Nikolas Papamitrou, better known mononymously as Papamitrou or by the stage name Nick Papz, is a music producer from Massachusetts. Papamitrou is currently the first signed producer to Meek Mill's record label: Dreamchasers.[1] [2] [3]
Nikolas Papamitrou aka Nick Papz, graduated Husson University with a BS degree in Communications Technology.[4] He started a YouTube channel[5] at the age of sixteen producing "Meek Mill Type Beats" which was getting attention and thousands of subscribers.[6] Papamitrou started communicating with well known producers such as Sap (producer) and Jahlil Beats.[7] [8] [4] [9] He was originally discovered through Instagram by a fan tagging Meek Mill's manager on his beat video.[10] Papamitrou got signed to Dreamchasers soon after that. Papamitrou became notable after releasing his beat tapes "Apollo"[11] [12] and "Cuatro"[13] [12] on SoundCloud and MyMixtapez, which set him off with the help of Meek Mill promoting him.[12] [11] [13]
In February 2017, Papamitrou released two major songs on Don Q's project "Corner Stories[14] " named "Don Vito,[14] " & "It's All Love" with a feature from Dave East. He then released a song with Meek Mill on the Meekend II mixtape called, "Young Nxxx Dreams,[15] " (ft. YFN Lucci & Barcelini).[16] On July 21, 2017, Meek Mill released the Wins & Losses[17] album worldwide with three major songs produced by Papamitrou.[18] He produced the intro called "Wins & Losses", "Connect The Dots" (ft. Yo Gotti & Rick Ross) and "These Scars"(ft. Future & Guordan Banks). The Wins and Losses Album debuted at No. 3[19] [20] [21] [22] on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart with 102,000 units[23] [24] [25] in album sales on its first week. The album remained at No. 3 for the second week.[25] [23] [26] Papamitrou explained how he got involved with Meek Mill and the Dreamchasers in an interview with My Mixtapez[27]
Papamitrou also works with many other artists such as Dave East[28] (Album Karma2) Don Q on his song Trap Phone and mixtape Corner Stories.[29]
In November 2018, Meek Mill released his new album Championships that made #1 on the Billboard 200.[30] Papamitrou produced four songs on that album of which three made it[31] to the Billboard Hot 100. The album was also nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2020 Grammys.[32]
In 2021 Nik was part of Meek's new album: "Expensive Pain" and also continue to expand and being part of other artists' projects such as Lil Baby and Snoop Dogg.
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| Year | Title | USHot 100 | US Hot R&B/Hip Hop | US Rap | CAN | Rap Streaming Songs | Album/EP | Billboard 200 Albums Chart | Song Certification | Album Certification | |
| 2016 | "Don Vito"by Don Q | Corner Stories Reloaded | |||||||||
| 2016 | "It's All Love"by Don Q featuring Dave East | Corner Stories | |||||||||
| 2017 | "Young Nigga Dreams"by Meek Mill featuring YFN Lucci & Barcelini | Meekend II[39] | |||||||||
| 2017 | "Wins & Losses" Introby Meek Mill | 79[40] | 32[41] | 24[42] | Wins & Losses | 3[43] |
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| 2017 | "Connect the Dots"by Meek Mill featuring Yo Gotti & Rick Ross | Wins & Losses | 3 |
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| 2017 | "These Scars"by Meek Mill featuring Future & Guordan Banks[45] | Wins & Losses | 3 |
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| 2018 | "Trap Phone"by Don Q featuring Desiigner[46] | Don Talk | |||||||||
| 2018 | "On Godby Dave East[47] | ||||||||||
| 2018 | "Scale and a Razor"[48] by Dave East | Karma 2 | |||||||||
| 2018 | "Going Hard" by Dave East | Karma 2 | |||||||||
| 2018 | "Intro"[49] by Meek Mill | 55[50] | 26[51] | 25[52] | 19 | Championships | 1 |
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| 2018 | "Respect the Game"by Meek Mill | 57 | 27 | 32 | Championships | 1 |
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| 2018 | "Uptown Vibes"by Meek Mill, (Ft. Fabolous, Annuel AA) | 39 | 17 | 15 | 11 | Championships | 1 |
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| 2018 | "Fresh Prince of Belair" by Dave East & Rick Ross | ||||||||||
| 2018 | "Cold Hearted II"by Meek Mill | Championships | 1 |
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| 2019 | "Chariot" by Calboy (ft. Meek Mill, Lil Durk, Young Thug) | Wildboy | 30 |
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| 2019 | "Hot Boy" by Shaun Sloan | 1800 Seconds Vol. 2[58] | |||||||||
| 2019 | "Top Down" by Lihtz Kamraz & Test | 1800 Seconds Vol. 2 | |||||||||
| 2019 | "Put It in Drive" by Test & Herion Young | 1800 Seconds Vol. 2 | |||||||||
| 2019 | "Field Trip" by Aurora Anthony | 1800 Seconds Vol. 2 | |||||||||
| 2019 | "Hit Like Mike" by Herion Young | 1800 Seconds Vol. 2 | |||||||||
| 2019 | "What Did You Do to Me" by Juiicy 2xs | 1800 Seconds Vol. 2 | |||||||||
| 2019 | "Don't Stop" by Test | 1800 Seconds Vol. 2 | |||||||||
| 2019 | "Dickie Fit" by Seddy Hendrinx | 1800 Seconds Vol. 2 | |||||||||
| 2019 | "Out the Mud" by Lihtz Kamraz | 1800 Seconds Vol. 2 | |||||||||
| 2019 | "My Bae" by Juiicy 2xs, Seddy Hendrinx | 1800 Seconds Vol. 2 | |||||||||
| 2019 | "Losing My Mind" by Test, Herion Young & Lihtz Kamraz | 1800 Seconds Vol. 2 | |||||||||
| 2019 | "Family" by Aurora Anthony, Lihtz Kamraz, Seddy Hendrinx & Juiicy 2xs | 1800 Seconds Vol. 2 | |||||||||
| 2020 | "Uptown II" by Meek Mill (ft. Farruko) | Bad Boys for Life soundtrack | |||||||||
| 2020 | "Letter to Nipsey" by Meek Mill (ft. Roddy Ricch) | 73 | 34 | ||||||||
| 2020 | "I Lied (Intro)" by Joyner Lucas | ADHD | 10 | ||||||||
| 2020 | "Double Bacc" by NLE Choppa | Top Shotta |
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| 2020 | "Miss You" by The Lox (ft. T-Pain) | Living Off Xperience | |||||||||
| 2020 | "Fall Slowly" by Joyner Lucas (ft. Ashanti) | ADHD | 10 | ||||||||
| 2020 | "Feel the Vibe" by Shy Grizzly (ft. Meek Mill) | Young Jefe 3 | |||||||||
| 2020 | "So Crazy" by Davido (ft. Lil Baby) | A Better Time (ABT) | |||||||||
| 2020 | "GTA" by Meek Mill (ft. 42 Dugg) | QUARANTINE PACK | |||||||||
| 2020 | "Middle of it" by Meek Mill (ft. Vory) | QUARANTINE PACK | |||||||||
| 2020 | "All Due Respect by Vory | Vory | |||||||||
| 2020 | "Harder than Pain" by Vory | Vory | |||||||||
| 2021 | "That Go!" by Young Thug (ft. Meel Mill, T-Shyne) | 43 | Slime Language 2 | 1[60] | |||||||
| 2021 | "Break the Bank" by Tafia (ft. Meek Mill) | Street Clarity | |||||||||
| 2021 | "Pack" by Tafia | Street Clarity | |||||||||
| 2021 | "Still Runnin" by Lil Baby & Lil Durk (ft. Meek Mill) | The Voice of the Heroes | 1[61] |
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| 2021 | "Sharing Locations"by Meek Mill (feat. Lil Baby and Lil Durk) | 22 | 12 | 10 | 36 | Expensive Pain | 2[62] | ||||
| 2021 | "Blue Notes 2" by Meek Mill (feat. Lil Uzi Vert) | 87 | 45 | Expensive Pain | 2 | ||||||
| 2021 | "Hot" by Meek Mill | Expensive Pain | 2 | ||||||||
| 2021 | "On Tank" by 42 Dugg | Free Dem Boyz (Deluxe) | |||||||||
| 2021 | "30 for 30" by T-Shyne | Confetti Nights | |||||||||
| 2021 | "I'm Hot" by BRS Cash | ||||||||||
| 2022 | "Been on it" by Tafia | Mention my Name | |||||||||
| 2022 | "RBS (Rich Bish Shit)" by BRS Cash | ||||||||||
| 2022 | "Let me see it" by Zoey Dollaz (Feat. Quavo) | Thank You For Doubting Me | |||||||||
| 2022 | "Detox" by Lil Baby | ||||||||||
| 2022 | "Around Here" by Snoop Dogg & DJ Drama | Gangsta Grillz: I Still Got It | |||||||||
| 2022 | "Dolla Signs" by Snoop Dogg & DJ Drama | Gangsta Grillz: I Still Got It | |||||||||