Mike Smith (record producer)
Mike Smith | |
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| Occupations | Entrepreneur, recording artist, author, television personality |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Notable credit(s) | Snoop Dogg Billy Ray Cyrus Sway Calloway DJ Khaled, Crooked I, Tech N9ne, Cyhi The Prynce, DJ Whoo Kid, Twista, RZA and Inspectah Deck of Wu Tang Clan, DMC (Run DMC), Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses) |
| Spouse | Erika Smith |
| Website | http://www.mikesmith.net |
Mike Smith is a Cuban American recording artist, record and television producer. His music has over two billion streams with over five million units sold. He was arrested in September 2024 for allegedly earning royalties from streaming services by using bot accounts to stream his own songs.
Smith is known for being one of the stars and main judge on BET's original programming series One Shot and for co-writing the hit song "A Hard Working Man" by Snoop Dogg, Billy Ray Cyrus, and the Avila Brothers. This song has been featured on NFL Thursday Night Primetime and CBS NFL Today. He is also well known for numerous hit singles including the Top 5 Billboard hit "Beautiful Day" and Billboard Top 40 hits "Hardworking Man" and "You're My Kind Of Beautiful". These songs are all allegedly part of the bot scheme that Smith devised to artificially inflate the popularity of and profit off of royalty payments from multiple streaming services. Smith is also known for writing one of the main fixes for Y2K millennium computer bug and building and selling several medical practice chains.
Smith has worked with many artists, including Snoop Dogg, Billy Ray Cyrus, DJ Khaled, T.I., Juicy J, Royce Da 5'9', Remy Ma, and Gilby Clarke of Guns N' Roses.