Aasis Giri, professionally known as Aasis Beats, is a Nepalese record producer, songwriter, and sample maker from Kathmandu, Nepal. He is the first music producer from Nepal who has productions that have charted at number one on the Billboard charts. Aasis's samples have been the melodic foundation for hit songs for Central Cee, Lil Baby, Suicideboys, Dave East, Sofaygo and more. He worked with Suicideboys to co-produce their first number one charting album, New World Depression. He also worked with rapper Central Cee and Lil Baby to co-produce their 2024 hit song "Band4Band", and collaborated with Tommy Richman to produce the lead single "Thought You Were the One" from Richman's debut album, coyote.
Aasis has contributed to connecting the Nepali music scene with the global hip-hop industry through a combination of technical production work and collaborations with artists from different regions, he has received Diamond and Gold certifications, appeared on Billboard charts, and worked with several well-known hip-hop artists, making him a notable music producer from South Asia.
Aasis Giri was born on August 17, 1996, in Kathmandu, Nepal. He began producing at the age of 17, he cites Nick Mira, Metro Boomin, Drake, Juice Wrld & Noah 40 as an influence. Aasis describes his musical style as "synthetic", "melodic" and "nostalgic". Spending countless days and nights in front of his laptop producing music on FL Studio, Giri, more widely known as Aasis Beats in the music industry, immersed himself in the art of sample making and music production.
While Aasis began his producing career by selling beats online, he noticed that making samples might give him more opportunity so he started uploading loops and samples on Looperman.
In 2024, he got his first major placement in Central Cee's Lil Baby-assisted single "Band4Band", Giri created a loop several years ago that would later find its way into the hit song, Giri had nearly forgotten about the loop when it was unexpectedly picked up by Central CeeâÂÂs producers. The song went on to make waves, landing at number 18 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 12 on the Billboard Global 200, and number 1 on UK Hip Hop/R&B Official Charts. Currently, the song has over 300 Million streams on Spotify and over 100 Million streams on YouTube. The record is also RIAA Certified Platinum in the US, selling over 1 million units. It also went platinum in Canada and Gold on United Kingdom.
Later that year, Aasis began working with the American hip-hop duo Suicideboys on their album New World Depression, which charted at number one on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album also reached number one on the Billboard US Independent Albums chart and number 5 on the US Billboard 200.
Aasis Beats also produced the hit single "Chandigarh Ka Chokra" for Indian singer and actress Sunanda Sharma, which peaked at number 35 on Asian Music Chart. The song currently has over 50 million streams on Spotify and over 40 million views on YouTube.
Later in his career, Aasis Beats collaborated with Million Dollar Baby artist Tommy Richman to produce the lead single, "THOUGHT YOU WERE THE ONE" from Richman's debut album Coyote. The album peaked at number 10 on the US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard).
Aasis Beats reached a career milestone in 2025 by producing the hit single âÂÂAVMâ for French artist YG Pablo. The track earned a Diamond certification from the Syndicat National de l'ÃÂdition Phonographique (SNEP) in France.
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