Question: An American rapper, Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, becoming known as a producer for what in early 2000's produced hit singles  for an American singer whos debut album was "Songs in A Minor" 

Context articles: Meech Wells
Big Boi discography
Kesha
Alicia Keys
Special Generation (band)
Missy Elliott
I'll Cry If I Want To
Kanye West
Sylvain Cossette
Sweet Tee

Meech Wells (born Cecil D. Womack, Jr.) is a music producer from the United States.
 He works primarily on hip hop music, and has produced or co-produced for artists Snoop Dogg and Shaquille O'Neal.
 Wells is also the son of Motown singer Mary Wells and musician/songwriter, Cecil Womack.
 Being the son of Motown legend Mary Wells may have helped jumpstart Meech Wells' career, but the West Coast rap producer quickly proved his talent and eventually aligned himself with Snoop Dogg, another relationship that definitely didn't hurt his career.
 Before being Snoop's producer of choice during the late 1990s and early 2000s, Wells began his career as part of a funk band called Trey Lewd that also featured Tracey Lewis, George Clinton's son; this provided him with the opportunity to work with Clinton himself.
 By 1993, Wells found himself working alongside producer/rapper Def Jef; the two's production on Shaquille O'Neil's "I Got Skillz" (a surprise hit single) won them instant credentials.
 Throughout the mid-'90s, he continued to hone his craft, working on a number of remix projects before eventually being introduced to Snoop through a friend.
 Before long, the two were working together as a potent duo, beginning with "Still a G Thang," one of the better songs on Snoop's Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told.
 Wells produced a few No Limit songs featuring Snoop—Tru's "It's a Beautiful Thang," Silkk the Shocker's "Get It Up"—before playing a major role in bringing a West Coast sound to Snoop's Top Dogg album in 1999: "In Love With a Thug," "Better Days," "Gangsta Ride," among others.
 In 2000 he reprised his role as one of Snoop's producers of choice, producing tracks for Tha Eastsidaz' self-titled debut and Doggy's Angels' Pleezbalevit, as well as Snoop's own Tha Last Meal ("Go Away," "Issues").
The discography of American rapper Big Boi consists of three studio albums, one mixtape, twenty-two singles, five promotional singles and twenty-five music videos. Big Boi initially achieved success as a member of the hip hop duo Outkast with fellow rapper André 3000; they have recorded and released six studio albums together, and their singles "Ms. Jackson", "Hey Ya!
" and "The Way You Move" have all topped the US "Billboard" Hot 100.
 In 1995, Big Boi made a guest appearance on the single "Dirty South" by American hip hop group Goodie Mob, which peaked at number 92 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
 During the late 1990s and early 2000s, he made several other appearances on commercially successful singles, including "All n My Grill" by rapper Missy Elliott, "A.D.I.D.A.S." by rapper Killer Mike and "Girlfight" by singer Brooke Valentine; these songs charted on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
Kesha Rose Sebert ( ; born March 1, 1987; formerly stylized as Ke$ha) is an American singer, songwriter and rapper.
 In 2005, at age 18, Kesha was signed to producer Dr. Luke's label Kemosabe Records.
 Her breakthrough came in early 2009 after appearing on American rapper Flo Rida's number-one single "Right Round".
 Kesha's music and image propelled her to immediate success, with her debut album "Animal" premiering at the top of the charts in several countries.
 She achieved 3 more number-one singles, "Tik Tok" and "We R Who We R" as a solo artist, and "Timber" as a featured artist.
 At the same time, she continued to write songs for other artists, becoming respected as a songwriter. "
Warrior", her second studio album, was released in 2012, and spawned her eighth consecutive top-ten single "Die Young".
 "Tik Tok", at one point, was the best-selling digital single in history, selling over 14 million units internationally.
Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, pianist and actress.
 Keys released her debut album with J Records, having had previous record deals first with Columbia and then Arista Records.
 Keys' debut album, "Songs in A Minor" was released in 2001, producing her first "Billboard" Hot 100 number-one single "Fallin'", and selling over 12 million copies worldwide.
 The album earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002.
 Her sophomore album, "The Diary of Alicia Keys", was released in 2003, spawning successful singles "You Don't Know My Name", "If I Ain't Got You" and "Diary", and selling 8 million copies worldwide.
 The duet song "My Boo" with Usher scored her a second number-one single in 2004.
 The album garnered her an additional four Grammy Awards in 2005.
 Later that year, she released her first live album, "Unplugged", becoming the first woman to have an "MTV Unplugged" album debut at number one.
Special Generation was an American new jack swing/urban R&B quintet that was the brainchild of M.C. Hammer.
 The group members are Lead singer Maquet Robinson, Kendrick Washington, Fernando Carter, Charles Salter and Maurice Dowdell.
 The group sang heart felt harmonic background vocals on several MC Hammers hit releases from the 90's (such as "U Can't Touch This", "Help the Children" and "Have You Seen Her"), before becoming major recording artists in their own right in early 1990.
 That same year, their debut album, "Take It To The Floor" which was released off of Hammer's Bust it / Capitol Records label, debuted their first song "Love me just for me " which climbed the charts with a bullet for 21 weeks and finally went gold, their debut album was released and did well in the music/recording industry due in part to the popular ballad "Love Me Just For Me" (peaked at #04 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in December 1990) and a follow up mid-tempo R&B Top Ten Hit "Spark of Love".
 Special Generation went on in 1992 to release there sophomore album entitled "Butterflies" in which the group recorded hit singles with Troop member Steven Russell whom produced and sang on the album,
Melissa Arnette Elliott (born July 1, 1971), better known as Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, is an American rapper, dancer, and record producer.
 Elliott embarked on her music career with all-female R&B group Sista in the early 1990s and later became a member of the Swing Mob collective along with childhood friend and longtime collaborator Timbaland, with whom she worked on projects for Aaliyah, 702, Total, and SWV.
 Following several collaborations and guest appearances, she launched her solo career in 1997 with her debut album "Supa Dupa Fly", which spawned the hit singles "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" and "Sock It 2 Me".
 The album debuted at number three on the "Billboard" 200, the highest-charting debut for a female rapper at the time.
I'll Cry If I Want To was the debut album of Lesley Gore.
 The album included her hit singles "It's My Party" and its follow-up, "Judy's Turn to Cry".
 The album was rushed out after "It's My Party" became a big hit, and the songs are mostly about crying, linking to the hit single's first line "It's my party and I'll cry if I want to", incorporating songs with titles such as "Cry", "Just Let Me Cry" and "Cry and You Cry Alone".
 Besides the hit singles, the album included pop standards such as "Misty", "Cry Me a River" and "What Kind of Fool Am I?
".
 The album reached #24 on the "Billboard" 200.
 Edsel Records released the album on Compact Disc in 2000 in combination with Gore's second album, "Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts".
 The album was named the 181st best album of the 1960s by "Pitchfork".
Kanye Omari West ( ; born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur.
 Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West briefly attended art school before becoming known as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the early 2000s, producing hit singles for artists such as Jay-Z and Alicia Keys.
 Intent on pursuing a solo career as a rapper, West released his debut album "The College Dropout" in 2004 to widespread critical and commercial success, and founded the record label GOOD Music.
 He went on to pursue a variety of styles on subsequent albums "Late Registration" (2005), "Graduation" (2007), and "808s & Heartbreak" (2008).
 In 2010, he released his fifth album "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" to rave reviews from critics, and the following year he released the collaborative album "Watch the Throne" with Jay-Z.
 West released his abrasive sixth album, "Yeezus", to further critical praise in 2013.
 His seventh album, "The Life of Pablo", was released in 2016.
Sylvain Cossette (born May 8, 1963) is a French-Canadian singer-songwriter from Grand-Mère, Quebec (located in the Mauricie region).
 Sylvain was a founding member of the Quebec-based English language band Paradox in 1984, before becoming a French language solo artist by 1994.
 During his career he has sold over one million albums (12 Gold and Platinum), recorded thirty-two #1 hit songs and eight Number 1 albums, earned six Silver, Gold and Platinum Tickets, won 10 Quebec Felix Music Awards, six Socan awards and four Juno nominations, and performed in Canada and Europe in the hit stage musicals "Notre Dame De Paris" and "Dracula".
 Cossette's 2001 album "Rendez-vous" was certified Platinum by the CRIA in November 2002.
 His 2007 album "70s" (#1 Quebec, #2 Canada) is his first all English release and produced four Number 1 hit singles and two Number 1 hit videos.
 The album went Gold (50,000 CDs sold) in 27 days and Platinum (100,000 CDs sold) in 15 weeks.
 The 70s concert tour went Silver Ticket (25,000 tickets sold) in three months and Gold Ticket (50,000 tickets sold) within a year.
 On October 21, 2008, he released the album "70s Volume 2" and produced three Number 1 hit singles and one Number 1 hit video.
 The album went Gold (50,000 CDs sold) in 19 days and Platinum (100,000 CDs sold) in 11 weeks.
 On October 25, 2010, the album 70s Volume 3 was released and quickly went Gold.
 The 70s project has so far sold almost 400,000 albums, 150,000 concert tickets and been seen by over a 650,000 people at outdoor festivals.
 In September 2011 he launched his new one-year tour «The Best of the 70s».
 In October 2011, two compilation albums were released of his greatest French language hits.
 On October 1, 2012, he release his first original French language album in 12 years called "Le jour d'après" (4 number one hit songs) which he wrote, co-arranged and co-produced.
 His next album RETROSPECTIVE spawned a tour throughout French Canada in 2013-2014.
 In April 2014 he released an album "Les numérous 1" of his career #1 hit songs that he composed.
 A new trilogy project (album/photobiography book/tour) called ACCORDS was released in October 2014 and spawned three Number 1 hit singles followed by a tour throughout French Canada in 2015.
 In 2014-16 he was the creative force behind two children projects (albums and live shows): Lily et le Lutin & Pyjama Party.
 In 2017 he released his first instrumental album Café et Guitares in over 200 countries.
Sweet Tee (born Toi Jackson) is an American rapper, who was signed to Profile Records in the 1980s.
 Her first single in 1986 was the hit "It's My Beat" featuring DJ Jazzy Joyce.
 She scored minor chart success with her debut album, "It's Tee Time" in 1988, which peaked at #31 on the US "Billboard" R&B chart.
 She scored four chart hit singles from her debut album.
 These included "I Got da Feelin'" (#48 US R&B, #31 UK Singles Chart), "On the Smooth Tip" (#36 US R&B) and "Why Did It Have to Be Me".
 In the UK, "It's Like That Y'All" peaked in the Top 40.