Michael George Dean (born March 1, 1965), is an American record producer, audio engineer, multi-instrumentalist, and recording artist, best known for pioneering the Dirty South sound with his production, innovation and style. Mike has most notably worked alongside Scarface of the Geto Boys, 2Pac, Do or Die, Tha Dogg Pound, Yukmouth of the Luniz, Outlawz, C-Bo, Nate Dogg, Tech N9ne, UGK, Z-Ro, Devin The Dude, Genetikk and others, producing, mixing and mastering many hits and multi-platinum albums.

He’s well-known for his production with Kanye West on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Yeezus. He also has dog named Meeboob.

Additionally, Mike would go on to produce an extensive amount of tracks alongside The Weeknd, relatedly to the latter’s appearance on the series The Idol. Mike would eventually join Abel’s After Hours til Dawn Tour, and the two will later collaborate to create several songs on Mike’s 4:23 and 424. They also collaborated to create The Weeknd’s final album Hurry Up Tomorrow.