Born in Far Rock Away Queens NY, Ramon Rivas is perhaps best known for engineering Nine Grammy award-winning albums for recording artists such as Beyonce, Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, Nas & Alicia Keys respectively. Thereafter, Rivas connected with Mel Testamark and signed a publishing in-house deal with So So Def Recordings as an in-house engineer. At 17 Rivas joined So So Def Recordings In 1998, Rivas moved to Atlanta after he was offered a full time position with the label by founder, Jermaine Dupri. Ramon's first major credit came in 2007 on Queen Latifah's Trav'lin Light album. Additionally, Ramon was an engineer and mixing assistant on the 50 Shades of Grey sound track and Despicable Me Movie and Soundtrack. Most recently, under the pseudonym Lifeof9000, Ramon has produced and released his own theme albums " Credit: Cardi B, The Carters, Ariana Grande, J Balvin, Drunk In Love, Full Circle by Nas. Credits Ramon Rivas – second engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4–11, 13, 14), assistant engineering (tracks 3, 12) - Album Beyonce (self-titled) Ramon Rivas – assistant engineer, engineer, project assistant winner of Best R&B album 56th Grammy Awards Ramon Rivas - assistant engineer winner of Best R&B performance/Best R&B song "Drunk In Love" single 57th Grammy Awards and Best Urban Contemporary album by Pharrell Williams "Girl" Winner of 59th Grammy Awards Mixing Engineer , assistant of Lemonade Urban Contemporary Album at the 59th Grammy Awards