Basement Beats is a St. Louis based Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum production team best known for their collaborations with Nelly and the St. Lunatics. It was founded by Jason "Jay-E" Epperson, Waiel "Wally Beamin" Yaghnam, Lavelle "City Spud" Webb and Jayson "Koko" Bridges in 1998 after being kicked out of the Saints studio and forced into Jay-E's mom's basement where it later became the new home studio for Basement Beats.