Reportedly, "Who Shot Ya?" traces to the recording of R&B singer Mary J. Blige's second album, "My Life", on Uptown Records. Her album's record producers are Charles "Chucky" Thomas, Prince Charles Alexander, and "Puffy" Combs. The three, including Puffy as overseer, were members of his house team of record producers, "the Hitmen," at Puffy's record label, Bad Boy Entertainment. In an interview published online in November 2014, Chucky Thompson recalls shopping for records with another of the Hitmen producers, Nasheim Myrick.