Career
Static Major gained posthumous fame for appearing on Lil Wayne"s 2008 album Tha Carter III on the song "Lollipop". He was a songwriter for several artists, including Aaliyah, Ginuwine, Pretty Ricky, and Destiny"s Child. Static wrote most of the lyrics on Aaliyah"s self-titled 2001 album.
A YouTube video featuring Static Major alongside Smoke East. Digglera of Playa was also heavily sampled on Drake"s song "Look What You"ve Done" from his 2011 album Take Care.
He died unexpectedly in his hospital room. His debut album was not released.
Static started his producing career when he signed with Swing Mob Records. Major made a breakthrough working with Rhythm & Blues singer Ginuwine.
Major helped produce the song "Pony" which became a major hit and a milestone in both Major"s and Timbaland"s careers.
Playa released an album of the same name in 1997. After working with Ginuwine, Static assisted in producing songs for Nicole Wray for her 1998 debut album, Make lieutenant Hot. Static Major would eventually become the lead songwriter for the late Rhythm & Blues singer Aaliyah.
His songwriting collaborations with Aaliyah include: "Are You That Somebody?", which was featured in the Doctor Dolittle soundtrack, and the Romeo Must Die soundtrack singles "Come Back in One Piece" and her first and only number-one Billboard Hot 100 single "Try Again".
The songs "More than a Woman," "We Need a Resolution," "Rock the Boat", "Loose Rap", "Extra Smooth", "I Refuse", "Read Between the Lincolnshire", "Those Were The Days," and "Never Number More" were all featured on her third and final studio album Aaliyah. He earned Aaliyah four top 25 Billboard Hot 100 singles during his time working with the late Rhythm & Blues star.
Static was frequently a collaborator with Rhythm & Blues group Pretty Ricky, working with them on several songs, including "Juicy", from their 2005 album Bluestars. His most recent work producing music was Lil Wayne"s "Lollipop" from the album Tha Carter III. Suppertime is the solo album that Static Major was reportedly set to release on OG Music/Blackground in 2008.
Static worked along with Rudy Sandapa in producing "Fire Lovin"" by Rhythm & Blues musician Pleasure P, Static had a numerous amount of leaked demos for Pleasure and many other artists including Aaliyah and JoJo.
"I stay in the streets, that"s where I draw my inspiration," Static Major said describing where he gets his inspiration. "If it can"t be played in the hood, then it just doesn"t work for medical And nobody can hold me on harmony.
My whole aura is not your typical Rhythm & Blues aura."
Garrett died suddenly at Baptist Hospital East in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky on February 25, 2008.
After a number of tests, he was diagnosed with a rare condition called myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disorder with hallmark symptoms of muscle weakness and fatigue. Doctors recommended a procedure called plasmapheresis, a treatment similar to dialysis that removes the autoantibodies from the blood using an implanted catheter as a central line through the neck and into the chest area.
A large-bore catheter must be inserted into the patient"s arm to perform this procedure. Number catheter was put in his arm, but he did have one in his neck.
When a nurse was instructed to remove it, he went into respiratory distress and did not recover.