Joshua David Raggatt

Joshua David Raggatt, primarily known by his stage name J.D BEATZ, is an English-born record producer, composer, record executive, guitarist and entrepreneur. He is the founder and current CEO of iDigital Records. In 2009, he was nominated for a Producer Of The Year Award at the KnocDown Indie Awards.
Josh began his career in music as lead guitarist of the band Nato. The album, "Kill The Fox To Foil The Plan" was released in the U.K through Rising Records when he was aged 17. The album spawned 2 singles "Kill 'em Dead Cowboy" and "Ballroom Dance With Angels And Demons" which gained airplay from the biggest radio stations in the U.K and had music videos on MTV. This was his production debut as 2 tracks on the album were entirely composed, produced and recorded by him. The album artwork was also designed by himself.
In 2007, Josh left Nato and decided to follow his passion for music production. He moved to the United States and Canada so he could produce Hip Hop, R&B and Pop artists under his stage name J.D BEATZ. Since then he has produced songs for hundreds of artists across the globe and has become known as one of the best young producers in the industry.
Early life
Joshua David Raggatt was born in Truro, Cornwall. He is the youngest son of Lynne Stuart-Martin, an English teacher/ Reiki Therapist, and Brian Raggatt, a Butcher, Photographer and Drummer for the band Spoilt For Choice. He has Two older brothers named James and Luke. Luke joined Nato as Bassist in 2005.
Musical career
Nato
After 2 years of songwriting, Josh began performing as lead guitarist of Nato in 2006 and after just 6 months of touring they signed a record deal with Rising Records. The album "Kill The Fox To Foil The Plan" was released in the U.K and spawned two singles "Kill 'em Dead Cowboy" and "Ballroom Dance With Angels And Demons" which gained airplay on Juice FM, BBC Radio 1 and had music videos on MTV. The song "Devils House Of Mirrors" was also played on a radio show by Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson. The album artwork was designed by Josh and he also composed, produced and recorded an intro and interlude to the album. Nato won 2 Cornish music awards for "Best Metal Band". Josh left the band in June 2007 to follow a career in music production by working with HipHop/RnB/Pop artists in the United States and Canada. After a bitter response from the band they continued without Josh with a new guitarist. After an argument within the band Josh's brother Luke was forced to leave the band involuntarily. With 2 replaced band members, numerous line up changes and songwriting difficulties Nato called it a day without making another album.
J.D BEATZ
After the band, Josh traveled the United States and Canada to produce HipHop/R&B/Pop artists and work his way up through the music industry as J.D BEATZ. With the industry contacts he made along the way he offered underground artists the chance to get heard by major record labels. After being recognized as one of the best underground producers around he was in high demand and showed his popularity by gaining over 400,000 hits on myspace, he worked his way up to indie artists and furthered his reputation with popular mixtape album releases such as "Heart Of The City" by Jay Burna and "Musik Of All Greatness" by Nicess. After producing hit songs for hundreds of artists he gained the attention of some of the biggest labels in the world. Multi-Platinum producers also had their say on J.D BEATZ, saying "J.D Beatz has a new and refreshing sound" - Auditory Beats (Platinum producer for Game) and "J.D Beatz has some heat!! GOOD S**T!!" - Cool & Dre (Multi-Platinum producers for Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy and T-Pain). He has worked with artists such as J*Midd, Kaiser Soze, Jay Burna, Bigg Jigg, Ben Jacobs, Raveon, Ariginal, Ka$h, Strap (From Travis Porter), Nicess, Darkside, Loustar, Lil T, Calico Jonez, Solja, Startah, Lou Writer and more. He also has an upcoming album titled Underground Kingz and he is working on soundtracks for Channel 4, BBC and Rockstar Games. In 2009, J.D Beatz was nominated for a "Producer Of The Year" award at the KnocDown Indie Awards. In January 2010, Josh announced the launch of his own record label iDigital Records, which he will take the position of CEO.
Discography
Nato
Nato - "Kill The Fox To Foil The Plan"
J.D BEATZ
2009
Jay Burna - "Heart Of The City"
Nicess - "Musik Of All Greatness"
Joey BM - "Enter The New Skool"
Dinero - "The Come Up"
Baby Blue - "The Blue Generation"
Young Chop - "Street Literature"
J Duece - "The Paperchase"
Young Rich - "Rich-Fella Muzik"
Billy Da Kidd - "Almost Famous"
Lil T - "Underground Celebrity"
Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Gucci Mane, Bigg Jigg, Omarion - Compilation - "DJ Fern Presents - It Is What It Is 2"
The Game, Bigg Jigg, Lil Boosie - Compilation - "Coast To Coast Mixtape - The Showcase 36"
Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Drake, Bigg Jigg, Snoop Dogg - Compilation - "DJ Meti Presents - Sho Shot Game: Volume Six"
Usher, T.I, Young Jeezy, Ne-Yo, Bigg Jigg, Drake - Compilation - "Superstar Showcase: Mix 20"
Startah - "Who's There"
Lil T - "Cash Cow"
Viciou$ - "Straight Drop"
Dinero - "The Lifestyle Of A Hustler"
In Production
Nicess - "Million Dolla Baby" - Due 2010
Joe Young aka Yung Richy - "Trap Statz" - Due 2010
J Midd - "God Over $Money$" - Due 2010
Bigg Jigg - "The Go To Man" - Due 2010
T Nyce - "One Way Up" - Due 2010
J.D Beatz - "Underground Kingz" - Due 2010
Bigg Jigg - "DJ Drama Mixtape - Title To Be Confirmed" - Due 2010
Jay Burna - "DJ Rockstar Mixtape - Title To Be Confirmed" - Due 2010
T.R.E - "Title To Be Confirmed" - Due 2010
Caesar Da Don - "Title To Be Confirmed" - Due 2010
J Diamondz - "Title To Be Confirmed" - Due 2010
Kaiser Soze - "Title To Be Confirmed" - Due 2010
Guddah Boy - "Album - Title To Be Confirmed" - Due 2010
Woshame - "Album - Title To Be Confirmed" - Due 2010
Jay Burna - "Album - Title To Be Confirmed" - Due 2010
Jase - "Album - Title To Be Confirmed" - Due 2010

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