Mustard (record producer)

Mustard
Mustard at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards
Background information
Birth nameDijon Isaiah McFarlane[1]
Also known as
  • Mustard
  • DJ Mustard
Born (1990-06-05) June 5, 1990 (age 34)[2][3]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • DJ
  • songwriter
  • record executive
DiscographyProduction discography
Years active2009–present
Labels
Spouse
Chanel Thierry
(m. 2020; div. 2023)
Children3
Websitedjmustard.com

Dijon Isaiah McFarlane (born June 5, 1990), known professionally as Mustard (formerly DJ Mustard), is an American record producer and DJ. A frequent producer for California-based artists YG and Ty Dolla Sign, he has produced a bulk of singles and albums for both rappers, as well as other prominent acts in hip hop and R&B. He first saw recognition for his work on Tyga's 2011 single "Rack City".

Mustard's production style has been described as an up-tempo, club-oriented, catchy yet rudimentary and melodic hip hop. Most of his productions begin or end with the producer tag "Mustard on the beat, ho!",[4] a voice sample of YG (who says it at the end of "I'm Good", one of their early collaborations), and include heavy use of synthesizers, claps, and reverberated, repeated utterance of a "hey!" voice clip. His work has been credited as influential in the sound of both mainstream and West Coast hip hop productions during the early-to-mid 2010s, a style he refers to as "ratchet music".[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Mustard has released three albums: 10 Summers in August 2014, Cold Summer in September 2016, and Perfect Ten in June 2019. The latter spawned the single "Ballin'" (featuring Roddy Ricch), which peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Mustard's signature song as a lead artist. He founded the record label 10 Summers Records in 2014, and has signed acts including British singer Ella Mai, as well as fellow California-based artists Kiana Ledé and RJMrLA.[11] Mustard produced Kendrick Lamar's 2024 single "Not Like Us", which became his first production to peak atop the Billboard Hot 100.[12]

  1. ^ "Dijon McFarlane - Credits". AllMusic.
  2. ^ DJ Mustard [@DJmustard] (June 3, 2013). "Wensday the cirus gone go crazy !!!!!!! My birthday June 5th !!!!!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Noz, Andrew. "Beat Construction: DJ Mustard". Fader.
  4. ^ "We Ranked All 63 DJ Mustard Beats From 2014". MTV. Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  5. ^ "DJ Mustard talks Ratchet Movement". Sway's Universe. Archived from the original on October 1, 2013.
  6. ^ "DJ Mustard". Complex. November 5, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  7. ^ Andrew Noz. "Beat Construction: DJ Mustard". Fader. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  8. ^ William E. Ketchum III (July 19, 2012). "Producer's Corner: DJ Mustard Explains The Ratchet Movement, The Weirdest Place He's Heard "Rack City"". HiphopDX. Archived from the original on March 21, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  9. ^ "DJ Mustard Talks Working with Ella Mai & Growing Representation of R&B Music: Watch". Billboard.
  10. ^ David Drake. "YG "I'm Good" – The 20 Best DJ Mustard Tracks – Complex". Complex. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  11. ^ "Kiana Ledé Signs with 10 Summers Management: 'So Grateful'". April 22, 2022.
  12. ^ Mamo, Heran (May 13, 2024). "Mustard Celebrates Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' Topping the Hot 100: 'Summer Started Last Week According to Me'". Billboard.

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