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Danja
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Floyd Nathanial Hills |
| Also known as | Nate Hills, Danja, Danjahandz |
| Born | c. 1982 |
| Origin | Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Hip-hop, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Percussion, synthesizer, keyboards, drums, sampler |
| Years active | 2003 – present |
| Label(s) | Danjahandz Muzik/CrownLife Ent., Mosley Music Group |
| Associated acts |
Timbaland, Keri Hilson, Britney Spears, Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake, Simple Plan, Dima Bilan |
Floyd Nathanial Hills (born c. 1982) is a record producer more commonly known by “Danja” (IPA: /ˈdeɪndʒə/) and the protégé of producer Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley. He was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia and took up drums and piano in his early teens. He got his start playing in his church when growing up.[1]
In 2001, a chance encounter with Timbaland turned into an opportunity to play some music for him. Two years later, Timbaland brought Danja to Miami to work in his studio there.[2][1][3]
He has produced a wide catalog of songs with Timbaland that helped return the famous producer to prominence in 2006 with an ongoing string of hits throughout the year until present, including "Promiscuous" and "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado, "SexyBack", "What Goes Around...Comes Around" and "My Love" by Justin Timberlake among others, such as "Love Story" by Katharine McPhee, and "Give It to Me" and "The Way I Are" off Timbaland's second solo album.[4] In 2007, he produced the hit, "Gimme More", with Britney Spears and some other songs from her Blackout album.
He is currently working on the next albums by Mariah Carey, Fat Joe, Nicole Scherzinger, Eve, Madonna, Simple Plan, Keri Hilson, JC Chasez, Jessica Simpson, Missy Elliott, Lil Wayne, Christina Milian, Antonella Barba, Dima Bilan, Kevin Mauricio, Nikki Flores, the re-release of Kelly Rowland's Ms. Kelly and the second compilation album by Aaliyah.[5]
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Danja uses a laptop, an Edirol MIDI controller, an Akai MPC4000, an Alesis Andromeda A6 synthesizer, a Korg Triton and a Yamaha Motif, as revealed in an interview with Remix Magazine.[6] Also, in another interview on Danja's contribution to the Clipse's new album, it was noted that Danja charges around $50-100,000 a track.[7]
- ^ a b Janeé Bolden. "Timbaland's Right Hand Man, Danja", SOHH.com, 2006-10-09.
- ^ Malcom Venable. "Danja: Hitting the right note", HamptonRoads, 2007-02-10.
- ^ Jayson Rodriguez. "Timbaland Protege Danja Makes His Own Noise With DJ Khaled, Trey Songz", MTV News, 2007-05-01.
- ^ Hillary Crosley. "Epic's Walk Honors Nate ‘DanjaHandz’ Hills", Billboard, 2007-05-10.
- ^ http://vidshadow.com/video_player.asp?videoid=3487
- ^ Anthony Roberts. "Timbaland protégé Danja on producing tracks - Hip-hop Producer Danja", Remix Magazine, 2007-02-01.
- ^ Exclusive: Clipse Q&A (Online news article). [1]. Retrieved on November 17, 2007.