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{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Lex Luger
|image =LexLugerproducingabeat (2010).png
|caption =Lex Luger producing a beat in 2010.
|background = non_performing_personnel
|birth_name = Lexus Arnel Lewis
|origin = [[Suffolk, Virginia]], [[United States]]
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1991|03|06}}
|birth_place=[[Suffolk, Virginia]], [[United States]]
|instrument      = [[FL Studio]], [[Native Instruments|Maschine MK2]], [[Pro Tools]],<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/magazine/lex-luger-hip-hop-beat-maker.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 | work=The New York Times | first=Alex | last=Pappademas | title=Lex Luger Can Write a Hit Rap Song in the Time It Takes to Read This | date=November 4, 2011}}</ref> keyboards, synthesizer, drum machine, sequencer<ref name="zumic1">{{cite web | url=http://zumic.com/2014/02/12/behind-the-boards-producer-profile-lex-luger/ | title=Behind The Boards Producer Profile: Lex Luger | date=February 12th, 2014 | accessdate=13 April 2014 | author=Patrick Lyons}}</ref>
|genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]], [[southern hip hop]], [[Trap (music genre)|trap]], [[R&B]]
|occupation = [[Record producer]] 
|years_active = 2008-Present 
|label = [[1017 Brick Squad]], [[Brick Squad Monopoly]], [[Fool's Gold Records|Fool's Gold]]
|associated_acts = V.A.B.P., Low Pros, [[808 Mafia]], [[Waka Flocka Flame]], [[Gucci Mane]], [[Rick Ross]], [[Juicy J]], [[Ace Hood]], [[Soulja Boy]], [[The Underachievers]]
(contracted; show full)ythmic [[Danny Elfman]]-like bombastic ominous orchestration of brass, stringed, woodwind and keyboard instruments commonly incorporated throughout his productions.<ref name="lexluger">{{cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/magazine/lex-luger-hip-hop-beat-maker.html?pagewanted=all | title=Lex Luger Can Write a Hit Rap Song in the Time It Takes to Read This | publisher=NY Times | date=November 4, 2011 | accessdate=27 March 2014 | author=Alex Pappademas}}</ref>

==Career==

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===Beginnings===
Luger started his career by playing drums and learning about beats, measures, and bars. He started experimenting with an [[Music Production Center|MPC 2000]] that he bought from his uncle and finally began using the PC-based [[digital audio workstation]] [[FL Studio|Fruity Loops]], which he uses to this day.  However, he has also incorporated music production workstations such as Maschine and [[Pro Tools]].<ref name="nytimes.com"/> In each of his productions, he has become k(contracted; show full)

===Rise to fame===
[[Waka Flocka Flame]]'s "[[Hard in the Paint]]" was Luger's first instrumental to hit the radio waves and became a hit by May 2010.<ref 
name="zumic1"/><ref name=pappademas>{{cite news|last=Pappademas|first=Alex|title=Lex Luger Can Write a Hit Rap Song in the Time It Takes to Read This|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/magazine/lex-luger-hip-hop-beat-maker.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|accessdate=2 May 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 4, 2011}}</ref><ref name="zumic1"/> Luger was in [[Atlanta]] when he first heard the song playing on the radio. Also, while in Atlanta, Luger got a phone call from [[Kanye West]], although he didn't realize who he was talking to for almost 30 minutes. After realizing who it was, Luger agreed to fly to [[New York City]] to work with Kanye West.<ref name=pappademas/> He eventually created eight backing beats for Kanye West's use, including the beat of the single [[H•A•M]]. By June 2010, he had landed production placements from rappers [[Ace Hood]], Rick Ross, Soulja Boy, Chingy, Sean Garrett, and [[Fabolous]].<ref name="zumic1"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://istandardproducers.com/istandard-blog/news-producer-lex-luger-talks-success-work-with-kanye-rick-ross-and-waka/ | title={News} Producer Lex Luger Talks Success, Work with Kanye, Rick Ross and Waka | publisher=iStandardproducers | date=22 September, 2010 | accessdate=13 April 2014}}</ref>

By mid 2010, Luger also produced tracks on [[Rick Ross (rapper)|Rick Ross]]'s ''[[Teflon Don (album)|Teflon Don]]'', [[Waka Flocka Flame]]'s ''[[Flockaveli]]'',<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/arts/music/09waka.html "CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK: Bam! Pow! A Loud Young Rapper Rekindles Rap’s Old Fighting Spirit]," by Jon Caramanica. Published October 8, 2010, ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> [[Slim Thug]]'s ''[[Tha Thug Show]]'', and Kanye West and [[Jay-Z]]'s ''[[Watch the Throne]]''. Luger records for Mizay Entertainment.<ref name="XXL (December/January 2011">{{cite book|last=Markman|first=Rob|title=Give the Drummer Sum|accessdate=4 February 2011|edition=December/January 2011|year=2011|publisher=Dennis S. Page|location=[[XXL (magazine)]]|page=48}}</ref>
Luger is affiliated with fellow Brick Squad producer [[Southside (producer)|Southside]]. The two of them and rapper [[Waka Flocka Flame]] formed the production team [[808 Mafia]], in 2011. Luger also worked with artists such as [[Wiz Khalifa]], [[Big Sean]], [[Wale (rapper)|Wale]], [[3D Na'Tee]], [[Juicy J]], [[Soulja Boy]], [[Snoop Dogg]] and [[2 Chainz]] and went on to produce more than 200 songs between 2010 and 2011.<ref name="zumic1"/>  

At the 2011 BET Awards, Luger won the award for Producer of the Year.<ref>http://blog.vevo.com/bet-awards-chris-browns-victory-upstaged-by-royces-hi-rihanna/</ref>

(contracted; show full)[[Category:African-American record producers]]
[[Category:American hip hop record producers]]
[[Category:American rhythm and blues keyboardists]]
[[Category:Musicians from Atlanta, Georgia]]
[[Category:Musicians from Virginia]]
[[Category:People from Suffolk, Virginia]]
[[Category:Southern hip hop musicians]]
[[Category:Trap Music]]