Christian Smith (born March 2, 1997), known professionally as Crankdat, is an American DJ and electronic dance music producer.[2]

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Discography 3.1 Singles 3.2 Remixes 4 References Early life

Smith grew up desiring to be an athlete, but ultimately turned down a full-ride track-and-field scholarship to Kent State University to pursue music, producing energetic and melodically vibrant electronic dance music as Crankdat. Smith began making music while still in high school.[3]

Career

Smith originally gained recognition for remixing other artists' tracks, including Fetty Wap's breakout single, "Trap Queen." Eventually these remixes racked up millions of plays and Smith, barely out of his teens, was getting attention from bigger names in electronic dance music such as Skrillex and The Chainsmokers.[4]

Crankdat released original tracks as he toured, including the Jauz collaboration "I Hold Still" as well as the triumphant "Dollars," both in 2017.[5][6]

Discography Singles 2016 "Game Over" (with Lookas) [7] "Stoopid Rich" (with Havok Roth featuring TITUS) [8] 2017 "I Hold Still" (with Jauz) [5] "Dollars" [6] "In The Air" (featuring T-Pain) [9] 2018 "Reasons To Run" [10] "Need Somebody" [11] "Lemme See U" (with Ghastly) [12] "Say It" (featuring Sara Skinner) [1] "Kneel Before Me" (with Slander featuring Asking Alexandria) Remixes 2015 Fetty Wap — "Trap Queen" (Crankdat Remix)[13] 2016 Eptic — "The End" (Carnage and Breaux Remix) (Crankdat VIP)[14] Elephante (featuring Trouze and Damon Sharpe) — "Age Of Innocence" (Crankdat Remix)[15] Wiwek and Skrillex — "Killa" (Crankdat VIP)[16] Lost Kings (featuring Katelyn Tarver) — "You" (Crankdat Remix)[17] Desiigner — "Panda" (Crankdat, Hearts and Nati Remix)[18] Dillon Francis and NGHTMRE — "Need You" (Crankdat and Sevim VIP)[19] Graves and Coolights — "Say Things" (Crankdat Re-Crank)[20] Joyryde — "The Box" (Crankdat Re-Crank)[21] The Black Eyed Peas — "Rock That Body" (Crankdat Re-Crank)[22] Jauz and Netsky — "Higher" (Crankdat Remix)[23] Lil Yachty — "1 Night" (Crankdat Re-Crank)[24] The Chainsmokers — "Closer" (Crankdat Re-Crank)[25] Porter Robinson — "Unison" (Crankdat Re-Crank)[26] Swedish House Mafia — "Save The World" (Crankdat Re-Crank)[27] DJ Fresh — "Louder" (Crankdat Re-Crank)[28] Skrillex (featuring Sirah) — "Weekends" (Crankdat Re-Crank)[29] 2017 San Holo — "Light" (Crankdat Remix)[30] Alison Wonderland and M-Phazes — "Messiah" (Crankdat Re-Crank)[31] Zeds Dead and NGHTMRE — "Frontlines" (Crankdat Remix)[32] Mija — "Secrets" (Crankdat Remix)[33] DJ Snake — "Here Comes The Night" (Crankdat Remix)[34] Gryffin and Illenium (featuring Daya) — "Feel Good" (Crankdat Remix)[35] Matoma and MAGIC! (featuring D.R.A.M.) — "Girl At Coachella" (Crankdat Remix)[36] Blackbear —"IDFC" (Crankdat Re-Crank)[37] Zeds Dead — "Ratchet" (Crankdat Dubstep Re-Crank)[38] Crankdat — "Dollars" (Crankdat, Ray Volpe and Gammer Remix)[39] Post Malone — "Rockstar" (Crankdat Remix)[40] 2018 Jaden Smith — "The Icon" (Crankdat Re-Crank)[41] Bryce Vine — "Drew Barrymore" (Crankdat Remix)[42] Famous Dex (featuring A$AP Rocky) — "Pick It Up" (Crankdat Remix)[43] References ^ a b Sweeney, Farrell (July 20, 2018). "Crankdat makes his first foray into drum & bass in new release". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on July 21, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018.  ^ White, Nick (2017-04-04). "Crankdat Interview: Meet The 20 Year Old EDM Phenom Who Turned Down A D1 Scholarship To Pursue A Music Career". EDM Sauce. Retrieved 2018-02-07.  ^ "Crankdat | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-02-07.  ^ "Crankdat – Trap Music, EDM & Hip Hop Free Downloads". Run The Trap: The Best EDM, Hip Hop & Trap Music. Retrieved 2018-02-07.  ^ a b Finkelstein, Sabrina (July 14, 2017). "Jauz & Crankdat Drop Hard-Hitting Collaboration 'I Hold Still' Featuring Slushii". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 23, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2018.  ^ a b Chrys, Kassi (August 25, 2017). "Crankdat's first original, 'Dollars' is an ebullient surprise after much anticipation". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on March 9, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2018.  ^ Meadow, Matthew (January 7, 2016). "Lookas & Crankdat Finally Release Their Intense Banger, "Game Over"". Your EDM. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2018.  ^ "Stoopid Rich (feat. TITUS) (Original Mix) by Titus, Havok Roth, Crankdat on Beatport". Beatport. Retrieved August 3, 2018.  ^ Meadow, Matthew (October 19, 2017). "Crankdat Announces New Single With T-Pain Out Tomorrow". Your EDM. Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2018.  ^ Powell, Karlie (January 19, 2018). "Crankdat Channels Marshmello in His New Song "Reasons to Run"". Your EDM. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2018.  ^ Chrys, Kassi (March 4, 2018). "Crankdat flaunts his dark side on 'Need Somebody'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on March 4, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2018.  ^ Sweeney, Farrell (April 27, 2018). "Crankdat and Ghastly play 'Do it or Don't do it' in honor of their new single, 'Lemme See U'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on June 25, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2018.  ^ "Fetty Wap - Trap Queen (Crankdat Remix) by Crankdat". Soundcloud. Retrieved August 5, 2018.  ^ "Eptic - The End (Carnage & Breaux Remix) [Crankdat VIP] by Crankdat VIP". Soundcloud. Retrieved August 6, 2018.  ^ "Age of Innocence (feat. Trouze & Damon Sharpe) [Remixes] - EP by Elephante on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved August 3, 2018.  ^ Evenson, Austiin (April 13, 2016). "Wiwek & Skrillex – Killa (Crankdat VIP)". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2018.  ^ "You (feat. Katelyn Tarver) [The Remixes] - EP by Lost Kings on iTunes". iTunes Store. Retrieved August 3, 2018.  ^ "Desiigner - Panda (Crankdat / Hearts / Nati Remix) by Crankdat VIP". Soundcloud. Retrieved August 6, 2018.  ^ "Dillon Francis & NGHTMRE - Need You (Crankdat X Sevim VIP) by Crankdat VIP". Soundcloud. Retrieved August 6, 2018.  ^ "graves & Coolights - Say Things (Crankdat Re-Crank) by Crankdat VIP". Soundcloud. Retrieved August 6, 2018.  ^ Evenson, Austin (July 2, 2016). "Joyryde – The Box (Crankdat Re-Crank)". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on July 5, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2018.  ^ "BEP - Rock That Body (Crankdat Re-Crank) by Crankdat VIP". Soundcloud. Retrieved August 6, 2018.  ^ "Higher (Remixes) - Single by Jauz & Netsky on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved August 3, 2018.  ^ Evenson, Austin (September 6, 2016). "Lil Yachty – 1 Night (Crankdat Re-Crank)". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on September 11, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2018.  ^ Yau, Jeffrey (September 22, 2016). "Crankdat Releases New 'Closer' Free Download Bootleg". Your EDM. Archived from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.  ^ Meadow, Matthew (October 4, 2016). "Crankdat Releases Mind-blowing Edit of Porter Robinson's "Unison"". Your EDM. Archived from the original on January 23, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.  ^ Meadow, Matthew (October 30, 2016). "Crankdat Offers Up Swedish House Mafia's "Save the World" Reimagined". Your EDM. Archived from the original on January 21, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.  ^ Robinson, Rain (November 2, 2016). "DJ Fresh – Louder (Crankdat Re-crank)". Your EDM. Archived from the original on December 31, 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2018.  ^ Klemow, David (November 16, 2016). "Crankdat takes on a Skrillex classic for his latest remix offering". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on November 5, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2018.  ^ "San Holo – Light (Crankdat Remix)". Dancing Astronaut. February 4, 2017. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2018.  ^ Graham, Haylee (March 6, 2017). "Crankdat takes an emotive turn in remixing Alison Wonderland's 'Messiah'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2018.  ^ McCarthy, Will (March 17, 2017). "Zeds Dead release 8-track remix EP to NGHTMRE-assisted 'Frontlines'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2018.  ^ Hernandez, Christina (March 28, 2017). "Crankdat issues re-work of Mija's 'Secrets'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on October 5, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2018.  ^ Chrys, Kassi (April 7, 2018). "DJ Snake – Here Comes The Night (Crankdat Remix)". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2018.  ^ Chrys, Kassi (May 19, 2017). "Gryffin & Illenium (feat. Daya) – Feel Good (Crankdat Remix)". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on November 25, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2018.  ^ Chrys, Kassi (June 2, 2017). "Matoma & MAGIC! – Girl At Coachella ft. D.R.A.M. (Crankdat Remix)". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on December 12, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2018.  ^ Chrys, Kassi (September 20, 2017). "Crankdat flaunts his eclectic style with his latest re-crank of Blackbear's 'IDFC'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on September 24, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2018.  ^ Downs, Chad (October 4, 2017). "Crankdat drops 're-crank' of Zeds Dead's 'Ratchet'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2018.  ^ Meadow, Matthew (November 11, 2017). "Crankdat X Ray Volpe X Gammer Combine for New Remix of "Dollars"". Your EDM. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.  ^ "Crankdat unveils remix of Post Malone's 'Rockstar'". Dancing Astronaut. November 30, 2017. Archived from the original on January 5, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.  ^ Fleisher, Grace (February 22, 2018). "Crankdat gives Jaden Smith's 'Icon' the 'Re-Crank' treatment". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on August 3, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.  ^ Hymo, Josh (February 23, 2018). "Premiere: Crankdat puts explosive spin on Bryce Vine's 'Drew Barrymore'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on February 23, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.  ^ Chrys, Kassi (May 16, 2018). "Famous Dex – PICK IT UP ft A$AP Rocky (Crankdat Remix)". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on May 16, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.