2 0 0 9 – 2 0 1 2 ▁ 1 st ▁Down ▁and ▁Sau ce ▁Lord ▁Rich ▁grew ▁up ▁together ▁in ▁Atlanta , ▁Georgia ▁and ▁have ▁been ▁working ▁together ▁ever ▁since . ▁When ▁they ▁first ▁met ▁they ▁realized ▁they ▁had ▁the ▁same ▁music ▁interests ▁and ▁t ast es ; ▁( other ▁than ▁the ▁arguments ▁they ▁would ▁have ▁over ▁Jay ▁Z ▁and ▁Nas ) ▁and ▁started ▁to ▁build ▁their ▁own ▁production ▁company . ▁The ▁du o ▁decided ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁school ▁to ▁perfect ▁their ▁craft ▁by ▁att ending ▁Full ▁S ail ▁University , ▁studying ▁audio ▁engineering . ▁ ▁FK i ▁subsequently ▁began ▁working ▁with ▁Col li park ▁Music , ▁where ▁they ▁were ▁introduced ▁to ▁Tra vis ▁Por ter ▁and ▁produced ▁the ▁singles ▁" Make ▁it ▁Rain " ▁and ▁" B ring ▁it ▁Back ", ▁inside ▁a ▁bas ement ▁with ▁a ▁micro phone ▁and ▁an ▁M box . ▁▁ 2 0 1 2 – present ▁FK i ▁met ▁American ▁ED M ▁producer ▁D ip lo , ▁at ▁a ▁small ▁local ▁club ▁in ▁Atlanta ▁and ▁introduced ▁him ▁to ▁their ▁long time ▁friend ▁and ▁frequent ▁collabor ator ▁I gg y ▁Az ale a . ▁They ▁fle w ▁out ▁to ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁to ▁Mad ▁Dec ent ▁stud ios ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁executive ▁produce ▁Az ale a ' s ▁T rap G old ▁mi xt ape . ▁Which ▁led ▁to ▁them ▁opening ▁for ▁her ▁T rap G old ▁European ▁tour . ▁The ▁video ▁for ▁" I ▁Think ▁She ▁Re ady " ▁became ▁the ▁world ' s ▁first