Beam (hip-hop musician)
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Tyshane Thompson (born 1995), known professionally as Beam (an acronym for Be Everything and More; stylised in all caps; formerly as Tyshane and Elite), is a Jamaican-born American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the son of dancehall and gospel reggae singer Papa San. He was one-half of the production duo 808&Elite. Beam released his debut studio album, Alien, on February 4, 2022. It includes collaborations with Justin Bieber, Jorja Smith, and his father, among others.
Career
According to Thompson's father, he started producing at age ten. He formed the now-disbanded production duo 808&Elite with Matt Massaro.
He first received notice when he produced for Andy Mineo on the tracks "Young", featuring KB, and "Michael Jackson", featuring Thi'sl, Rich Perez, R-Swift, and Bubba Watson, from the mixtape Formerly Known in 2011. In 2012 he produced the highly popular, Jamaican-tinged song "Black Rose" by Lecrae on the mixtape Church Clothes. He also appeared in the final episode of the web-series Saturday Morning Car-Tunez, created by Andy Mineo, where he helped remix the Puff Daddy song "It's All About the Benjamins". On July 6, 2012, Thompson and Matt Massaro, under the name 808&Elite, released the single "Me Monster", featuring Andy Mineo, from their upcoming beat-tape, Diamonds x Pearls. The tape was made available two days later for free download exclusively through the Christian hip-hop website Rapzilla. Thompson's talent was praised by critics when he and ThaInnaCircle produced the bass-heavy, East Coast style, reggae and dancehall-influenced song "Violence" by Lecrae from the Grammy-winning album Gravity, released on September 4, 2012. In October 2012, Thompson competed at the second Annual Rapzilla.com Beat Battle at the 2012 Flavor Fest. Thompson, his father Papa San and brother Tyrone Andrew, are working on a collaborative project. 808 & Elite now produces under Street Symphony's Track or Die label. In addition to his work with his father and brother, Lecrae, and Andy Mineo, Tyshane has produced, both independently and as part of 808 & Elite, for artists such as 2 Chainz, Yo Gotti, G-Eazy, Xavier Omär, and Asaiah Ziv.
He was featured by Beyoncé on her 2022 album Renaissance, on the song "Energy".
He co-wrote the track "Burn" from ¥$ (Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign) album Vultures 1, released on 10 February 2024.
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Alien | Released: February 4, 2022 Label: Epic Format: Digital download, streaming |
Extended plays
| Title | Extended play details |
|---|---|
| 95 | Released: October 18, 2019 Label: Epic Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Crimson Soundtrack | Released: October 29, 2020 Label: Epic Format: Digital download, streaming |
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Chat Bout" | 2017 | Non-album singles |
| "Problems" | ||
| "Centipede" | ||
| "Cactus" | 2018 | |
| "2x2 (ColorsxStudios version)" | 2020 | 95 |
| "Psycho" | Crimson Soundtrack | |
| "Numby" (with Artz and Bugy) | 2021 | We Survive |
| "Anxiety" | Alien | |
| "Win" | 2022 | |
| "Planet Beam" |
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Rave de Favela" (with MC Lan, Major Lazer and Anitta featuring Beam) | 2020 | Music Is the Weapon |
| "Slip" (Ambré featuring Beam) | Pulp | |
| "Fine China" (Odalys featuring Beam) | Non-album single | |
| "Delete" (Ape Drums featuring Beam) | Soundboy | |
| "Toxic" (Maeta featuring Beam) | 2021 | Habits |
| "Searching (Remix)" (Abir featuring Wafia and Beam) | Non-album singles | |
| "Truck Riddim" (Bambii featuring Beam) | ||
| "On My Own" (Sainvil featuring Beam) | They're All Goblins | |
| "Burn" (Darci featuring Beam) | Long Days Away | |
| "Contact (Remix)" (Dimitri McDowell featuring Beam) | Non-album single | |
| "Tonight" (Tasan featuring Beam) | Ornaments | |
| "Beg Mi Ah Link" (Stefflon Don featuring Beam) | Non-album single | |
| "Kalash" (Delara featuring Beam) | 2023 | Shahrazad |
| "How Could You" (Lay Bankz featuring Beam) | 2024 | After 7 |
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Christ. | AUS | CAN | DEN | NZ | SWE | UK Stream. | WW | |||
| "Team" (Andy Mineo and Wordsplayed featuring Beam) | 2017 | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Andy Mineo and Wordsplayed Present Magic & Bird |
| "Dive" (Social Club Misfits featuring Beam) | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Into the Night | |
| "Love You Different" (Justin Bieber featuring Beam) | 2021 | 84 | — | 72 | 35 | 31 | — | 91 | 73 | 58 | Justice |
| "Freedom" (with Justin Bieber) | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Freedom | |
| "Top Shotta" (Pop Smoke and the Neptunes featuring Pusha T, Travi, and Beam) | — | — | — | 67 | — | — | — | — | 180 | Faith | |
| "Energy" (Beyoncé featuring Beam) | 2022 | 27 | — | 42 | 46 | — | 40 | — | 34 | 23 | Renaissance |
| "Link Up" (Metro Boomin, Don Toliver, and Wizkid featuring Beam and Toian) | 2023 | — | — | — | 69 | — | — | — | — | 167 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) |
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Fireworks" (KIDD featuring Tyshane) | 2012 | Non-album song |
| "Fire" (Steven Malcolm featuring Beam) | 2017 | Steven Malcolm |
| "Break Bread" (Andy Mineo and Wordsplayed featuring Beam) | 2017 | Andy Mineo and Wordsplayed Present Magic & Bird |
| "Team" (Andy Mineo and Wordsplayed featuring Beam) | ||
| "Act Like" (Asaiah Ziv featuring Beam) | I'm Despressed, but Happy | |
| "Dive" (Social Club Misfits featuring Beam) | Into the Night | |
| "Mad Over We" (LevyGrey featuring Beam) | 2019 | Figures |
| "Mumbai Power" (Skrillex featuring Beam) | Show Tracks | |
| "Bags" (Anto featuring Beam) | 2020 | Small Talk |
| "Moneybag Szn" (Kasien with Beam) | I Found Paradise in Hell | |
| "Up Inna (Remix)" (Cadenza, M.I.A. and GuiltyBeatz featuring Beam, Cham and Alicai Harley) | Up Inna | |
| "Love Cost Too Much" (Preme and Popcaan featuring Beam) | Link Up | |
| "Bam Bam" (Major Lazer featuring French Montana and Beam) | Music Is the Weapon | |
| "Tiny" (Major Lazer featuring Beam and Shenseea) | ||
| "Goddess" (Mitch featuring Beam and Ilham) | Better For You | |
| "York Way" (Vory featuring Beam) | Vory | |
| "Every Morning" (Patrick Cc: featuring Beam) | 2021 | Launch Sequence |
| "Love You Different" (Justin Bieber featuring Beam) | Justice | |
| "Freedom" (Justin Bieber and Beam) | Freedom | |
| "Honor (Remix)" (A!MS featuring AV Allure, Kent Jones, Moelogo, Projexx, Julian Marley and Beam) | Offshore | |
| "Pretty Ugly" (Stalk Ashley featuring Beam) | Excuses, Pt. I | |
| "Baby Blues (Remix)" (Audrey Nuna featuring Beam) | 2022 | A Liquid Breakfast |
| "Eternity" (Kyle featuring Beam) | It's Not So Bad | |
| "Energy" (Beyoncé featuring Beam) | Renaissance | |
| "Link Up" (Metro Boomin, Don Toliver, and Wizkid featuring Beam and Toian) | 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack from & Inspired by the Motion Picture) |
Production discography
2010
Tyrone Andrew – The Road
03. "Narrow Road" (featuring Jonathan Guerra)
04. "Take Him On"
2011
05. "Young" (featuring KB)
Paul Morris – Paul Morris Under Construction – Co-produced with Paul Morris
2012
Papa San – My Story
Tyrone Andrew – "Encamp"
09. "Black Rose"
Andy Mineo – Saturday Morning Cartoons
04. "Benjamins" (featuring Rich Perez and Izz) – remix of "It's All About the Benjamins" by Puff Daddy (featuring Lil' Kim, The LOX, and The Notorious B.I.G.)
Tyrone Andrew – "Love or Hate"
Lecrae – Gravity
07. "Violence" – (Co-produced with ThaInnaCircle)
DJ Official and Alex Medina – Gravity The Remix EP
13. "Tell the World" (featuring Mali Music)
KIDD – "Fireworks" (featuring Tyshane)
2013
Beleaf – Theo's Gift
06. "Bass Loud" (featuring Andy Mineo)
Gabe – "Yikes" (featuring Tyshane)
Andy Mineo – Heroes for Sale
09. "Wild Things" – (Co-produced with ThaInnaCircle & Joseph Prielozny)
10. "Take Me Alive"
SPZRKT – The Loner
14. "Spazzy Party (Turn Up)"
SPZRKT – "Best of Your Love"
Social Club – Summer of George
05. Majestic (featuring Thi'sl)
KIDD – "Murder My Flesh" – (Co-produced with ThaInnaCircle)
KIDD – Murder My Flesh
01. "Intro"
Papa San – One Blood
01. "Step Up" (featuring Da' T.R.U.T.H.)
02. "Your Eyes Are On Me" (featuring Fred Hammond) – Co-produced with Maurice Gregory
03. "Radio" (featuring Lecrae) – Co-produced with Maurice Gregory
04. "One Blood" (featuring Stitchie)
05. "Running" (featuring Tasan)
06. "Get Right" – Co-produced with Maurice Gregory
07. "Revival" (featuring Israel Houghton) – Co-produced with Maurice Gregory
08. "Show Me" (featuring Tiffany Hall) – Co-produced with Maurice Gregory
09. "I Love You" (featuring Tyrone Andrew) – Co-produced with ThaInnaCircle
11. "God By My Side" (featuring Ryan Mark)
13. "Don't Give Up the Fight" (featuring Jael Wiafe)
SPZRKT – Lucid Dream
01. "Back to You" – Co-produced with Jermaine
Lecrae – Church Clothes 2
04. "The Fever"
Man Praisin Hard – Critical Condition: The Mixtape, pt. 2
08. "Twerk Muzik"
2014
GABRL – "Starters" (featuring Tyshane)
J Mynor – "New Me"
06. "Crazy" – Co-produced with Cardec and Joseph Prielozny
The Rise – Casual Tuesdays
01. "Work"
D. Tropp – Away from Home
05. "Choices (The Break-Up)"
08. "Misbehave" (featuring SPZRKT) – Co-produced with Cardec Drums
Surf Gvng – Surf Gvng
06. "Sonic Boom" (featuring Marty)
Ernest Rush – STRT TRBL
03. "Another Taste"
2015
Gabrl – Here's a Mixtape
02. "Untitled" (Co-produced with Gordonbeats, dsavagebeats, and pharaoh)
03. "Who" (co-produced with Alias and Dáramólá)
Yo Gotti – CM8
06. "No Mo" (co-produced with Street Symphony and D.O Speaks)
2016
Adrian Stresow – Pajama Day
06. "Slippin'" (featuring Surf Gvng) (co-produced with D-Flow)
Stef Silva – "Highs" (co-produced with Alias)
Xavier Omar – "Hesitate"
Trav – Push3
21. "We Living" (co-produced with Street Symphony)
2017
Social Club Misfits – "Dive" (co-produced with Young Sidechain)
2018
10. "Ball w/o You" (co-produced with TM88)
11. "Good Day" (featuring ScHoolboy Q & Project Pat) (co-produced with 30 Roc & Cardo)
2019
Andy Mineo – "Work In Progress"
03. "OT OD (sketch).mp3" (co-produced by Alex Medina)
18. "Honest 2 God Tyshance/DTSL 1.0.mp3" (co-produced by Daniel Steele)
20. "I ain't done (Beam Version).aif"
Skip Marley – "Enemy" (co-produced by Ryan Tedder)
2021
Anuel AA – "Llorando en un Ferrari" (co-produced by Boombox Cartel, Machael, Max Borghetti, Dim Crux, Urbøi)
2022
Justin Bieber – "Honest" (featuring Don Toliver) (co-produced with Sonni and Azul Wynter)
05. Energy (featuring Beam) (co-produced with Beyoncé, Skrillex, Al Cres, Nova Wav)
2023
Metro Boomin - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (soundtrack)
08. "Link Up" (with Don Toliver and Wizkid featuring Beam and Toian) (co-produced with Metro, Al Cres, Chris Townsend, and Peter Lee Johnson)
808&Elite discography
EPs
| 2012 | New Era Vol. 1 1st extended play Released: 2012 Label: Independent |
| Diamonds x Pearls 2nd extended play Released: 2012 Label: Beloved / Rapzilla |
Compilations
| 2012 | newxera 1st compilation album Released: 2012 Label: Beloved / Independent |
Singles
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Me Monster" (featuring Andy Mineo) | 2012 | Diamonds x Pearls |
| "The Weeknd x Often (Remix)" | 2014 | Non-album remix single |
Production discography
Note that this includes tracks produced only by Matt Massaro aka 808
2011
14. "Michael Jackson" (featuring Thi'sl, Rich Perez, R-Swift, and Bubba Watson)
2013
Andy Mineo – Heroes for Sale
08. "Shallow" (featuring Swoope) – Additional production from Joseph Prielozny and Andy Mineo
116 Clique – "Now They Know"
01. "Co Sign pt. 2" – Co-produced with Street Symphony
SPZRKT – Lucid Dream
04. "Love & Pain (SPZRKT Remix)" – Co-produced with Sango Beats
2014
Bishop – Rose Gold
08. "Sinderella" – Produced by 808 and Mishene City
Thomas McLaren – "Us"
GABRL – "Better (Where I'm From)" (featuring SPZRKT)
GABRL – "Wake Up"
2 Chainz – Freebase
02. "Trap Back" – Co-produced with Street Symphony
Tracy T – The Wolf of All Streets
14. "Save Me" – Co-produced with Street Symphony
13. "Complicated" (featuring Christon Gray) – Co-produced with Mashell and TOD
HillaryJane – Sticks and Stones
01. "Chimneys"
02. "Celebrity" (featuring Thi’sl)
03. "Wild Side"
04. "Shotgun"
05. "We Fight"
06. "Stix and Stones"
Wave Chapelle – Only the Beginning
05. "I Want It All" – Co-produced with Street Symphony
Lecrae – Anomaly
03. "Say I Won't" (featuring Andy Mineo) – Co-produced with Gawvi, with post-production by Andy Mineo
Paul Morris – Square One
01. "My Heart"
02. "Square One"
04. "Fallible Man" (featuring Rheama Blaze) – Co-produced with Paul Morris
07. "Luke Warm"
10. "Ready To Die"
11. "Soldiers of the Light"
Spencer Kane – Runway
03. "Runway"
Ernest Rush – STRT TRBL
08. "Say What [Remix]"
2015
Thomas McLaren – "Us"
Yo Gotti – Concealed
03. Super Power (co-produced with Street Symphony and D.O Speaks)
Neek Bucks – Here For a Reason Vol. II
"How Can I" (featuring Kevin Gates) (co-produced with Street Symphony)
Genra – "The Notebook" (co-produced with Alias)
Genra – "Black Holes" – produced by 8X8
KB – Tomorrow We Live
09. "Calling You" (featuring Natalie Lauren) – (co-produced with Dirty Rice and Joseph Prielozny)
13. "Crowns & Thorns (Oceans)" – (co-produced with Gawvi)
GABRL – Here's a Mixtape
05. "Bet You Wish
06. "Flaw City" (co-produced with 100 Labels)
07. "Anthum"
08. "Rocafella" (featuring Tasan and Daramola)
09. "Lies (Bonus)"
Reconcile – Catching Bodies
04. "Temptation" (featuring John Givez, Alex Faith, and Tasha Catour) – produced by 8X8 and D.O Speaks
2 Chainz – Trapavelli Tre
09. "Halo (Letter from My Unborn Son)" (co-produced with Street Symphony)
2016
Reconcile – "Cross on Me" (co-produced with Alias)
2 Chainz – Felt Like Cappin
05. Mindin my Business (produced by 8x8, D.O. Speaks & Street Symphony)
SPZRT – "Hesitate" (featuring Masaxgo) (co-produced with Alias)
David Banner – "Black Fist" (featuring Tito Lopez) (co-produced with Street Symphony and D.O Speaks)
Trav – Push3
02. "It's a Will It's a Way" (co-produced with Street Symphony)
G Easy – "So Much Better" (featuring Playne James) (co-produced with Street Symphony)
Gabrl – "Too Much Left"
Zoey Dollaz – October
06. "U Can Be That" (featuring Ink) (produced by Street Symphony, 8x8, and D.O. Speaks)
2 Chainz – "Let's Ride" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign) – (produced by 8X8, Street Symphony, and D.O Speaks)
Filmography
As composer
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Crimson | Gregory Plotkin |
As actor
| Year | Title | Role | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Saturday Morning Car-Tunez | Himself | Episode 4 |
Awards
- Won Best Gospel Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards for Gravity in 2013