James David Washington (born August 26), better known under his stage name
Jim BEANZ, is an
American vocal producer,
songwriter,
musician,
singer and
record producer from
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, now working out of
Philadelphia, signed to Timbaland Productions and Sunset Entertainment Group. He got his start working under the tutelage of Jazz from the hit R&B group,
Dru Hill, when he was an artist in the R&B group "Tresan". In 2005, Beanz started working alongside
Timbaland as a vocal producer and more recently, as a song producer. He is also the winner of
Eurovision Song Contest 2008 as he co-wrote "
Believe" by
Dima Bilan. Jim Beanz also wrote and produced 95% of the songs on the first season of the mega hit television series on FOX called
Empire, and portrayed the rapper "Titan" on the show.