Tommy Paxton-Beesley pka River Tiber is a Grammy-award winning singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist from Toronto, Canada. He released his debut EP The Star Falls in 2013 and followed up in 2015 with When the Time Is Right. A track from the latter EP, "No Talk", was sampled by producer Boi-1da for "No Tellin'", from Drake’s 2015 album If You're Reading This It's Too Late. Paxton-Beesley has also collaborated with BADBADNOTGOOD on their 2015 album Sour Soul, with Kaytranada on his Polaris Music Prize-winning 99.9%, and with Jazz Cartier on a track for Hotel Paranoia River Tiber released his debut full-length album Indigo in 2016. In 2017, he won a MuchMusic Video Award for "Acid Test" and the song was a shortlisted finalist for the SOCAN Songwriting Prize in 2017. On December 9, 2022, he released his sophomore record "Dreaming Eyes". The album release was accompanied by a music video for the acclaimed track "Hypnotized" which was conceptualized and directed by Leo Aguirre. “Hypnotized” was also sampled on Kendrick Lamar’s "Savior" from his 2023 Grammy Award-winning album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers. As a songwriter, Paxton-Beesley has frequently collaborated with producer Frank Dukes and artists including Kaytranada, Daniel Caesar, and BadBadNotGood. He has co-written the charting songs "No Tellin'" by Drake, "Broken Clocks" by SZA, "AstroThunder" by Travis Scott, and "I Keep Calling" by James Blake. Other artists who have used Tommy’s music include Mac Miller, Chris Brown, James Blake, Camila Cabello, Post Malone, Jhené Aiko, Kodak Black, and Ty Dolla $ign to name a few. Tommy collaborated with Kaytranada for “Hold On” from his Grammy nominated album ‘Timeless,’ was recently sampled by OVO-signing Smiley for his single “Spill the Tea,” and was also sampled Drake and Partynextdoor’s track “Small Town Fame” their album ‘$ome $exy $ongs 4 U’.
River Tiber’s latest EP release ‘Tell Her’ with Justin Nozuka, follows his highly acclaimed album ‘Dreaming Eyes’. During summer 2025, Tiber performed headline debuts across Chicago, Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London. The tour capped off with the release of River Tiber’s NPR Tiny Desk on August 5.