Makeba Riddick-Woods (born November 22, 1981), also known as Girl Wonder, is an American songwriter and singer who has been active in the music industry since 2002. Born and raised in West Baltimore, Maryland, she signed with Jay-Z's Roc Nation in 2008.
Background Riddick attended the Baltimore School for the Arts before graduating from Berklee College of Music (Boston) with a bachelor's degree in Music Management. She moved to New York City to develop her career as a songwriter. Her early break came from songwriting and singing background vocals for 3LW, Jennifer Lopez and B2K.
Songwriting and vocal production Riddick is best known for her work with multi-platinum selling pop artist Rihanna for whom she has vocally produced and collaborated on three albums with, including A Girl like Me, Music of the Sun and Good Girl Gone Bad. She co-wrote and vocally produced the star's reggae-influenced song "Rude Boy" from Rihanna's fourth studio album, Rated R. She also produced vocals for all the remaining tracks on the album and co-wrote the intro track "Mad House".
Riddick has also collaborated with French DJ-come-producer David Guetta, first on the song "If We Ever" which is also her first solo credited vocal performance and taken from Guetta's 2009 Grammy-nominated album One Love. She also worked with Guetta to produce tracks for R&B singer Kelis's album Flesh Tone including the lead single and U.S. Dance Chart topper "Acapella". Riddick's other writing and production credits include Danity Kane's eponymous album; Beyoncé's U.S. radio hit "Get Me Bodied" from her second album B'Day; Braxton's 2005 album Libra and Jennifer Lopez's 2005 album Rebirth as well as platinum-selling work for Mariah Carey. She also worked in the studio with Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins on material for Diddy – Dirty Money's delayed album Last Train to Paris.
Additionally, she has worked on records for the British girl group Sugababes on the song "About a Girl" taken from their seventh studio album Sweet 7. The collaboration reached the top ten in the UK. In America, Riddick was reunited with Toni Braxton when a record she wrote, "Make My Heart" was released by Braxton as the second single from the star's upcoming album Pulse.
Makeba produced Rihanna's vocals for Eminem's single "Love the Way You Lie".
Solo career She is said to be releasing her own debut solo single titled "Change Up" which will be produced by Darkchild and will serve as the lead single from the producer's collaborative project, The Writersproject Volume 1.
Production and writing credits DateArtistSong Album Label2002 Jennifer Lopez "All I Have" This Is Me... ThenEpic Records B2K "You Can Get It" Pandemonium! 3LW "Ghetto Love & Heartbreak" A Girl Can Mack2005 Mariah Carey "So Lonely (One & Only Part 2) The Emancipation of Mimi Island Records Jennifer Lopez "Hold You Down" Rebirth Epic Records Toni Braxton "Please" Libra Blackground Records Teairra Mari "M.V.P." Roc-A-Fella Records Presents Teairra Marí Roc-A-FellaRihanna "If It's Lovin' That You Want"Music of the SunDef Jam Records"Let Me"2006Rihanna "We Ride"A Girl like MeDef Jam Records "Unfaithful"Danity Kane "Touching My Body"Danity KaneBad Boy Records "Stay with Me" Jessica Simpson "I Don't Want to Care" A Public Affair Columbia Records Fantasia "Surround You" Fantasia J Records JoJo "Let It Rain" The High Road Universal Records Taylor Hicks "Heaven Knows" Taylor Hicks J Records Cassie "Can't Do It Without You" Cassie Bad Boy Records Letoya Luckett "I'm Good" LeToya Capitol Records Brooke Hogan "Next Time" Undiscovered SMC, SoBe Entertainment2007Beyoncé "Déjà Vu"B'DayColumbia Records "Get Me Bodied" "Suga Mama" "Upgrade U" "Creole" "World Wide Woman"Rihanna "Disturbia"Good Girl Gone BadDef Jam Records "Sell Me Candy" "Say It" "Push Up On Me" "Question Existing" The Cheetah Girls "Do No Wrong"TCG Hollywood Records Katharine McPhee "Do What You Do" Katharine McPheeRCA2008 T.I. "Live Your Life" Paper Trail Grand Hustle Records Michelle Williams "Stop This Car" Unexpected Columbia RecordsGirlicious"Baby Doll"GirliciousGeffen RecordsBeyoncé"Ave Maria" I Am...Sasha FierceColumbia RecordsSolange Knowles"Would've Been The One" Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. DreamsGeffen Records/Music World Entertainment"Ode To Marvin"2009Rihanna "Mad House"Rated RDef Jam Records "Rude Boy" David Guetta "If We Ever" One Love Virgin Records Jadakiss "Hustle Hard" The Last Kiss Def Jam Records/Roc-A-Fella Wale "Chillin'"Attention Deficit Interscope Records Tynisha Keli "RockStar" The Chronicles of TK Warner Bros. Records2010 Sugababes "About a Girl" Sweet 7 Island Records, Roc Nation Kelis "Acapella" Flesh Tone will.i.am Music Group Nicki Minaj "Muny" Pink Friday Young Money Entertainment/Republic RecordsToni Braxton "Make My Heart"PulseAtlantic Records "Lookin' At Me" "The Wave" Eminem "Love the Way You Lie" Recovery Aftermath Entertainment, Shady RecordsRihanna "Cheers (Drink To That)"LoudDef Jam"Skin"2011 Jennifer Lopez "Take Care" Love? Island Def JamCommon "Blue Sky"The Dreamer/The BelieverDef Jam, Warner Bros."Raw (How You Like It)"2012 Rita Ora "Uneasy" Ora Roc Nation, Columbia "Young, Single & Sexy"2013Coco Jones "Holla At The DJ"Made Of EPHollywood Records "Made Of"Tamar Braxton "Hot Sugar"Love and War Streamline Records/Interscope "Love and War" "She Did That" Jessica Sanchez "No One Compares (Featuring Prince Royce)" Me, You & the Music Interscope Prince Royce "Already Missing You (Featuring Selena Gomez)" Soy el Mismo Sony Music Latin Zara Larsson "Cash Me Out" Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself TEN Music Group/Universal Music Group2015Tamar Braxton "If I Don't Have You"Calling All LoversStreamline Records/Epic Records "Must Be Good To You" "A.S.A.P"2016Lion Babe "Jump Hi"BeginInterscope Records/Polydor2017Star Cast "Unlove You"Star (Season 1) SoundtrackEpic RecordsTamar Braxton "Run Run"Bluebird of HappinessStreamline Records/Epic Records "Pick Me Up"2018Koryn Hawthorne "Unstoppable" UnstoppableRCA Inspiration/Sony Music "Won't He Do It (Remix)"
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