Christopher Ruelas, known professionally as Nascent, is an American record producer and songwriter best known for producing and co-writing SZA's "Good Days" and the Kanye West / The Weeknd collaboration "Hurricane.".
Career Early life Ruelas began to show an interest in producing music in his early teens using software Acid Pro, before giving away beats for free to any Chicago musicians looking for music to spread word of mouth of his productions. After graduating high school, temporarily moving to New York, and watching a G-Unit documentary, Ruelas decided to go to the G-Unit Records offices and drop off a disc of beats he produced. An on-site A&R played his music on the spot, and he received his first placement at 18: "Strong Enough" from 50 Cent's 2009 album Before I Self Destruct. Recognition from this opportunity grew into burgeoning relationships with local Chicago artists Chance The Rapper, Saba, and Mick Jenkins once he returned to the city.
Music career In 2018, Ruelas was invited to a session with old friend Chance The Rapper to create songs for a Kanye West joint-project (then-named Good Ass Job), and one of the productions they created would come out three years later as top 10 single "Hurricane" on his project Donda. In 2020, three years after Ruelas built on a voice note of fellow producer Los Hendrix's guitar riff with his own drums and sent it to Carter Lang, SZA heard the production and instantly began writing to it, building "Good Days," her first solo top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.
In 2024, Ruelas released his project Don't Grow Up Too Soon.
Discography Studio albums Minus The Bullshit Life's Great Released: 14 May 2021 Label: Don't Grow Up Too Soon Format: Digital download, streaming Don't Grow Up Too Soon Released: 26 April 2024 Label: Don't Grow Up Too Soon/COLTURE Format: Digital download, streaming
Selected production / songwriting credits Title Year Artist Album"Strong Enough"200950 CentBefore I Self Destruct"Flip On You" (featuring Schoolboy Q)2014Animal Ambition"Still Fucked Up"G HerboWelcome to Fazoland"Gang Over Luv"2017Brent FaiyazSonder Son"First World Problemz/Nobody Carez""Stay Down""Why'z it so hard"2018Lost"Trust""Voices in My Head"A Boogie wit da HoodieHoodie SZN"Hero"2019Pivot GangYou Can't Sit with Us"Daddy Knows" (featuring Ash Leone)Dave EastSurvival"Good Days"2020SZASOS"Clouded"Brent FaiyazFuck the World"Been Away""Ladylike"Kiana LedéKiki"Hurricane" (with The Weeknd)2021Kanye WestDonda"Price of Fame"Brent FaiyazDo Not Listen"Price of Fame"2022Wasteland"Rolling Stone""2012" (featuring Day Wave)SabaFew Good Things"Afro Futurism"2023NonameSundial
Awards and nominations Year Ceremony Award ResultRef 2022 64th Annual Grammy Awards Best R&B Song ("Good Days") Album of the Year (Donda)
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