Sidney Swift
Background information
Born	(1988-10-04)October 4, 1988
Origin	Miami, Florida
Occupation(s)	Entrepreneur Investor Record producer songwriter

Sidney Swift is an American entrepreneur, inventor, and Grammy award nominated producer. He is the founder and CEO of entertainment technology company Defient and leads Rolling Stone Magazine's web3 culture council.

Swift started his career in 2010 as a songwriter and since has written and/or produced songs performed by Nicki Minaj,^[1] Panic! At The Disco, Lil Wayne, Beyoncé, Big Sean, Future, Nelly, and more. He contributed to Billboard hits such as Beyoncé's "7/11", Jason Derulo's "Don't Wanna Go Home”, Gucci Mane's “Make Love”, Nicki Minaj's “Changed It”, DJ Khaled's “Welcome to My Hood” and Major Lazer's "Light It Up".

In 2017, in partnership with Atlantic Records, Swift developed the avatar artist known as Chillpill. The project was an early example of what is now known as metaverse performances. Chillpill has released songs with Rico Nasty, Sueco, BBNO$ and was nominated for a 2018 Grammy award.

In 2020 Swift founded Defient, an entertainment technology company specializing creator tools, music video games, motion capture live streaming shows, audio plug-ins, NFT collections, and mobile metaverse ownership, customization, and accessibility. In 2021 he was granted a US Patent^[2] for inventing a synchronized streaming technology used in music and television to deliver a second layer content experience on top of traditional media.

Selected discography

Year	Artist	Album	Track	Songwriter	Producer	Mix Engineer / Vocal Producer
2011	DJ Khaled	We the Best Forever	"Welcome to My Hood"			Y
	Jason Derulo	Future History	"Don't Wanna Go Home"			Y
			"X"	Y	Y	Y
2012	Jake Miller	Spotlight	"Runnin"	Y	Y	Y
2013	Nelly	M.O.	"Heaven"	Y	Y	Y
2014	Beyoncé	Beyoncé: Platinum Edition / More Only	"7/11"	Y	Y	Y
2015	Major Lazer	Peace Is The Mission	"Light It Up"	Y		Y
	Noel	Noel: A Christmas Album	"The Motown Cafe"	Y	Y	Y
			"Rudolph"	Y	Y	Y
			"Jingle Bells"	Y	Y	Y
			"Gifts"	Y	Y	Y
			"Tags"	Y	Y	Y
			"Joy"	Y	Y	Y
			"Amazing Grace"	Y	Y	Y
			"We Wish You A Merry Christmas"	Y	Y	Y
			"Ceilings"	Y	Y	Y
			"Little Drummer Boy"	Y	Y	Y
			"Jingle Jingle"	Y	Y	Y
			"Heal"	Y	Y	Y
			"Silent Night"	Y	Y	Y
			"Penny Pinchin"	Y	Y	Y
			"$285 Million"	Y	Y	Y
			"Noel"	Y	Y	Y
2016	Big Sean	Non Album Single	"What A Year"	Y		Y
	TWENTY88	TWENTY88	"2 Minute Warning"	Y	Y	Y
	Jhené Aiko	TRIP	"Maniac"			Y
	Molly Moore	Shadow of the Sun EP	"Hallucinating"	Y		Y
	Keyon Christ	TBA	"Gods Of The City"	Y	Y	Y
			"On My Way"	Y	Y	Y
	Christina Chriss	Non Album Single	"From the Way"	Y	Y	Y
	French Montana	MC4	"Check Come"	Y	Y	Y
			"Im Heated"	Y	Y	Y
2017	Big Sean	I Decided	"Inspire Me"	Y	Y	Y [3]
	Baby E	Kill The Noise	"Satisfied"	Y	Y	Y
	Wyclef Jean	J'OUVERT	Little Things Remix	Y	Y	Y
		Carnival III	Warrior	Y	Y	Y
	Rita Ora	TBA	"Hallelujah"	Y	Y	Y
	Stan Walker	New Take Over	"Messages"	Y	Y	Y
			"New Take Over"	Y	Y	Y
	Marko Penn	Dirty Work	"Good Time"	Y	Y	Y
			"Tithes & Offering"	Y	Y	Y
			"Blame It On The Dope"	Y	Y	Y
	Future	Hndrxx	"Use Me"	Y	Y	Y [4]
	Gucci Mane ft.Nicki Minaj	Mr. Davis	"Make Love"			Y
	Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne	Digital Single	"Changed It"	Y	Y	Y [5]
	Miguel	War & Leisure	"Pineapple Skies"	Y	Y	Y
2018	Panic! at the Disco	Pray For The Wicked	"One Of The Drunks"	Y	Y	Y
	Chloe & Halle	The Kids Are Alright	"If God Spoke"	Y	Y	Y
	Riz La Vie	Digital Single	"Napkins"	Y	Y	Y
	Keyon Christ	They Dont Want Us	"Unfuckingfortunately ft. Vic Mensa"	Y	Y	Y
			"Something Says"	Y	Y	Y
			"Nights Like This"	Y	Y	Y
2019	Sabrina Carpenter	Singular Act: II	"Tell Em"	Y	Y	Y
	Rose Villain	Digital Single	"Swoop"	Y	Y	Y
	Santino La Saint	Digital Single	"Call You When I Get Home"	Y	Y	Y
	Bryce Vine ft. YG	Carnival	"La La Land"	Y	Y	Y

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

References

External links

• Sidney Swift at AllMusic