Aaron Bow

Aaron Bow grew up in Missouri, while spending summers at his grandmother's house in North Carolina.[4] Intent on playing in a band, he began self-teaching guitar at the age of 12.[4] A few years later, in high school, his attention shifted to making beats in FL Studio.[4] Aaron honed his craft by collaborating with local producers and artists, while simultaneously sending his work to artists online. His genre-less sound is inspired by eclectic influences including Phil Collins, Gucci Mane, Pharell, and Lex Luger.[4]

In 2012, he secured his first major placement with the track “Throwin Racks” by Yung Dred, featuring Gucci Mane.[5][4] In 2014, Aaron scored a short film about the world's first paraplegic motocross rider entitled 117: The Darius Glover Story, which premiered at the New Orleans Film Festival.[6] In 2016, Aaron scored a feature film exploring Philadelphia’s underground dirt bike community entitled The Last Ride: A Philadelphia Story.[7]

In 2017, Aaron Bow collaborated with Teddy Walton to co-produce “Crushed Glass” by Freddie Gibbs[8] and “Pacific Ocean” by Young Dolph.[9]

In 2018, Bow co-produced “Redemption” by Zacari and Babes Wodumo.[10] The track was featured on Kendrick Lamar’s Black Panther: The Album, which became platinum certified in May 2018[1] and was nominated for Album of the Year at 61st Annual Grammy Awards.[2] Bow and Walton also co-produced “ES Tales” by Jay Rock[11] and “Pop Another” by Maxo Kream.[12]

In 2019, Bow co-produced “Celebrate” by DJ Khaled, featuring Travis Scott and Post Malone.[4][13] The track peaked at #52 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3] “Celebrate” was featured on DJ Khaled’s project Father of Asahd, which hit #2 on the Billboard 200 album and #1 on the Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B Chart.[3] Bow also co-produced Bryson Tiller’s single “Blame” alongside Teddy Walton and J-Louis.[14]

In 2020, Bow co-produced two tracks off Big Sean's album Detroit 2: "Don Life" featuring Lil Wayne and "Everything That's Missing" featuring Dwele.[15] That same year, Bow worked on the original score for YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE; a Hulu short-series hosted by Craig Robinson celebrating inspiring Black voices “who are part of the next generation of excellence.”[16] Bow also co-produced the track "Dive" off Kid Cudi's Man on the Moon III.[17]