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Verse Simmonds
Maurice "Verse" Simmonds is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer.〔 Based in Atlanta, Georgia,〔 Simmonds has self-identified his vocal stylings and production as "R&B, hip-hop, reggae and calypso."〔 Raised in the Virgin Islands, he moved to the United States after high school and he formed the production duo the Jugganauts in the 1990s. The duo has since co-written and produced tracks such as "Man Down" by Rihanna〔 and "Who Gon Stop Me" by Kanye West and Jay-Z, both of which charted prominently on ''Billboard''.〔
Around 2007 Simmonds began releasing his own solo material, and his 2009 single "Buy You a Round (Up and Down)" on Interscope peaked at No. 55 on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.〔 He has also released a number of full-length mixtapes, rapping and singing over many of the tracks and also bringing in guest artists such as Young Jeezy, Akon, Snoop Dogg, and Travis Porter.〔 Under his birth name or as Verse Simmonds he has co-written a number of charting R&B songs, such "Confident" with Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper and "New Flame" with Chris Brown, Usher and Rick Ross. The latter earned Simmonds his first Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Song in 2015.〔
==Early life and music==
Maurice Simmonds was born in Puerto Rico. Raised in the Virgin Islands,〔〔〔 he spent his youth in the city of Saint Thomas.〔 Introduced to music primarily through the radio, in high school he and several friends formed the musical group 2 Xtreme, performing at local venues and talent shows.〔 He moved to Fort Lauderdale in Florida after graduating high school, where he continued to work on hip hop production and songwriting.〔 In 1996〔 in Fort Lauderdale Simmonds met and befriended the producer and songwriter Shama Joseph, and together they formed the production duo the Jugganauts.〔 The Jugganuats moved to Los Angeles, California in 2003 to work on a number of projects for major record labels.〔 Several years later Simmonds was contacted by Theron Thomas, a childhood friend and member of the production duo Rock City. Thomas convinced the Jugganauts〔 to move to〔 Atlanta, Georgia,〔 where they began recording with producers such as Rodney Jerkins and Akon.〔
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