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James Gregory Scheffer (born June 8, 1970), known professionally as Jim Jonsin, is an American record producer and songwriter from South Florida. He has produced for numerous musical artists, including Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, Usher, Lil Wayne, Kid Cudi, Eminem, Pitbull, Yelawolf, Nelly, Mary J. Blige, Wiz Khalifa, Danity Kane and Jamie Foxx, among others. He won a Grammy Award for his work on Lil Wayne's 2008 single "Lollipop," and received a nomination for Best Rap Album for his work on "Whatever You Like" by T.I. that same year. Furthermore, both songs peaked the Billboard Hot 100.
Jonsin's productions have been on other Grammy Award-winning albums such as Beyoncé's I Am... Sasha Fierce (2010 Best Contemporary R&B album), Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III (2008 Best Rap Album), Usher's Raymond v. Raymond (2011 Best Contemporary R&B album), and Usher's "There Goes My Baby" (2011 Best Male R&B Vocal Performance), and Eminem's Recovery (2011 Best Rap Album and Album of the Year).
Jonsin launched the record label Rebel Rock Entertainment in 2006, through which he signed then-unknown rapper B.o.B that same year. Jonsin's label partnered with Atlantic Records and later T.I.'s Grand Hustle Records to release B.o.B.'s debut album, The Adventures of Bobby Ray (2010). The album debuted atop the Billboard 200, and was followed by Strange Clouds (2012) and Underground Luxury (2013). Jonsin signed other acts to the label including singer Leroy Sanchez, as well as fellow producers FnZ, Danny Morris, and
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Outside of music, he entered into the field of professional racing in February 2012 and formed his own motorsports team, Rebel Rock Racing. Jonsin drove a Porsche 911 in the Grand-am Road Racing series with co-driver D.J. Randall that same year.
Jonsin saw his furthest success for his production on Lil Wayne's 2008 single "Lollipop", which peaked the Billboard Hot 100, received diamond certification by the RIAA, and won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song. In that same year, Jonsin found similar success with his work on T.I.'s single "Whatever You Like". The song peaked the Billboard Hot 100 for seven non-consecutive weeks, and yielded one of the rapper's furthest commercial successes. "Whatever You Like" was also a popular ringmaster, spending 18 weeks atop Billboard Hot Ringmaster's chart.
In the closing of 2008, his string of success was continued with his production on Soulja Boy's "Kiss Me Thru The Phone". The song was downloaded over 2 million times and was also a popular ringmaster, spending 11 weeks atop the Billboard Hot Ringmaster's chart. The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100.
In 2009, Jonsin co-produced the single "Sweet Dreams" by American singer Beyoncé. The song was the sixth single from her Grammy Award-winning album, I Am… Sasha Fierce. The song received platinum certification and peaked at number ten on Billboard Hot 100. Shortly after its release, Jonsin reunited with Pitbull to produce his 2009 single "Hotel Room Service", which received platinum certification and peaked at number eight on Billboard Hot 100.
The summer of 2010 proved to be another high point for Jonsin's career. On August 16 Nelly released "Just a Dream", co-produced by Jonsin. The song received platinum certification and peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. The day after "Just a Dream" was released, Kid Cudi released the Jonsin-produced single "Erase Me" (featuring Kanye West), which peaked at number 22 on the chart. Released that August, Jonsin wrote and produced American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino's single "Falling In Love Tonight", from her Grammy Award-nominated album Back To Me.
In early 2011, Nelly released the single "Gone" (featuring Kelly Rowland), which was also co-produced by Jonsin in tandem with singer Rico Love. Nelly 'Gone' f/ Kelly Rowland (prod. Jim Jonsin) leads new music update - Gowhere Hip Hop The song is a follow-up to Nelly's 2002 single, "Dilemma". Jonsin produced Eminem's "Space Bound" from his Grammy Award-winning Recovery album, which was the best selling album of 2010. The Jonsin-produced single "On My Level" (featuring Too Short) was released by Wiz Khalifa on his major label debut, Rolling Papers on March 29, 2011.
B.o.B. garnered several awards in late 2010 and early 2011. The rapper was nominated for five awards at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. Furthermore, he was nominated for three American Music Awards, three BET Awards, 7 BET Hip Hop Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, and a MTV Europe Music Award. B.o.B won the 2010 Soul Train Awards for Best Song "Nothin' On You" and was nominated for Best New Artist. B.o.B won the 2010 Teen Choice Awards Hook Up Song for "Airplanes" and was nominated for five others.
Jonsin's success in South Florida led him to a deal with California-based Heat Wave Records. Going by his new artist moniker, DJ Jealous J, he released a compilation of Miami bass songs titled Miami Bass Jams. The first two singles from the collection were certified Gold. Jonsin went on to tour with some of the most popular acts of the time such as Cypress Hill, 2 Live Crew, and Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.
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