Producer Mxssivh Says Drake Has Geninue Love For Jamaican Culture

Montego Bay-born producer Mxssivh is having a major moment after landing production credits on two tracks featured on Drake’s new albums.

The 25-year-old, whose real name is Justin Junagadala, worked on Ran To Atlanta, the Iceman collaboration with Future and Molly Santana, and also contributed to New Bestie on Maid of Honour.

He praised Drake for consistently embracing Jamaican culture and dismissed any criticism that the Canadian rapper merely borrows from Caribbean music trends. “He loves Jamaica, through and through. The music, the culture — and it’s been clear as day for years now,” Mxssivh told DancehallMag.

He recalled meeting the OVO boss during the rapper’s Canadian concert appearance with Vybz Kartel. “You could see the amount of love he had for the culture and Kartel himself,” he added.

New Bestie references Kartel with the lines: “Addi yah mi daddy, yah di teacha / bigup the Teacha” and “mek Kartel get one line fi the Teacha, Gaza grim reaper.”

For Mxssivh, hearing the final version for the first time was surreal. “I was actually shocked because I didn’t expect it at all,” he said. “It was cool to hear it [New Bestie].”

“Ran to Atlanta was my biggest breakthrough ever,” he added.

Mxssivh’s relationship with Drake’s camp didn’t happen overnight. According to the producer, years of networking and collaborations with members of the OVO circle eventually opened doors.

“I had been connected with a lot of people in the OVO team or closely linked with them,” he explained. “I flew out to Canada, flew out to Miami and the rest is history.”

He also shouted out producers and collaborators including Smashdavid, Beam, Digital Jet, 40, Jacklomastro, SkipOnTheBeat and Product.

Drake’s surprise release dominated streaming platforms immediately after launch, with Iceman reportedly becoming Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day for 2026. Ran to Atlanta also surged on U.S. and global Spotify charts, racking up millions of streams within hours.

Long before the Drake co-sign, however, Mxssivh was already building an impressive résumé in dancehall and hip-hop.

His production credits include Valiant and Stalk Ashley’s Narcissistic, Rytikal’s Chosen and Squash’s Big Breeze — tracks that collectively amassed tens of millions of streams across platforms.

He’s also worked with international rap names including Trippie Redd, Chief Keef, Famous Dex, Lil Poppa and Smoke Purp, while continuing to shape the sound of modern dancehall through collaborations with Vybz Kartel, Skillibeng, Squash, Malie Donn and Valiant.

The producer’s rise began years earlier with Russian rap star Kizaru, whose projects Karmageddon and Say No Mo featured several Mxssivh-produced tracks. “The Kizaru link happened through social media,” he said. “I DM’d him on Instagram, we swapped numbers and the rest was history.”

Music, he says, has always been part of his life. His mother, a former marching band drummer, encouraged him to study piano at age six — an experience he credits with shaping his musical ear and understanding of production.

“That’s where my love for music grew,” he explained. “It definitely helped when it comes to theory and music overall.”

Before adopting the name Mxssivh, the producer recorded music under the alias Bvsed Justin, inspired by a collective of musicians known as BVSE.

“It was Bvsed Justin, but now I only go by Mxssivh fully,” he said.