T-Pain – Stoic

Keyshia Cole – Woman to Woman

T.I. – Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head

ASAP Rocky – Long. Live. ASAP

2013

Jigg – High Grade 2

Joe Budden – No Love Lost

Lil Wayne – I Am Not a Human Being II

Kelly Rowland – Talk a Good Game

Justin Bieber – Journals

2014

Wink Loc Bizzle – Well Wishes

Eric Bellinger – The Rebirth

Tinashe

2015

Big Sean – "Dark Sky Paradise"

Ludacris – "Ludaversal"

2016

Travis Scott – Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight

2017

Drake – More Life

Bryson Tiller – True to Self

Lana Del Rey – Lust for Life

Lecrae – All Things Work Together

PartyNextDoor – Seven Days

Belly – Mumble Rap

2018

6LACK – East Atlanta Love Letter

A Boogie wit da Hoodie – Hoodie SZN

Camila Cabello – Camila

Rich the Kid – The World Is Yours

Tinashe – Joyride

2 Chainz – The Play Don't Care Who Makes It

J. Cole – KOD

Drake – Scorpion

SAFE

2019

Rich the Kid – The World Is Yours 2

Dreamville – Revenge of the Dreamers III

Young Thug – So Much Fun

2020

Aminé – Limbo

J. Cole – The Fall Off

"Lion King on Ice"

2021

J. Cole - The Off-Season

Young Thug - Punk Juice WRLD - Fighting Demons Bas IDK - USEE4YOURSELF

2022

Virgin Miri

2023

Virgin Miri

2024

Erick the Architect - I've Never Been Here Before

Virgin Miri

Bas - We Only Talk About Real Shit When We're Fucked Up

J. Cole - Might Delete Later

Wale - Ghetto Speak

Nelly Furtado - 7