Ari David Starace[2] (born July 27, 1994), known professionally as Y2K, is an American record producer and songwriter.[3] He is best known for his hit song "Lalala", with Canadian rapper bbno$, which Y2K produced himself. He has also produced tracks for other prominent artists, most notably Doja Cat and Yung Gravy.

Y2K
Birth nameAri David Starace
Also known asY2K2Y
Born (1994-07-27) July 27, 1994 (age 30)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • songwriter
InstrumentAbleton Live[1]
Years active2013–present
LabelsColumbia

Discography

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Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[4]
US
R&B
/HH

[5]
US
Rap

[6]
AUS
[7]
CAN
[8]
FRA
[9]
IRL
[10]
NZ
[11]
SWE
[12]
UK
[13]
"Lalala"
(with bbno$ or with bbno$, Carly Rae Jepsen and Enrique Iglesias)[14]
2019 55 22 19 16 10 12 36 16 55 32
"Go Dumb"
(with the Kid Laroi featuring Blackbear and Bankrol Hayden)[21]
2020 [A]
"Oh No"
(with Killy)[23]
"Damage Is Done"
(with JoJo)[24]
"Wawawa"
(with bbno$)[25]
"Dirt"
(with JPEGMafia)[26]
2022
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Produced by Y2K

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Year Artist Album/EP Title Co-Producers
2016 Pollari[27] Yacht Club How U Feel
lil aaron[28] GLOING PAIN$ NIGHTRIDER Brenton Duvall, JUDGE & Dylan Brady
SRONGER
4 MORE DRINKS / PINK FENTY SLIDES
NOBODY
DRUGS Felix Snow, Brenton Duvall, JUDGE & Dylan Brady
GO 2 HELL Brenton Duvall, JUDGE, Aaron Zuckerman & Dylan Brady
GLOING PAIN$ JUDGE, Polyphia, Brenton Duvall & Dylan Brady
2017 Polyphia[29] The Most Hated Loud Iophile, JUDGE & Scott LePage
Icronic
Goose
40Oz
Crosty
The Worst
lil aaron[28] Non-album singles HOT TOPIC
TOP 8
LIT
blackbear[30] do re mi X do re mi (Y2K Remix)
Aaron Cartier[31] Aaron Cariter Best Rapper Last Album... Maybe HaHa!! Options
350Z
Louis Kicks Dylan Brady
Smrtdeath[32] Non-album singles Porcelain
Yo Gotti[33] Rake It Up (Y2K Remix)
Ro Ransom[34] Momentum See Me Fall (Y2K Remix)
Smrtdeath & lil aaron[28][32] Non-album singles Smrtdeath & lil aaron
josh pan[35] Selfish JUDGE & Dylan Brady
2018 Lewis Grant[36] Make Me Scared Again (Deluxe Edition) Bad Batch Pt. 2
Daniel Lewis Grant & Dylan Brady
Myouçeej[37] Non-album single Swum creeks Myouçeej
KILLY[38] KILLSTREAK HELLRAISER WondaGurl
Surrender Your Soul Doomsday
Pray for Me
No Sad No Bad
Smrtdeath[32] Non-album singles Caught Up
Nessly WHOHASIT (Y2K Remix)
lil aaron[28] ROCK$TAR FAMOUS QUIT Dr. Luke, Ryan Ogren & DallasK
Non-album single STUDDED GUCCI BELT
Polyphia[29] New Levels New Devils G.O.A.T JUDGE
O.D
Nasty
Yas Tim Henson
Bad Scott LePage
Death Note Iophile
Yung Bans[39] Yung Bans Waterslide
Yung Bans, Vol. 5 Ridin Billy Cigarette
Head in the Clouds Red Rubies
88rising, Rich Brian, Yung Bans, Young Pinch, Higher Brothers and Don Krez[40][39][41][42][43][44]
Khary[45] Non-album singles DEAD Alexander Lewis
bbno$[46] money conversation
recess thankful
2019 stucco
Dream Eater Lalala
i don't care at all pouch
slop
I DON'T CARE AT ALL CAUSE I GOT MONEY!!!!!!
bad thoughts
pop song
it gon'last
gone
Lil Mayo & bbno$[46] jimmy neutron
Lewis Grant & bbno$[46][36] on god Lewis Grant
Yung Gravy & Lil Mayo[47] Sensational E.T
Yung Gravy, Pouya, Ramirez & TrippythaKid[47] The Boys Are Back in Town Yung Gravy & swvde
Yung Gravy[47] Charlene Boston and Nick Seeley
Sea Shanties for Thots Tampa Bay Bustdown
Baby Gravy 2 shining on my ex
bbno$ & Yung Gravy[47][46]
iann dior[48] Industry Plant Lately Nick Mira
2020 Leyla Blue[49] Non-album single Peppa Pig
Yung Gravy[47] Baby Gravy 2 Welcome to Chilis Popnick
Yung Gravy & bbno$[47][46] Myrtle Beach Summer 1974
Bandsville
2021 Doja Cat[50] Planet Her Payday ft. Young Thug N/A
Get Into It (Yuh) Sully
I Don't Do Drugs ft. Ariana Grande Sully
Options ft. JID Mayer Hawthorne
Why Why ft. Gunna Sully
2022 Polyphia[51] Remember That You Will Die Playing God
Reverie
ABC (feat. Sophia Black)
Chimera (feat. Lil West)
2023 Doja Cat[52] Scarlet Attention Rogét Chahayed

Notes

  1. ^ "Go Dumb" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 29 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[22]

References

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  1. ^ "Making a beat with my new synths! - YouTube". YouTube. 4 April 2020.
  2. ^ Glennon, Jen (April 17, 2020). "Producer Y2K: "My 15-year-old self would think that none of this is that cool."". Inverse. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  3. ^ "Y2k". Discotech. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  4. ^ "Y2K Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  5. ^ "Y2K Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  6. ^ "Y2K Chart History: Hot Rap Songs". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  7. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Y2k & bbno$ – Lalala". australian-charts.com.
  8. ^ "Y2K Chart History: Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  9. ^ "Discographie Y2K". lescharts.com. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  10. ^ "Discography Y2K". irish-charts.com. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  11. ^ "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music NZ.
  12. ^ "Discography Y2K". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  13. ^ "UK Top 100 | Sep 27, 2019". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  14. ^ "Carly Rae Jepsen Joins Enrique Iglesias, Y2K, and bbno$ on "Lalala" Remix: Listen". Pitchfork. 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  15. ^ "American certifications – Y2K". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  16. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2019 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  17. ^ "British single certifications – Y2k & Bbnos – Lalala". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  18. ^ "Canadian single certifications – Y2K & bbno$ – Lalala". Music Canada. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  19. ^ "New Zealand single certifications – Y2K". Radioscope. Retrieved December 21, 2024. Type Y2K in the "Search:" field.
  20. ^ "French certifications – Y2K" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  21. ^ "Go Dumb (feat. blackbear and Bankrol Hayden) – Single by Y2K & The Kid LAROI". Apple Music. 15 April 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  22. ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. April 27, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  23. ^ "Oh No – Single by KILLY & Y2K on Apple Music". 10 July 2020 – via iTunes.
  24. ^ "Damage is Done – Single by Y2K & JoJo on Apple Music". 31 July 2020 – via iTunes.
  25. ^ "Wawawa by Y2K & bbno$ on Apple Music". 11 December 2020 – via iTunes.
  26. ^ DIRT (feat. JPEGMAFIA), 2022-10-28, retrieved 2022-11-18
  27. ^ "Pollari". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  28. ^ a b c d "lil aaron". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  29. ^ a b "Polyphia". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  30. ^ "blackbear". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  31. ^ "Aaron Cartier". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  32. ^ a b c "Smrtdeath". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  33. ^ "Yo Gotti". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  34. ^ "Ro Ransom". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  35. ^ "josh pan". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  36. ^ a b "Lewis Grant". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  37. ^ "myouçeej". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  38. ^ "KILLY". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  39. ^ a b "Yung Bans". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  40. ^ "88rising". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  41. ^ "Rich Brian". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  42. ^ "Yung Pinch". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  43. ^ "Higher Brothers". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  44. ^ "Don Krez". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  45. ^ "Khary". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  46. ^ a b c d e "bbno$". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  47. ^ a b c d e f "Yung Gravy". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  48. ^ "iann dior". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  49. ^ "Leyla Blue". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  50. ^ "Credits / Planet Her / Doja Cat". listen.tidal.com. June 25, 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  51. ^ Remember That You Will Die, 2022-10-28, retrieved 2022-11-19
  52. ^ Pappis, Konstantinos (2023-06-16). "Doja Cat Shares Video for New Single 'Attention'". Our Culture. Retrieved 2023-06-16.