# Beam (hip-hop musician)

Tyshane Thompson (born 1995), known professionally as Beam (an acronym for Be Everything and More; stylised in all caps; formerly as Tyshane and Elite), is a Jamaican-born American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the son of dancehall and gospel reggae singer Papa San. He was one-half of the production duo 808&Elite. Beam released his debut studio album, Alien, on February 4, 2022. It includes collaborations with Justin Bieber, Jorja Smith, and his father, among others.

## Career

According to Thompson's father, he started producing at age ten. He formed the now-disbanded production duo 808&Elite with Matt Massaro.
He first received notice when he produced for Andy Mineo on the tracks "Young", featuring KB, and "Michael Jackson", featuring Thi'sl, Rich Perez, R-Swift, and Bubba Watson, from the mixtape Formerly Known in 2011. In 2012 he produced the highly popular, Jamaican-tinged song "Black Rose" by Lecrae on the mixtape Church Clothes. He also appeared in the final episode of the web-series Saturday Morning Car-Tunez, created by Andy Mineo, where he helped remix the Puff Daddy song "It's All About the Benjamins". On July 6, 2012, Thompson and Matt Massaro, under the name 808&Elite, released the single "Me Monster", featuring Andy Mineo, from their upcoming beat-tape, Diamonds x Pearls. The tape was made available two days later for free download exclusively through the Christian hip-hop website Rapzilla. Thompson's talent was praised by critics when he and ThaInnaCircle produced the bass-heavy, East Coast style, reggae and dancehall-influenced song "Violence" by Lecrae from the Grammy-winning album Gravity, released on September 4, 2012. In October 2012, Thompson competed at the second Annual Rapzilla.com Beat Battle at the 2012 Flavor Fest. Thompson, his father Papa San and brother Tyrone Andrew, are working on a collaborative project. 808 & Elite now produces under Street Symphony's Track or Die label. In addition to his work with his father and brother, Lecrae, and Andy Mineo, Tyshane has produced, both independently and as part of 808 & Elite, for artists such as 2 Chainz, Yo Gotti, G-Eazy, Xavier Omär, and Asaiah Ziv.
He co-wrote the track "Burn" from ¥$ (Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign) album Vultures 1, released on 10 February 2024.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details |
| Alien | Released: February 4, 2022 Label: Epic Format: Digital download, streaming |

### Extended plays

| Title | Extended play details |
| 95 | Released: October 18, 2019 Label: Epic Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Crimson Soundtrack | Released: October 29, 2020 Label: Epic Format: Digital download, streaming |

### Singles
#### As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Chat Bout" | 2017 | Non-album singles |
| "Problems" | 2017 | Non-album singles |
| "Centipede" | 2017 | Non-album singles |
| "Cactus" | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "2x2 (ColorsxStudios version)" | 2020 | 95 |
| "Psycho" | 2020 | Crimson Soundtrack |
| "Numby" (with Artz and Bugy) | 2021 | We Survive |
| "Anxiety" | 2021 | Alien |
| "Win" | 2022 | Alien |
| "Planet Beam" | 2022 | Alien |

#### As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Rave de Favela" (with MC Lan, Major Lazer and Anitta featuring Beam) | 2020 | Music Is the Weapon |
| "Slip" (Ambré featuring Beam) | 2020 | Pulp |
| "Fine China" (Odalys featuring Beam) | 2020 | Non-album single |
| "Delete" (Ape Drums featuring Beam) | 2020 | Soundboy |
| "Toxic" (Maeta featuring Beam) | 2021 | Habits |
| "Searching (Remix)" (Abir featuring Wafia and Beam) | 2021 | Non-album singles |
| "Truck Riddim" (Bambii featuring Beam) | 2021 | Non-album singles |
| "On My Own" (Sainvil featuring Beam) | 2021 | They're All Goblins |
| "Burn" (Darci featuring Beam) | 2021 | Long Days Away |
| "Contact (Remix)" (Dimitri McDowell featuring Beam) | 2021 | Non-album single |
| "Tonight" (Tasan featuring Beam) | 2021 | Ornaments |
| "Beg Mi Ah Link" (Stefflon Don featuring Beam) | 2021 | Non-album single |
| "Kalash" (Delara featuring Beam) | 2023 | Shahrazad |
| "How Could You" (Lay Bankz featuring Beam) | 2024 | After 7 |

#### Other charted songs

List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US | US Christ. | AUS | CAN | DEN | NZ | SWE | UK Stream. | WW | Album |
| "Team" (Andy Mineo and Wordsplayed featuring Beam) | 2017 | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Andy Mineo and Wordsplayed Present Magic & Bird |
| "Dive" (Social Club Misfits featuring Beam) | 2017 | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Into the Night |
| "Love You Different" (Justin Bieber featuring Beam) | 2021 | 84 | — | 72 | 35 | 31 | — | 91 | 73 | 58 | Justice |
| "Freedom" (with Justin Bieber) | 2021 | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Freedom |
| "Top Shotta" (Pop Smoke and the Neptunes featuring Pusha T, Travi, and Beam) | 2021 | — | — | — | 67 | — | — | — | — | 180 | Faith |
| "Energy" (Beyoncé featuring Beam) | 2022 | 27 | — | 42 | 46 | — | 40 | — | 34 | 23 | Renaissance |
| "Link Up" (Metro Boomin, Don Toliver, and Wizkid featuring Beam and Toian) | 2023 | — | — | — | 69 | — | — | — | — | 167 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) |

#### Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Fireworks" (KIDD featuring Tyshane) | 2012 | Non-album song |
| "Fire" (Steven Malcolm featuring Beam) | 2017 | Steven Malcolm |
| "Break Bread" (Andy Mineo and Wordsplayed featuring Beam) | 2017 | Andy Mineo and Wordsplayed Present Magic & Bird |
| "Team" (Andy Mineo and Wordsplayed featuring Beam) | 2017 | Andy Mineo and Wordsplayed Present Magic & Bird |
| "Act Like" (Asaiah Ziv featuring Beam) | 2017 | I'm Despressed, but Happy |
| "Dive" (Social Club Misfits featuring Beam) | 2017 | Into the Night |
| "Mad Over We" (LevyGrey featuring Beam) | 2019 | Figures |
| "Mumbai Power" (Skrillex featuring Beam) | 2019 | Show Tracks |
| "Bags" (Anto featuring Beam) | 2020 | Small Talk |
| "Moneybag Szn" (Kasien with Beam) | 2020 | I Found Paradise in Hell |
| "Up Inna (Remix)" (Cadenza, M.I.A. and GuiltyBeatz featuring Beam, Cham and Alicai Harley) | 2020 | Up Inna |
| "Love Cost Too Much" (Preme and Popcaan featuring Beam) | 2020 | Link Up |
| "Bam Bam" (Major Lazer featuring French Montana and Beam) | 2020 | Music Is the Weapon |
| "Tiny" (Major Lazer featuring Beam and Shenseea) | 2020 | Music Is the Weapon |
| "Goddess" (Mitch featuring Beam and Ilham) | 2020 | Better For You |
| "York Way" (Vory featuring Beam) | 2020 | Vory |
| "Every Morning" (Patrick Cc: featuring Beam) | 2021 | Launch Sequence |
| "Love You Different" (Justin Bieber featuring Beam) | 2021 | Justice |
| "Freedom" (Justin Bieber and Beam) | 2021 | Freedom |
| "Honor (Remix)" (A!MS featuring AV Allure, Kent Jones, Moelogo, Projexx, Julian Marley and Beam) | 2021 | Offshore |
| "Pretty Ugly" (Stalk Ashley featuring Beam) | 2021 | Excuses, Pt. I |
| "Baby Blues (Remix)" (Audrey Nuna featuring Beam) | 2022 | A Liquid Breakfast |
| "Eternity" (Kyle featuring Beam) | 2022 | It's Not So Bad |
| "Energy" (Beyoncé featuring Beam) | 2022 | Renaissance |
| "Link Up" (Metro Boomin, Don Toliver, and Wizkid featuring Beam and Toian) | 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack from & Inspired by the Motion Picture) |

## Production discography
### 2010
#### Tyrone Andrew – The Road

    03. "Narrow Road" (featuring Jonathan Guerra)
    04. "Take Him On"

### 2011
#### Andy Mineo – Formerly Known

    05. "Young" (featuring KB)

#### Paul Morris – Paul Morris Under Construction – Co-produced with Paul Morris
### 2012
#### Papa San – My Story

Tyrone Andrew – "Encamp"

#### Lecrae – Church Clothes

    09. "Black Rose"
Andy Mineo – Saturday Morning Cartoons
    04. "Benjamins" (featuring Rich Perez and Izz) – remix of "It's All About the Benjamins" by Puff Daddy (featuring Lil' Kim, The LOX, and The Notorious B.I.G.)
Tyrone Andrew – "Love or Hate"

#### Lecrae – Gravity

    07. "Violence" – (Co-produced with ThaInnaCircle)
DJ Official and Alex Medina – Gravity The Remix EP
    13. "Tell the World" (featuring Mali Music)
KIDD – "Fireworks" (featuring Tyshane)

### 2013
#### Beleaf – Theo's Gift

    06. "Bass Loud" (featuring Andy Mineo)

#### Andy Mineo – Heroes for Sale

    09. "Wild Things" – (Co-produced with ThaInnaCircle & Joseph Prielozny)
    10. "Take Me Alive"

#### SPZRKT – The Loner

    14. "Spazzy Party (Turn Up)"

#### Social Club – Summer of George

    05. Majestic (featuring Thi'sl)

#### KIDD – Murder My Flesh

    01. "Intro"

#### Papa San – One Blood

    01. "Step Up" (featuring Da' T.R.U.T.H.)
    02. "Your Eyes Are On Me" (featuring Fred Hammond) – Co-produced with Maurice Gregory
    03. "Radio" (featuring Lecrae) – Co-produced with Maurice Gregory
    04. "One Blood" (featuring Stitchie)
    05. "Running" (featuring Tasan)
    06. "Get Right" – Co-produced with Maurice Gregory
    07. "Revival" (featuring Israel Houghton) – Co-produced with Maurice Gregory
    08. "Show Me" (featuring Tiffany Hall) – Co-produced with Maurice Gregory
    09. "I Love You" (featuring Tyrone Andrew) – Co-produced with ThaInnaCircle
    11. "God By My Side" (featuring Ryan Mark)
    13. "Don't Give Up the Fight" (featuring Jael Wiafe)

#### SPZRKT – Lucid Dream

    01. "Back to You" – Co-produced with Jermaine

#### Lecrae – Church Clothes 2

    04. "The Fever"

#### Man Praisin Hard – Critical Condition: The Mixtape, pt. 2

    08. "Twerk Muzik"

### 2014
#### KB – 100

    06. "Crazy" – Co-produced with Cardec and Joseph Prielozny

#### The Rise – Casual Tuesdays

    01. "Work"

#### D. Tropp – Away from Home

    05. "Choices (The Break-Up)"
    08. "Misbehave" (featuring SPZRKT) – Co-produced with Cardec Drums

#### Surf Gvng – Surf Gvng

    06. "Sonic Boom" (featuring Marty)

#### Ernest Rush – STRT TRBL

    03. "Another Taste"

### 2015
#### Gabrl – Here's a Mixtape

    02. "Untitled" (Co-produced with Gordonbeats, dsavagebeats, and pharaoh)
    03. "Who" (co-produced with Alias and Dáramólá)

#### Yo Gotti – CM8

    06. "No Mo" (co-produced with Street Symphony and D.O Speaks)

### 2016
#### Adrian Stresow – Pajama Day

    06. "Slippin'" (featuring Surf Gvng) (co-produced with D-Flow)

#### Trav – Push3

    21. "We Living" (co-produced with Street Symphony)

### 2018
#### 21 Savage – I Am > I Was

    10. "Ball w/o You" (co-produced with TM88)
    11. "Good Day" (featuring ScHoolboy Q & Project Pat) (co-produced with 30 Roc & Cardo)

### 2019
#### Andy Mineo – "Work In Progress"

    03. "OT OD (sketch).mp3" (co-produced by Alex Medina)
    18. "Honest 2 God Tyshance/DTSL 1.0.mp3" (co-produced by Daniel Steele)
    20. "I ain't done (Beam Version).aif"

#### Skip Marley – "Enemy" (co-produced by Ryan Tedder)
### 2022
#### Justin Bieber – "Honest" (featuring Don Toliver) (co-produced with Sonni and Azul Wynter)
#### Beyoncé - Renaissance

    05. Energy (featuring Beam) (co-produced with Beyoncé, Skrillex, Al Cres, Nova Wav)

### 2023
#### Metro Boomin - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (soundtrack)

    08. "Link Up" (with Don Toliver and Wizkid featuring Beam and Toian) (co-produced with Metro, Al Cres, Chris Townsend, and Peter Lee Johnson)

## 808&Elite discography
### EPs

| 2012 | New Era Vol. 1 1st extended play Released: 2012 Label: Independent |
| 2012 | Diamonds x Pearls 2nd extended play Released: 2012 Label: Beloved / Rapzilla |

### Compilations

| 2012 | newxera 1st compilation album Released: 2012 Label: Beloved / Independent |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Me Monster" (featuring Andy Mineo) | 2012 | Diamonds x Pearls |
| "The Weeknd x Often (Remix)" | 2014 | Non-album remix single |

### Production discography

Note that this includes tracks produced only by Matt Massaro aka 808

#### 2011
##### Andy Mineo – Formerly Known

    14. "Michael Jackson" (featuring Thi'sl, Rich Perez, R-Swift, and Bubba Watson)

#### 2013
##### Andy Mineo – Heroes for Sale

    08. "Shallow" (featuring Swoope) – Additional production from Joseph Prielozny and Andy Mineo

##### Lecrae – Church Clothes 2

    01. "Co Sign pt. 2" – Co-produced with Street Symphony

##### SPZRKT – Lucid Dream

    04. "Love & Pain (SPZRKT Remix)" – Co-produced with Sango Beats

#### 2014
##### Bishop – Rose Gold

    08. "Sinderella" – Produced by 808 and Mishene City

##### 2 Chainz – Freebase

    02. "Trap Back" – Co-produced with Street Symphony

##### Tracy T – The Wolf of All Streets

    14. "Save Me" – Co-produced with Street Symphony

##### Tedashii – Below Paradise

    13. "Complicated" (featuring Christon Gray) – Co-produced with Mashell and TOD

##### HillaryJane – Sticks and Stones

    01. "Chimneys"
    02. "Celebrity" (featuring Thi’sl)
    03. "Wild Side"
    04. "Shotgun"
    05. "We Fight"
    06. "Stix and Stones"

##### Wave Chapelle – Only the Beginning

    05. "I Want It All" – Co-produced with Street Symphony

##### Lecrae – Anomaly

    03. "Say I Won't" (featuring Andy Mineo) – Co-produced with Gawvi, with post-production by Andy Mineo

##### Paul Morris – Square One

    01. "My Heart"
    02. "Square One"
    04. "Fallible Man" (featuring Rheama Blaze) – Co-produced with Paul Morris
    07. "Luke Warm"
    10. "Ready To Die"
    11. "Soldiers of the Light"

##### Spencer Kane – Runway

    03. "Runway"

##### Ernest Rush – STRT TRBL

    08. "Say What [Remix]"

#### 2015
##### Yo Gotti – Concealed

    03. Super Power (co-produced with Street Symphony and D.O Speaks)

##### Neek Bucks – Here For a Reason Vol. II

"How Can I" (featuring Kevin Gates) (co-produced with Street Symphony)

##### KB – Tomorrow We Live

    09. "Calling You" (featuring Natalie Lauren) – (co-produced with Dirty Rice and Joseph Prielozny)
    13. "Crowns & Thorns (Oceans)" – (co-produced with Gawvi)

##### GABRL – Here's a Mixtape

    05. "Bet You Wish
    06. "Flaw City" (co-produced with 100 Labels)
    07. "Anthum"
    08. "Rocafella" (featuring Tasan and Daramola)
    09. "Lies (Bonus)"

##### Reconcile – Catching Bodies

    04. "Temptation" (featuring John Givez, Alex Faith, and Tasha Catour) – produced by 8X8 and D.O Speaks

##### 2 Chainz – Trapavelli Tre

    09. "Halo (Letter from My Unborn Son)" (co-produced with Street Symphony)

#### 2016
##### 2 Chainz – Felt Like Cappin

    05. Mindin my Business (produced by 8x8, D.O. Speaks & Street Symphony)

##### Trav – Push3

    02. "It's a Will It's a Way" (co-produced with Street Symphony)

##### Zoey Dollaz – October

    06. "U Can Be That" (featuring Ink) (produced by Street Symphony, 8x8, and D.O. Speaks)

##### 2 Chainz – "Let's Ride" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign) – (produced by 8X8, Street Symphony, and D.O Speaks)
## Filmography
### As composer

| Year | Title | Director |
| 2020 | Crimson | Gregory Plotkin |

### As actor

| Year | Title | Role | Episode |
| 2012 | Saturday Morning Car-Tunez | Himself | Episode 4 |

## Awards

* Won Best Gospel Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards for Gravity in 2013