Guest Post by So Sincere
In the music industry, accuracy isn’t just a courtesy — it’s a responsibility. Especially when it comes to acknowledging the creators behind the records that define an artist’s career. And that’s why, after six years of silence, it’s time to address something that’s been quietly lingering around one of Wale’s biggest hits: the story he continues to tell about who made “On Chill.”
To understand why this matters, you have to go back to the day after the “On Chill” music video was shot. During a radio interview, Wale was asked a straightforward question: Who produced the record? His answer: “I’m not sure, I think my boy [name] did” wasn’t just incorrect. The person he credited wasn’t a producer at all; he was the track’s A&R. What made the moment even stranger was that less than 12 hours earlier, on set of the video, Wale had been introduced, in person, to the actual producer: LT-mOE, a 20-plus-year veteran with an extensive résumé and a reputation for staying out of industry politics.
The introduction wasn’t casual either. LT-mOE was on set with a respected A&R, spoke with Wale directly, and even gifted him a piece from his clothing line, a gift Wale accepted. The interaction was brief, yes, but it was personal, face-to-face, and unmistakable. And yet, the credit publicly went elsewhere.
At the time, I brushed it off, assuming it was a one-off mistake. LT-mOE has never been a headline chaser. No scandals. No beefs. No theatrics. He’s the kind of producer who builds his legacy quietly, brick by brick. But the years passed, six of them, and then Wale appeared on The Shop (which at the time of writing this that episode has over 1.4M views). Within the first four minutes, he referenced several of his biggest records and their producers. Not by name, but by sweeping generalizations about their careers. And when he got to “On Chill,” his statement wasn’t just misleading, it was provably false.
Referencing about the producer not by name, Wale stated “On Chill, My last one that’s triple platinum, I think that was his first placement.”
Two issues immediately stand out. First, “On Chill” is RIAA-certified double platinum, not triple. Second, calling it LT-mOE’s first placement isn’t a small inaccuracy, it’s a dramatic rewriting of history. And not just publicly available history, but history Wale’s own team undeniably knows.
Long before “On Chill,” LT-mOE, credited in many places as Todd Moore as well as a producer, had placements with Snoop Dogg, Machine Gun Kelly, Trey Songz, Ghostface Killah, Rick Ross, Kandi Burruss, Stat Quo, Playaz Circle, Tony Yayo (the single “Pimpin”), The Dogg Pound, Dem Franchize Boyz ft. Lloyd, Chingy (including the single” Fly Like Me” ft. Amerie), and more. His work appears on multi-platinum and gold albums, including Eminem Presents: The Re-Up (“Billion Bucks”) and Jacquees’ 4275 (“Infatuated”), Ludacris Disturbing The Peace (Table Dance: Bobby V. ft. Smoke (Field Mob) & Lil Fate) LT-mOE’s first major credited record was for Ludacris “Spur Of The Moment” (ft. DJ Quik) and was on the RIAA certified 2x platinum album Red Light District by Ludacris.
Beyond traditional credits, LT-mOE’s production catalog includes syncs in major films (Fred Claus, Magic Mike XXL), video games (Madden), and hit television series (P-Valley, Power Book IV: Force). He’s even cited in Chuck D’s book This Day in Rap and Hip-Hop History, released two years before “On Chill,”
So why does someone with such an extensive history get publicly framed as a newcomer?
Wale’s comments on The Shop didn’t stop at LT-mOE. He also implied that the producers of “Lotus Flower Bomb” and “Bad” barely had careers beyond those records, only briefly name-checking the works without naming the creators themselves — Jerrin Howard for “Lotus Flower Bomb,” and Kelson Camp and Tiara Thomas for “Bad,” with Mex Manny producing the Rihanna-assisted remix. I can not speak on the careers of these producers but it does beg to question if he is correct since he was so egregiously incorrect about On Chill’s producer.
And that raises a larger concern: Why diminish the very people whose work helped shape his discography?
For years, I tried to give Wale grace, to assume these were oversights, not intentions. But when misstatements are repeated, when corrections are never made, and when the truth is readily available to both the artist and his team, the pattern becomes harder to explain away.
Accurate credit isn’t about ego. It’s about legacy, livelihoods, and respect. Especially for the producers who often work in the shadows while building the soundtracks of artists’ careers.
LT-mOE has NEVER wanted the spotlight. But facts matter, and the truth is this: “On Chill” was not his first placement. Not by a long shot. It was one milestone in a long, accomplished, deeply respected career.
And at this point, the question isn’t How does Wale not know?
The question is: Why does he keep saying it?
In a culture that preaches giving flowers, the least we can do is get the credits right.
