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Timbaland

Early life

Mosley was born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia. Originally a disc jockey known as "DJ Timmy Tim" or "DJ Tiny Tim", Mosley began making hip hop backing tracks on a Casio keyboard. Rapper Missy Elliott heard his material and, taken by Mosleyâ€™s unique sense of rhythm, began working with him . She and her R&B group Sista auditioned for DeVante Swing, a producer and member of the successful R&B act Jodeci. DeVante signed Sista to his Swing Mob record label and Elliott brought Mosley and Barcliff along with her to New York, where Swing Mob was based. It was DeVante who renamed the young producer Timbaland, after Timberland construction boots, which were popular in hip hop fashion.

Sista, Timbaland, and Magoo became part of DeVante's stable of Swing Mob signees known as "Da Bassment" crew, joining artists such as R&B singer Ginuwine, male vocal group Playa, and the girl group Sugah. Timbaland did production work on a number of projects with DeVante, including the 1995

More about Timbaland (From Wikipedia)

Early Life

Mosley was born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia. Originally a disc jockey known as "DJ Timmy Tim" or "DJ Tiny Tim", Mosley began making hip hop backing tracks on a Casio keyboard. read more...

1996â€“1999

In 1996, Ginuwine released his debut album, Ginuwine...the Bachelor, which was produced by Timbaland. The album was both a commercial and critical success. On many of the tracks, read more...

2000â€“2002

Timbaland produced songs including Ludacris' "Roll Out (My Business)", Jay-Z's "Hola' Hovito", Petey Pablo's "Raise Up", and Beck's cover of David Bowie's "Diamond Dogs" during this read more...

2003â€“2005

Timbaland contributed three tracks to Tweetâ€™s debut album, Southern Hummingbird, and produced most of Elliottâ€™s fourth and fifth LPs, Under Construction and This Is read more...

2006â€“2007

Timbaland started a new label distributed by Interscope, Mosley Music Group, bringing some talent from his former Beat Club Records label. On the new label are Nelly Furtado, Keri read more...

Plagiarism Controversy

In early 2007, Timbaland was accused of plagiarism regarding his work on the Nelly Furtado track "Do It". He is alleged to have plagiarized elements from the song "Acid Jazzed Evening" read more...

2008â€“present

Timbaland has also started working on his next studio album "Shock Value 2". He has already recorded tracks with Linkin Park, Akon, Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera, BeyoncÃ©, read more...

Marriage

On June 10, 2008, Timbaland married his long time girlfriend, Monique Idlett, in a civil ceremony presided over by a family pastor in Virginia Beach,Virginia. The pair had a formal read more...

Timothy Z. Mosley (born March 10, 1971), better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, composer, rapper, and singer. Primarily known for his work in urban read more...