DJ Montay

Montay Desmond Humphrey (born December 4, 1978), known professionally as DJ Montay, is an American disc jockey, record producer and songwriter, who has worked with artists such as Flo Rida, T-Pain, Akon, Future, and Migos. He has a producer credit on Flo Rida's "Low”, which was one of the most successful singles of the 2000s. DJ Montay has had his productions featured in films such as Step Up 3D, Stomp the Yard, and Norbit.

Career DJ Montay first came to prominence in 2006 with the hit single "Walk It Out", produced for Unk. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. He also produced a remix, which featured Andre 3000, Jim Jones and Big Boi. Shortly after, he produced another hit "2 Step", the follow-up single from Unk's debut album Beat’n Down Yo Block, distributed by Koch Entertainment. It reached the Billboard top ten, with the remix featuring appearances from artists such as T-Pain, Jim Jones and E-40.

In 2008, DJ Montay produced his number one hit "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain. "Low" was one of the year's biggest songs and earned DJ Montay two Grammy nominations. In 2009, he followed up with "Sugar" for Flo Rida featuring Wynter Gordon, which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100; "Who the Fuck Is that" by Dolla featuring Akon and T-Pain; "I’d Rather" for Three 6 Mafia, and "Creepin" by Chamillionaire featuring Ludacris.

DJ Montay is credited for "Foolish" by Shawty Lo, which reached No. 20 on the Billboard Radio Songs chart, and "Money Can't Buy" by Ne-Yo featuring Young Jeezy, which reached No. 41 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Other songs include "Mainstream Ratchet" and "So We Can Live" from 2 Chainz's second studio album B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time; T.I.'s "Can You Learn" from his Trouble Man album featuring R. Kelly, "Twisted" by Gorilla Zoe featuring Lil Jon; “Oh Yeah” by Plies featuring Chris Brown; and "Everybody Drunk" from Ludacris's Battle of the Sexes album.

His most recent credits include “I Like Dat” by T-Pain featuring Kehlani, which peaked at No. 97 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Walk It Talk It" by Migos featuring Drake, which peaked at No. 10 on the Hot 100.

Discography

Singles produced + List of singles produced, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications AlbumUSUS R&BUS Rap CAN FRA UK "I Luv Her"(Glorilla featuring T-Pain)2024 70 18 18 — — ——— RIAA: Platinum "Hollon"(Glorilla) 2024 48 21 — — ——— RIAA: Gold "I Like Dat"(T-Pain featuring Kehlani)2021 97 36 — — — ——— RIAA: Gold "Money Can't Buy"(Ne-Yo featuring Young Jeezy)2014 — 41 — — — —— Non-Fiction "Twisted"(Gorilla Zoe featuring Lil Jon)2011 77 63 — — — —— King Kong "Sugar"(Flo Rida featuring Wynter Gordon)2009 5 100 10 — — — RIAA: Platinum Music Canada: Gold R.O.O.T.S. "Low"(Flo Rida featuring T-Pain)2008 1 9 1 3 33 2 RIAA: Diamond BPI: Platinum IFPI Switzerland: Platinum RMNZ: 2× Platinum BVMI: Gold IFPI Denmark: Gold Music Canada: 3× Platinum ARIA 3× Platinum Mail on Sunday "2 Step"(DJ Unk)2007 24 9 4 — — — RIAA: Gold Beat'n Down Yo Block! "Walk It Out"(DJ Unk) 10 2 2 — — — RIAA: Platinum Beat'n Down Yo Block! "Foolish"(Shawty Lo) 102 29 13 — — —— Units in the City "Who the Fuck Is That?"(Dolla featuring Akon and T-Pain) 82 42 21 — — —— A Dolla and a Dream "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Awards and nominations Year Type Award Result2009 Grammy AwardsBest Rap Song 2008 Ozone AwardsBest Producer AwardBMI Urban AwardsProducer of the Year