Malay (record producer)

Malay
Birth name	James Ryan Ho
Genres	R&B soul electro alternative hip hop hip hop soul alternative R&B neo soul EDM pop
Occupation(s)	Record producer songwriter engineer
Instruments	Guitar bass keyboards percussion trumpet
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Bhamboo LLC
Associated acts	Frank Ocean Linus Young John Legend Alicia Keys Andre 3000 Big Boi Yelawolf Zayn

James Ryan Ho, better known as Malay, is an American record producer, songwriter and engineer. He is a Grammy Award winner.

James Ho was born to an Asian father and Caucasian mother.

Malay has produced for a number of artists. He was producer for John Legend in the album Evolver (2008) and Frank Ocean in channel ORANGE (2012); the latter won a number of accolades, including the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album, as well as 2013 Grammy nominations for Album of the Year, Best New Artist, and Record of the Year for "Thinkin Bout You". He has also produced for Zayn Malik's debut album Mind of Mine, as well as Stacy Barthe, Fantasia, Linus Young, and Yelawolf.