Songwriter

Sevn Thomas

Toronto, Ontario

Sevn Thomas is a Toronto producer-writer who first entered the Drake orbit through Rihanna's "Work" (2016) — a record on which Drake appears as the featured artist and which Thomas co-produced and co-wrote alongside Boi-1da, PARTYNEXTDOOR, and others. The "Work" credit anchors his footprint near the Drake catalog: he has since contributed multi-writer publishing credits on Drake projects across the mid-2010s and later projects. His writing favors dancehall-leaning percussion, syncopated programmed drums, and warm harmonic beds that fit naturally next to OVO's mid-2010s pivot toward Caribbean rhythm. Outside Drake he has worked with Rihanna, Travis Scott, Bryson Tiller, and other artists across rap and R&B. As a Toronto producer-writer he sits within the broader regional network alongside Boi-1da, T-Minus, and 40, and his career arc is another example of the city's outsized footprint in 2010s mainstream rap and R&B. His credits illustrate the way OVO-adjacent writers move between artists in the Drake circle — a credit on a Rihanna single becomes a credit on a Drake song, becomes a credit on a Bryson Tiller cut — without ever leaving the Toronto-Atlanta-New York production circuit.