[ Amadeus ]

Group // Trey Songz / Platinum Hip-Hop Producer

Stick  // 5A Wood

Antwan "Amadeus" Thompson is one of today's hottest Hip Hop producers.

Born in the Bronx, Amadeus discovered his talent and passion for music at an early age when he started taking drum lessons at his elementary school and began playing drums and piano at church and in school bands. He is still today at his local church.

Amadeus's first break came when he produced NY rapper Foxy Brown for the "Cradle To The Grave" soundtrack that gave him his first Platinum Award. The success of the soundtrack was followed quickly by Foxy Brown's single "Get Off Me" which dealt with her relationship with Eve.

Amadeus has never stopped working since, producing both critically acclaimed artists like MIke Jones and chart toppers like 50 Cent. He is building a reputation as one of the most in demand Hip Hop producers in New York earning Platinum and Gold status with both Mike Jones and Cam'ron. Other productions include Jim Jones, Talib Kweli and The Diplomats as well as Lil' Mo's forst single from her "Syndicated" album "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" featuring Grammy winning violinist Miri Ben-Ari. Amadeus is currently producing the follow-up to Mike Jones' first album "Who is Mike Jones?" as well as Papoose, Fabolous, Marques Houston, RemyMa and Young Chris to name a few.

Amadeus has also been featured on numerous TV shows including twice on BET's 106&Park and BET's Rap City as well as on Rap City Top 10 with Mike Jones. Amadeus has also appeared in countless magazines such as Scratch Magazine (twice in a row), Urban Network, Philly Uncut, The Plug Magazine, RapFanatic, ConnexList, TrueMagazine, Hush Magazine and online publications like HipHopgame, Whomag, TheFlowOnline, pmp worldwide, all hiphop, istandardproducers.com, str8hiphop.com, hhnlive.com, chocolatemagazine.co.uk.

Amadeus is managed by Laurent Besencon and Alan Melina of New Heights Entertainment and published by Cherry Lane Music.