Sam Barsh

Grammy Winning Music Producer

Sam Barsh is an American songwriter, keyboardist and record producer. He has worked in the genres of jazz, R&B, hip hop and pop.

Barsh was born in Chicago, IL, and began playing piano at the age of 4. He attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, IL and William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey.Barsh moved to New York City in 2001 and currently resides in Los Angeles.

Barsh has written and/or produced over 300 commercially released
songs, with 17 Gold and Platinum certifications and 4 #1 albums on the
Billboard 200. He co-wrote the Kanye West feat. The Weeknd and Lil
Baby single “Hurricane” which reached #1 on multiple charts, and won
the GRAMMY Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance. Barsh also co-wrote
the smash Aloe Blacc song “The Man,” which sold 4 million singles
worldwide and reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart and #8 on the
Billboard Hot 100.

His work as a songwriter and keyboardist on Kendrick Lamar’s
Platinum-certified album “To Pimp A Butterfly” won 3 GRAMMY Awards and
a nomination for Album of the Year. Barsh was nominated for the 2021
GRAMMY Award for Best R&B song as a co-writer on Tiana Major9 and
EarthGang’s single “Collide” and a 2022 GRAMMY for album of the year
as a songwriter on Kanye West’s “Donda”. His work on Anderson .Paak’s
groundbreaking album “Malibu,” BJ the Chicago Kid’s “In My Mind,”
Ledisi’s “Let Love Rule” and on the “Spider-Man: Into the
Spider-Verse” soundtrack has garnered an additional 4 GRAMMY
Nominations. Other notable studio credits include songs with A$AP
Rocky, J.Cole, Logic, Norah Jones, Eminem and Macy Gray.