Aaron Bow grew up in Missouri, while spending summers at his grandmother's house in North Carolina.[2] Intent on playing in a band, he began to teach himself guitar at the age of 12.[2] A few years later, in high school, his attention shifted to making beats in FL Studio.[2] Bow honed his craft by collaborating with local producers and artists, while simultaneously sending his work to artists online. His genre-less sound is inspired by eclectic influences including Phil Collins, Gucci Mane, Pharrell, and Lex Luger.[2]
In 2012, he secured his first major placement with the track "Throwin Racks" by Yung Dred, featuring Gucci Mane.[3][2] In 2014, Bow scored a short film about the world's first paraplegic motocross rider entitled 117: The Darius Glover Story, which premiered at the New Orleans Film Festival.[4] In 2016, Bow scored a feature film exploring Philadelphia's underground dirt bike community entitled The Last Ride: A Philadelphia Story.[5]
In 2020, Bow co-produced "Franchise" by Travis Scott.[16] Bow later co-produced two tracks off Big Sean's album Detroit 2: "Don Life" featuring Lil Wayne, and "Everything That's Missing" featuring Dwele.[17] That same year, Bow worked on the original score for Your Attention Please, a Hulu short series hosted by Craig Robinson celebrating inspiring black voices “who are part of the next generation of excellence".[18] Bow also co-produced the track "Dive" from Kid Cudi's Man on the Moon III: The Chosen.[19]
In 2021, Bow co-produced "Been Like This" from Doja Cat's album Planet Her.[20] The production earned him his first Grammy nomination.[21]
