Songwriter

Vinylz

Anderson Hernandez

New York, NY (Dominican-American)

Vinylz — Anderson Hernandez — is a New York producer of Dominican descent whose writing credits sit on a striking share of Drake's late-2010s commercial peak. He came into the OVO orbit in the run-up to If You're Reading This It's Too Late and contributed to "Energy," "Know Yourself," "6 God," and the broader 2015 stretch that defined the tape. From there his name continued onto "One Dance," "Hotline Bling," "God's Plan," "Nice for What," and "In My Feelings" — a run of singles that charted globally and won Grammys. His writing tends toward sharp, syncopated hi-hat patterns and trap-leaning low end, almost always paired with melodic samples flipped by collaborators like Allen Ritter or Boi-1da. The bulk of his Drake work is filed under multi-writer publishing splits rather than solo, which is consistent with the modern Drake credit ledger where most album cuts list three to five contributors. Outside Drake he has co-written for Future, Travis Scott, Big Sean, Action Bronson, ASAP Ferg, Jay-Z, and DJ Khaled, and is a co-founder of the production collective Cult Classics. His name appears on the credits of multiple number-one singles in the Drake catalog, a rare distinction even among the top-tier OVO in-house writers.