Nitti Gritti

Nitti Gritti
Birth nameRichard Cook Mears IV
Born (1994-05-10) May 10, 1994 (age 30)
Genres
Occupation(s)DJ, producer, musician
Years active2016–present
Labels
Member ofSidepiece

Richard Cook Mears IV[1] (born May 10, 1994), better known as Nitti Gritti[2] is a Miami based record producer, DJ and vocalist.[3][4][5] His collaboration with Party Favor as Sidepiece, a music duo group,[6] was nominated for a Grammy in 2021 under Best Dance Recording segment for their 2019 single "On My Mind" featuring Diplo.[7][8] He is known for collaborating and working with Enrique Iglesias,[9] Pitbull,[10] DJ Snake,[11][12] Shaquille O'Neal,[13] Tiesto, Diplo, Ookay,[14] Jimmy Levy,[15] Shndō,[16] etc. In 2019, His single "200 MPH" with Diplo won a Latin Grammy, which was on Bad Bunny's album X 100PRE.[17]

Biography

Raised in Pennsylvania, Mears moved with his family to Haiti at the age of six where his parents served in Christian missionary work—his father as a soccer coach and his mother, a teacher.[10] After living In Haiti for eight years, he moved to Miami, Florida.[18] He started his professional music career under the name Nitti Gritti in the year 2016 as he released "It's Nit!".[19][20] In 2018, he attended his first world tour and Ghastly's The Mystifying Oracle Tour. In the same year he produced Enrique's "Move To Miami" featuring Pitbull[9] and Bad Bunny's "200 MPH", with Diplo.[17] His 2018 release Crack was the 7th most played song at 2018 Ultra Music Festival.[21] Mears performed in Audiotistic Music Festival,[22] Electric Daisy Carnival,[23][24] Life in Color,[25] Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival,[26] Asteria Music Festival etc. His single "200 MPH", received a Latin Grammy in 2019.[11]

On September 19, 2019, Nitti Gritti announced collaboration with Party Favor to form the duo Sidepiece.[27][28] Their debut release was "Wanna See You" published through Billboard.[6][29] Their 2020 single "On My Mind" was nominated in the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards for Best Dance Recording segment.[30][31][32] In 2020, he was ranked the 14th in the list of the Top 101 Producers in the world by 1001tracklists.com.[33][34]

Discography

Extended plays

  • C'est La Vie (2017)
  • Fear (2017)
  • Judge Me (2018)
  • Drive (2018)
  • 4 on the Floor (2019)
  • What a Time to Be Alive (2020)
  • Ro Sham Bo (2020)
  • All In (2020)
  • The Loud / Losing Count (2021)[35]

Singles

  • It's Nit! (2016)
  • Get Down (2016)
  • Put a Little Grit in It (2016)
  • Dirty dancing (2017)
  • Let Me Go (2017)
  • Badlands w/ Kompany (2017)
  • Buti w/ Nonsens (2017)
  • Waxin' (2017)
  • Gin & Juice w/ Adair (2017)
  • Snappin' & Trappin' w/ Part Native (2017)
  • Milky w/ Holly (2017)
  • Limbo w/ Adair (2017)
  • Famous w/ Jupe (2017)
  • Sick (2017)
  • Too Much (2017)
  • Eskeddit w/ Chavalo (2017)
  • Crack (2018)
  • Bailando w/ Vlien Boy (2018)
  • In This (2018)
  • Hush Money (2018)
  • Forbidden Kingdom Anthem (2018)
  • Apocalypse w/ Yookie (2019)
  • Ballin w/ Hoodlit featuring Guapdad4000 (2019)
  • Underdogs w/ Gammer (2019)
  • Holy Chit w/ Tynan (2019)
  • Eyes on You (2019)
  • Crack VIP (2019)
  • Pass Out w/ Gaeko and Kaku (2020)
  • Rock N Roll w/ Maliboux (2020)
  • Rawhide w/ Lil Texas (2020)
  • Selfish w/ Sogumm, Kaku and Jason Lee (2020)
  • Cold Day In Hell w/ Dr.Fresch (2020)
  • Where I Belong w/ Runn (2021) – US Dance/Mix Show Airplay #24[36]
  • Matrix (2021)[37] – US Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales #12[36]
  • Hey Motherfucker w/ Timmy Trumpet (2021)[38]
  • Bad Bitches w/ Marshmello and Megan Thee Stallion (2021)[39] – US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs #23[36]
  • Stay / What You Wanted (2021)[40]
  • Your Body w/ Valentino Khan (2021)[41]
  • Moshpit / Comin For Ya Neck (2021)[42]
  • Daddy / What Happens In Vegas (2021)[43]
  • Drive You Crazy w/ Dylan Matthew (2022)[44]

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