ks ▁moved ▁to ▁Atlanta ▁to ▁study ▁sound ▁engineering ▁at ▁the ▁S AE ▁Institute . ▁While ▁in ▁school , ▁he ▁met ▁and ▁began ▁collabor ating ▁with ▁DJ ▁Burn ▁One , ▁who ▁encourag ed ▁him ▁to ▁create ▁his ▁own ▁instrument als ▁and ▁not ▁rely ▁on ▁samples . ▁After ▁gradu ating ▁school , ▁the ▁studio ▁where ▁the ▁two ▁worked ▁h ired ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁full - time ▁engineer . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁Jen ks ▁began ▁working ▁for ▁Ep ic ▁Records ▁as ▁a ▁sound ▁engineer , ▁leaving ▁a ▁year ▁later ▁to ▁focus ▁on ▁his ▁own ▁career . ▁ ▁Jen ks ▁began ▁producing ▁for ▁Young ▁N ud y ▁and ▁Tri pp ie ▁Red d ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁He ▁met ▁Play bo i ▁Cart i ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁collabor ating ▁on ▁the ▁track ▁" W oke ▁Up ▁Like ▁This " ▁and ▁producing ▁most ▁tracks ▁on ▁his ▁debut ▁project . ▁Their ▁song ▁" M agn olia " ▁pe aked ▁at ▁ 2 9 ▁on ▁the ▁US ▁Billboard ▁Hot ▁ 1 0 0 . ▁This ▁kick start ed ▁Jen ks ' ▁producing ▁career , ▁producing ▁songs ▁for ▁ 2 1 ▁Sav age , ▁Tri pp ie ▁Red d , ▁Rich ▁the ▁Kid , ▁Lil ▁Y ach ty , ▁Fam ous ▁D ex , ▁Nav , ▁Young ▁Th ug ▁and ▁Lil ▁U zi ▁Vert . ▁Jen ks ▁has ▁also ▁released ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁mi xt apes ▁called ▁The ▁Life ▁of ▁Pi ' er re ▁and ▁has ▁his ▁own ▁im