J. Cardim is a hip hop/r&b/pop music producer  who has lived in Rio De Janeiro Brazil, Cambridge, Massachusetts and currently New York City. He has worked with many artists including: Sha Stimuli, Akon, Ludacris, The L.O.X., Shawty Lo, Fat Joe, Joe Budden, Avant, Cassidy, Termanology, Gorilla Zoe, Saigon, Wale and Talib Kweli and contributed music to EA Sports’ NBA Hoopz video game series, the soundtrack for the movie The Beauty Shop and MTV’s Defy the Ordinary commercial campaign J has also done notable work with Ludacris, Red Café, DJ Envy, Joe Budden, Sheek Louch, French Montana and Paul Wall on their respective albums, as well as projects by his own Dice Music Group artists Ariez Onasis, TUGE Palermo, G-Eyez and Certified Gz. Cardim is also closely associated with Brooklyn rapper Sha Stimuli. In 2009 J. Cardim contributed production to Dr. Dre’s long-delayed album Detox via a Ludacris penned reference song entitled “OG’s Theme”J. Cardim also released a mixtape in 2009 entitled Your Favorite Rapper’s Favorite Producer  The album is hosted by DJ Envy, and was released in most major digital music stores including iTunes, www.amazon.com, www.amalgamdigital.com and Rhapsody The project was well-received, achieving a "Hood" rating from XXL magazine.In February 2009 J. Cardim won the Loud.com producer competition receiving $15,000 and 3 song production deal with SRC Records/Universal Motown.