Jacob Denzal Canady (born December 10, 1998), known professionally as ATL Jacob, is an American record producer. He gained recognition in 2022 following his string of successful productions for fellow Atlanta native Future, having previously served as an in-house producer for his record label, Freebandz. His production style has been described as "dark" and "mellow".[5][6]
Jacob Denzal Canady[17] was born on December 10, 1998,[7][18][a] in Atlanta, Georgia.[16] Canady initially gained interest in record production as a teenager after wanting to rap on his own instrumentals.[7]
Career
In 2017, he recalls working as an audio engineer in a studio and being frustrated by artists' attitudes toward engineers.[16] In October 2022, he was nominated as Producer of the Year for the 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards, and in January 2023, he won Producer of the Year for the XXL Awards 2023.[15][16]
^In January 2023, XXL wrote that ATL Jacob was 23 years old which would place his year of birth at 1999, however in an October 2022 interview with AllHipHop, the record producer mentioned being 23 and turning 24 that year which places his actual year of birth at 1998.
References
^"BACK IT UP". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
