Tommy Paxton-Beesley (born 1990/1991), also known as River Tiber, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer.[3] He released his debut studio album Indigo in 2016. As a songwriter, Paxton-Beesley has frequently collaborated with producer Frank Dukes and artists including Kaytranada, Daniel Caesar, and BadBadNotGood. He has co-written the charting songs "No Tellin'" by Drake, "Broken Clocks" by SZA, "AstroThunder" by Travis Scott, and "I Keep Calling" by James Blake.
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| Birth name | Thomas Rohan Paxton-Beesley[1] |
| Also known as | Tommy Paxton-Beesley |
| Born | 1990/1991 (age 31–32)[2] Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Origin | Toronto |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
| Website | rivertiber |
Paxton-Beesley was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. He also spent a year in Italy, where he lived near the Tiber River.[4] Growing up, he took part in community music programs and attended the Claude Watson School for the Arts.[5] He attended McGill University before graduating from the Berklee School of Music.[6][7]
He released his debut EP The Star Falls in 2013,[3] and followed up in 2015 with When the Time Is Right.[8] A track from the latter EP, "No Talk", was sampled by producer Boi-1da for "No Tellin'", from the 2015 album If You're Reading This It's Too Late.[5] Paxton-Beesley has also collaborated with BADBADNOTGOOD on their 2015 album Sour Soul,[3] with Kaytranada on his Polaris Music Prize-winning 99.9%,[3] and with Jazz Cartier on a track for Hotel Paranoia.[3]
He released his debut full-length album Indigo in 2016.[9] In 2017, he won a MuchMusic Video Award for "Acid Test",[10] and the song was a shortlisted finalist for the SOCAN Songwriting Prize in 2017.[11] During the end of the decade, he worked with Toronto artists Charlotte Day Wilson and Daniel Caesar.
He is the brother of actress Alex Paxton-Beesley.[12]
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| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
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| 2014 | BadBadNotGood | III | "CS60" | Matthew Tavares, Chester Hansen, Alex Sowinski, Frank Dukes |
| 2015 | Drake | If You're Reading This It's Too Late | "No Tellin'" | Frank Dukes, et al. |
| BadBadNotGood & Ghostface Killah | Sour Soul | "Ray Gun" (feat. MF Doom) | Tavares, Hansen, Sowinski, Frank Dukes, MF Doom | |
| "Experience" | Tavares, Hansen, Sowinski, Frank Dukes | |||
| PartyNextDoor | N/A (later released on 2020's Partypack) | "Things & Such" (fka. "Kehlani's Freestyle" | Frank Dukes, et al. | |
| Travis Scott | Rodeo | "Oh My Dis Side" | Frank Dukes, et al. | |
| Mac Miller | GO:OD AM | "ROS" | Frank Dukes, et al. | |
| 2016 | Kaytranada | 99.9% | "Bus Ride" | Kaytranada |
| "Vivid Dreams" | Kaytranada | |||
| Jahkoy | Foreign Water | "Selfish" | Frank Dukes, et al. | |
| Usher | Hard II Love | "Make U a Believer" | Frank Dukes, et al. | |
| 2017 | SZA | Ctrl | "Broken Clocks" | Frank Dukes, Daniel Caesar, et al. |
| Jhené Aiko | Trip | "Never Call Me" | Frank Dukes, et al. | |
| 2018 | Travis Scott | Astroworld | "Astrothunder" | Frank Dukes, Matthew Tavares, et al. |
| Charlotte Day Wilson | Stone Woman | "Falling Apart" | Charlotte Day Wilson, Matthew Tavares | |
| Camila Cabello | Romance | "Feel It Twice" | Frank Dukes, Matthew Tavares, et al. | |
| 2019 | Daniel Caesar | Case Study 01 | "Entropy" | Daniel Caesar, et al. |
| "Cyanide" | Daniel Caesar, Matthew Burnett, Jordan Evans, et al. | |||
| "Open Up" | ||||
| "Superposition" (feat. John Mayer) | ||||
| "Too Deep to Turn Back" | ||||
| "Are You OK?" | ||||
| Giveon | Take Time | "Like I Want You" | Jahaan Sweet, et al. | |
| 2020 | James Blake | Before | "I Keep Calling" | James Blake, Charlotte Day Wilson, Matthew Tavares, et al. |
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| Year | Association | Category | Nominated Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2016 | Grammy Awards | Best Rap Album | If You're Reading This It's Too Late (Drake) (as songwriter) | Nominated | |
| 2017 | iHeartRadio MMVAs | Best MuchFACT Video | "Acid Test" | Won | |
| SOCAN Songwriting Prize | Best Song – Anglophone | Shortlisted | [14] | ||
| Best Song – Anglophone | "Won't Live Here" (Daniel Caesar) (as songwriter) | Shortlisted | |||
| 2018 | Soul Train Music Awards | The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award | "Broken Clocks" (SZA) (as songwriter) | Nominated | |
| 2019 | ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards | Award Winning R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | Won | [15] | |
| 2019 | Grammy Awards | Best Rap Album | Astroworld (Travis Scott) (as songwriter) | Nominated |