Blackbear (musician)
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| Birth name | Matthew Tyler Musto |
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November 27, 1990 Daytona Beach, Florida, US |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, US |
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| Website | beartrap |
Matthew Tyler Musto (born November 27, 1990), known professionally as Blackbear (stylized as blackbear), is an American hip hop recording artist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has collaborated with several musical artists such as Gnash, Justin Bieber, G-Eazy, Mike Posner, James Blake, Maejor Ali, Palisades, Machine Gun Kelly, Mod Sun, Rivers Cuomo, Childish Gambino, Billie Eilish, Pharrell Williams, and Linkin Park. He co-wrote "Boyfriend" by Justin Bieber, which debuted at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. He also produced the title track from G-Eazy's album These Things Happen.
Musto was born on November 27, 1990, in Daytona Beach, Florida and resided in Palm Coast, FL where he attended Flagler Palm Coast High School.He was discovered at an early age as a rock-leaning singer-songwriter and grew up playing in garage bands, such as signed band Polaroid. Musto earned his GED while on tour. He was discovered in 2008 by talent manager Tabari Francis and later connected with manager Mister who runs Compound Entertainment, an artist incubator started by recording artist Ne-Yo. Musto moved to Atlanta, Georgia at age 18 and spent two years developing his sound and learning from songwriters like Sam Hook, Maejor and Ne-Yo.
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