Omen — Producer for Drake, Beyoncé & More — Found Dead at 49: Report

Producer Sidney “Omen” Brown has died astatine property 49. According to NBC News, Omen was recovered successful his Harlem flat connected Saturday by his sister, Nicole Iris Brown.

“He was holistic and healthy. So we don’t cognize of him being sick, truthful this is each beauteous sudden,” Omen’s sister said successful a connection to NBC News. “I anticipation radical volition retrieve that helium was consenting to assistance the younger generation.”

Brown continued: “He was ever large connected helping younger radical commencement their careers and get themselves into the game. It was astir conscionable the music, nary substance who the creator was.”

Omen began making a sanction for himself successful hip-hop astir the crook of the period arsenic helium aligned with Roc-A-Fella. He earned accumulation credits connected Memphis Bleek’s Coming of Age debut arsenic good arsenic Fabolous’ Street Dreams album cuts “Change You oregon Change Me” and “Why Wouldn’t I” in 2003.

Brown crafted the people down Roc-A-Fella’s Paper Soldiers movie successful 2002, which served arsenic Kevin Hart’s acting debut and saw a cameo from Jay-Z.

He produced “Tell It Like It Is” for Ludacris‘ Release Therapy, which won champion rap medium astatine the 2007 Grammy Awards.

Omen floated into the Young Money orbit erstwhile teaming up with OVO’s Noah “40” Shebib to nutrient “Shut It Down” featuring The-Dream on Drake’s Thank Me Later debut successful 2010. He collaborated with Shebib again to co-produce Lil Wayne’s “I’m Single,” which reached No. 82 connected the Billboard Hot 100.

Continuing his enactment with 40, Omen is credited arsenic a songwriter connected Beyoncé’s 2013 deed “Mine,” which besides peaked astatine No. 82 connected the Read Entire Article