GoonRock

David Jamahl Listenbee, better known by his stage name GoonRock, is an American record producer, musician, singer, songwriter and rapper.

Raised in Los Angeles, California, early in his career he focused on hip hop and sold beats to artists such as Dr. Dre, Ne-Yo, Kanye West, and Juvenile.

He later began incorporating club music.

LMFAO had their first single "I'm in Miami Bitch" on will.i.am's label in 2008, and GoonRock began actively working with the duo in 2009.

GoonRock and LMFAO started as hip hop musicians but were highly influenced by the late DJ AM, who introduced them to the house and electro music that they fell in love with such as Justice and the Crookers.

He co-produced, co-wrote, and performed guest vocals on the LMFAO song "We Came Here to Party".

In mid-2010, LMFAO and Goonrock were featured in David Guetta's song "Gettin' Over You", which was an international hit, peaking top ten in eleven countries and three of them at number one, including in the United Kingdom.

It also peaked 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 12 in Canada.

GoonRock co-produced, co-wrote, and featured in a number of songs on LMFAO's 2010 sophomore album Sorry for Party Rocking.

The song was released to DJs on New Year's Eve 2010, and debuted a week later at number 1 in Canada.

GoonRock co-wrote and co-produced a number of songs on LMFAO's 2011 album Sorry for Party Rocking, including hit singles "Party Rock Anthem" and "Sexy and I Know It."

They released the full album on June 17, 2011, in the U.S. It was certified gold in early 2012, at which point it was approaching platinum.

The album's main single, "Party Rock Anthem", was first created by Redfoo of LMFAO and GoonRock.

According to GoonRock, he originally wrote the song and the hook for Flo Rida, who passed on the song.

Redfoo and GoonRock then changed the beat to "feel more epic, inviting, and fun" and recorded it themselves for LMFAO.

"Party Rock Anthem" features British singer Lauren Bennett.

Besides co-producing and co-writing the song, GoonRock also sang guest vocals on the song.

It was officially released on January 25, 2011, and soon after began climbing the charts in 18 countries.

In 2011, the track was the #2 top selling song of 2011 on iTunes in the US, and was the #1 selling song on iTunes in the UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden.

The second single from Sorry for Party Rocking was released on May 27, 2011 and co-written by GoonRock.

Titled "Champagne Showers," it features English singer-songwriter Natalia Kills.

He also co-wrote the third single, "Sexy and I Know It", which was released on October 3, 2011.

It reached #1 on the iTunes charts worldwide and #1 on the Australian and Canadian Hot 100.

“Sexy and I Know It” also reached #1 in UK, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Austria, Japan and New Zealand, and hit #1 on both Billboard's R&B/Hip Hop Top 100 chart and the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

In 2012 he co-wrote and produced two songs for Jennifer Lopez, including "Clothes Off" and "Goin' In".

"Goin' In" peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs for 2012.

It was also featured in a number of television commercials and shows, and was performed at the 2012 Super Bowl with Madonna.

The song was performed on American Idol in April 2012.

In 2013 "Goonrock" co-wrote and produced "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)" for the international blockbuster film The Great Gatsby for Fergie featuring Q-Tip.

In 2015 and 2016 he released a number of singles under his last name "Listenbee".

These did not chart in the US or the UK, but had moderate success elsewhere in Europe.

David Jamahl Listenbee was born in Princeton, New Jersey and raised in nearby Trenton.

He lived in Chicago for some years before moving to Los Angeles, California at an early age.

He attended junior high school with Redfoo, later of LMFAO, and will.i.am.

Early in his career, GoonRock focused largely on hip hop and sold some beats to artists such as Dr. Dre.

He at different points produced for Ne-Yo, Music Soulchild, Dr. Dre, Kanye West, and Juvenile.

He worked on the Watch the Throne album (Kanye and Jay-Z) specifically the song "Lift Off" featuring Beyoncé.

He's also worked with Ryan Tedder.

The song spent six consecutive week on the US Billboard Top 100 at #1, and the video, as of December 2016, has over 1.21 billion views.

The song also peaked at number-one in Canada, the UK, and over ten other countries, as well as the top ten in many others.