Tay Keith
Brytavious Lakeith Chambers (born September 20, 1996), known professionally as Tay Keith, is an American record producer and songwriter.[2] He is best known for co-producing Travis Scott's 2018 single "Sicko Mode", peaking at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as Drake's "Nonstop", BlocBoy JB's "Look Alive", and Eminem’s "Not Alike" which peaked respectively at number 2, 5, and 24 on the Hot 100.[3][4] He is signed to publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music and is a BMI member.
Tay Keith | |
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Birth name | Brytavious Lakeith Chambers |
Born | September 20, 1996 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
Education | Middle Tennessee State University (BS) |
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Years active | 2012–present |
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Website | doawanted |
On December 15, 2018, Tay Keith earned his bachelor's degree from Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.[5]
He was nominated for Best Rap Song for his work on "Sicko Mode" at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.
Early life
Brytavious Lakeith Chambers was born on September 20, 1996, in South Memphis, Tennessee, where he was also raised. He grew up with his mom and dad knowing that music was going to be his strong point. Keith is the youngest family member out of his two brothers and two sisters.
When he was around fourteen, he began to make music and publish it to YouTube and DatPiff. He also had a piano which he used to make songs and remake popular songs. One of the songs he managed to remake was Lil Wayne's "Lollipop".[6]
Keith met fellow American rapper BlocBoy JB when he was fourteen, after he moved to Raleigh in North Memphis. The two began making music together shortly afterward.[5]
Career
In 2015, Keith began working with rapper Blac Youngsta on his mixtape, Fuck Everybody, for which he produced the single "Lil Bitch".
Keith gained mainstream success in 2018 through producing BlocBoy JB's "Rover" (later remixed to "Rover 2.0" featuring 21 Savage), "Shoot" and "Look Alive" featuring Drake, Drake's "Nonstop", Travis Scott's "Sicko Mode", Eminem's "Not Alike" featuring Royce da 5'9, and Lil Baby and Gunna's "Never Recover" featuring Drake.[3][4]
On April 17, 2019, Beyoncé released her album Homecoming: The Live Album, which is the live recording from her Coachella performance. It also included a bonus track "Before I Let Go", produced by Keith.[7]
On March 5, 2020, Aitch released "Rain", a single featuring AJ Tracey; the song was produced by Keith.[8]
Business ventures
McDonald's
In February 2021, Keith partnered with American fast food restaurant chain McDonald's to promote its new menu item, the Crispy Chicken sandwich. Included with the sandwich was a phonograph record of an unreleased track produced by Keith and a hoodie.[9]
Personal life
In December 2018, Keith graduated from Middle Tennessee State University, receiving a degree in media management.[10]
In January 2019, Keith was involved in a car crash. He was uninjured after the incident. Keith relocated to Atlanta, Ga in 2020.[11]
Discography
- Fxck the Cash Up (2020)
Production discography
Charted singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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US | US R&B/HH |
US Rap |
AUS | CAN | IRE | NZ | SWE | SWI | UK | ||||
"Look Alive" (BlocBoy JB featuring Drake) |
2018 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 30 | 34 | 17 | Simi | |
"Rover 2.0" (BlocBoy JB featuring 21 Savage) |
—[upper-alpha 1] | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Who Want The Smoke?"[16] (Lil Yachty featuring Cardi B and Offset) |
—[upper-alpha 2] | —[upper-alpha 3] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nuthin' 2 Prove | ||
"Nonstop" (Drake) |
2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 4 |
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Scorpion | |
"Sicko Mode" (Travis Scott featuring Drake) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 29 | 17 | 9 | Astroworld | ||
"Stoopid" (6ix9ine featuring Bobby Shmurda) |
25 | 15 | 14 | 63 | 22 | — | —[upper-alpha 4] | 25 | 28 | 34 |
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Dummy Boy | |
"Jumpin on a Jet" (Future) |
2019 | 57 | 26 | 22 | — | 84 | — | — | — | — | — |
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The Wizrd |
"100 Shooters"[19] (Future featuring Meek Mill and Doe Boy) |
—[upper-alpha 5] | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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High Off Life | |
"U Played"[20] (Moneybagg Yo featuring Lil Baby) |
2020 | 53 | 23 | 18 | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | 73 |
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Time Served |
"Go Stupid" (Polo G, Stunna 4 Vegas and NLE Choppa featuring Mike Will Made It) |
60 | 29 | 20 | — | 28 | 97 | —[upper-alpha 6] | — | — | — |
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The Goat | |
"Holiday" (Lil Nas X) |
37 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 26 | 18 | — | 60 | 26 | 23 |
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Non-album single | |
"Every Chance I Get" (DJ Khaled featuring Lil Baby and Lil Durk) |
2021 | 20 | 6 | 2 | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | 73 |
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Khaled Khaled |
"I Did It" (DJ Khaled featuring Post Malone, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby and DaBaby) |
43 | 17 | 14 | 99 | 22 | 48 | — | 50 | — | 53 | |||
"Type Shit" (Migos and Cardi B) |
71 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Culture III | ||
"Over the Top" (Smiley featuring Drake) |
57 | 19 | 15 | — | 13 | 73 | — | — | — | 97 | TBA | ||
"Pound Town 2" (Sexyy Red featuring Nicki Minaj and Tay Keith) |
2023 | 66 | 21 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
Other charted songs
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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US | US R&B/HH |
US Rap |
AUS | CAN | IRE | NZ | SWE | UK | ||||||
"Not Alike" (Eminem featuring Royce da 5'9) |
2018 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 18 | — | 20 | 25 | — | Kamikaze | |||
"Never Recover" (Lil Baby, Gunna and Drake) |
15 | 9 | 9 | — | 16 | 89 | —[upper-alpha 7] | — | 46 |
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Drip Harder | |||
"Shine" (Quavo) |
—[upper-alpha 8] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Quavo Huncho | ||||
"Don't Come Out the House" (Metro Boomin and 21 Savage) |
38 | 18 | 18 | — | — | 66 | —[upper-alpha 9] | — | 80 |
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Not All Heroes Wear Capes | |||
"Tic Tac Toe" (Meek Mill featuring Kodak Black) |
72 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Championships | ||||
"Temptation" (Future) |
2019 | 76 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Wizrd | |||
"Promise U That" (Future) |
—[upper-alpha 10] | 49 [26] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Before I Let Go" (Beyoncé) |
65 | 24 | — | — | — | 71 | — | 73 | 77 | Homecoming: The Live Album | ||||
"Wish Wish" (DJ Khaled featuring Cardi B & 21 Savage) |
19 | 8 | 6 | 88 | 28 | — | —[upper-alpha 11] | — | 81 |
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Father of Asahd | |||
"Jealous" (DJ Khaled featuring Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, and Big Sean) |
57 | 26 | — | 59 | 54 | — | —[upper-alpha 12] | — | 37 |
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"Mother's Daughter" (Miley Cyrus) |
54 | — | — | 21 | 31 | 22 | 21 | 76 | 29 |
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She Is Coming | |||
"Same Thing" (Lil Baby) |
2020 | 78 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | My Turn | |||
"Commercial" (Lil Baby featuring Lil Uzi Vert) |
23 | 12 | 8 | — | 59 | — | —[upper-alpha 13] | — | — |
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"No Sucker" (Lil Baby and Moneybagg Yo) |
58 | 30 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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"Feigning" (Gunna) |
98 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Wunna | ||||
"Back Again" (King Von featuring Prince Dre and Lil Durk) |
—[upper-alpha 14] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Welcome to O'Block | ||||
"Movie" (Megan Thee Stallion featuring Lil Durk) |
—[upper-alpha 15] | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Good News | ||||
"Big Paper" (DJ Khaled featuring Cardi B) |
2021 | 84 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Khaled Khaled | |||
"Genius" (Pop Smoke, Lil Tjay and Swae Lee) |
—[upper-alpha 16] | 46 | — | 72 | 54 | — | — | — | — | Faith | ||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Production credits
2014
PnB Rock – Real N*gga Bangaz
- 07. "Stylish"
Damso – Publie Partage Promo
- 01. "Publie Partage Promo"
2016
Blac Youngsta – Young & Reckless
- 06. "Catch a Body"
- 11. "All Of My N*ggas"
BlocBoy JB – Who Am I
- 11. "Change On Your N*ggas"
- 16: "No Chorus, Pt. 5"
- 19. "No Chorus, Pt. 6"
Blac Youngsta – Fuck Everybody
- 01. "Fuck Everybody Intro"
- 08. "Lil Bitch"
- 10. "On Me"
BlocBoy JB – No Chorus, Pt. 7
- 13. "No Chorus, Pt. 7"
Moneybagg Yo & Yo Gotti – 2 Federal
- 03. "Afta While"
- 10. "Gang Gang" ft. Blac Youngsta
- 15. "No Dealings"
Project Pat – Street God 4
- 04. "Real Hood N*ggas"
- 05. "Catch You Slippin"
BlocBoy JB – Who Am I 2
- 02. "Ride To West Memphis"
- 09. "Fr"
- 12. "No Chorus, Pt. 9"
2017
Moneybagg Yo – Heartless
- 04. "More"
- 08. "Hurtin"
Blac Youngsta – Illuminati
- 08. "Set Trip"
BlocBoy JB – Loco
- 01. "Intro"
- 04. "Fucc A N*gga Bitch"
- 09. "No Chorus, Pt. 9"
- 13. "Outro"
Blac Youngsta – I'm Innocent
- 02. "Birthday"
BlocBoy JB – Who Am I 3
- 01. "Intro"
- 02. "Shoot"
- 04. "First Day Bacc on Da Bloc"
- 10. "No Chorus, Pt. 10"
Moneybagg Yo – Federal 3X
- 02. "Important"
- 04. "Doin' It"
BlocBoy JB – The Purple M&M
- 01. "Intro"
- 02. "BBQ"
- 04. "No Topic"
- 05. "Pull Up"
- 08. "Soulja"
- 12. "Outro"
Doe Boy – In Freebandz We Trust 2
- 05. "Shoot Em Up"
Starlito – Funerals & Court Dates 2
- 09. "Important Freestyle"
Starlito – Starlito's Way 4: GhettOut
- 02. "SB4Life"
- 04. "SW4"
- 09. "Airplane Mode"
2018
Juicy J – Shutdafukup
- 07. "Broke N*ggaz" ft. YKOM
Key Glock – Glock Bond
- 09. "Russian Cream"
Moneybagg Yo – 2 Heartless
- 06. "Ion Get You"
- 09. "Super Fake"
- 16. "Back Then"
Xavier Wulf – East Memphis Maniac
- 02. "Homecoming (feat. Bankroll Rico)"
- 03. "Eastside Sliding (feat. idontknowjeffery & Chris Travis)
- 04. "Request Refused"
Blac Youngsta – 223
- 06. "Fuck Everybody Else"
- 01. "Turnt Up"
- 02. "Look Alive" ft. Drake
- 03. "Nun of Dat" ft. Lil Pump
- 07. "Rover 2.0" ft. 21 Savage
- 09. "Wait"
- 10. "Nike Swoosh" ft. YG
- 15. "No Chorus, Pt. 11"
- 18. "Outro"
- 04. "Exotic" ft. Starlito
Rico Nasty – Nasty
- 04. "In The Air" ft. BlocBoy JB
- 11. "Transformer" ft. Gnar
Drake – Scorpion
- 02. "Nonstop"
Wiz Khalifa – Rolling Papers 2
- 10. "Real Rich" ft. Gucci Mane
Moneybagg Yo – Bet On Me
- 01. "Dice Game"
- 02. "Rush Hour"
- 03. "Wat U On" ft. Gunna
- 04. "Exactly"
- 07. "Correct Me"
- 03. "Sicko Mode" ft. Drake
Blac Youngsta – Fuck Everybody 2
- 02. "Uh Uh"
- 05. "Ight" ft. Lil Pump
- 08. "Not Alike" ft. Royce da 5'9"
Lil Baby and Gunna – Drip Harder
- 13. "Never Recover" ft. Drake
- 06. "Shine"
- 08. "Who Want the Smoke?" ft. Cardi B and Offset
BlocBoy JB – Don't Think That
- 02. "Club Roc"
- 05. "Bacc Street Boys"
Metro Boomin – Not All Heroes Wear Capes
- 03. "Don't Come Out The House" ft. 21 Savage
Moneybagg Yo – Reset
- 03. "They Madd"
Tee Grizzley – Still My Moment
- 02. "Hooters"
Key Glock – Glockoma
- 01. "Since 6ix"
- 02. "Life Is Great"
- 05. "Dope"
- 08. "Yea!!"
- 01. "Stoopid" ft. Bobby Shmurda
- 11. "Tic Tac Toe" ft. Kodak Black
2019
- 02. "Jumpin on a Jet"
- 04. "Temptation"
- 09. "Promise U That"
- 17. "Amazing" ft. Future
Beyoncé – Homecoming: The Live Album
- 39. "Before I Let Go"
- 02. "Wish Wish" ft. Cardi B and 21 Savage
- 03. "Jealous" ft. Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, and Big Sean
Moneybagg Yo – 43va Heartless
- 09. "No Filter"
- 04. "Automatic"
- 01. "Mother's Daughter"
BlocBoy JB – I Am Me
- 04. "Head In My Lap"
Gucci Mane – Delusions of Granduer
- 07. "Bottom"
- 16. "Look At Me Now"
ILoveMakonnen – M3
- 05. "Money Fiend"
- 08. "Got It"
- 10. "Batman"
Gucci Mane – Woptober II
- 05. "Came from Scratch" ft. Quavo
Hoodrich Pablo Juan – Dope Money Violence
- 11. "Pirate"
- 05. "If I Tell You"
- 08. "Not Too Many"
Troyman – Rhythm + Flow Soundtrack: The Final Episode
- 01. "Streetlight"
2020
Moneybagg Yo – Time Served
- 02. "U Played" featuring Lil Baby
Yo Gotti – Untrapped
- 12. "Bounce That"
Marlo – 1st & 3rd
- 06. "Stay Down" featuring Young Thug
Lil Baby – My Turn
- 07. "Same Thing"
- 09. "Commercial" featuring Lil Uzi Vert
- 12. "No Sucker" with Moneybagg Yo
Ambjaay – It Cost to Live Like This, Pt. 2
- 02. "Blow The Pickle" featuring Wiz Khalifa
Jackboy – Jackboy
- 08. "Like a Million" featuring Kodak Black
Nav – Brown Boy 2
- 01. "I'm Up"
- 05. "Go Stupid" with Stunna 4 Vegas and NLE Choppa
Future – High Off Life
- 20. "100 Shooters" with Doe Boy featuring Meek Mill
Gunna – Wunna
- 04. "Feigning"
2021
- 16. "Master P"
G Herbo
- "Really Like That"[29]
Hoodrich Pablo Juan – Designer Dope Boyz
- 11. "Easter Egg Hunt"
- 13. "Go Get the Bag" with Banbwoi
- 1. "Something Bout Me"
- 7. "Ambition For Cash"[30]
Nardo Wick – Who is Nardo Wick?
- 7. "Lullaby"
2022
Pooh Shiesty – Shiesty Season: Certified
- 07. "It's Up"
- Single ft. Travis Scott and Lil Baby
- Hot Shit ft. Kanye West and Lil Durk
- LET’S PRAY ft. Don Toliver and Travis Scott
- c!ao ft. Rondodasosa
- Troyman- What's Not To Love?
2023
- Bby Pluto
Westside Gunn - And Then You Pray For Me
- 3. "Kostas" ft. Benny the Butcher and Conway the Machine
- 17. "Steve and Jony" ft. EST Gee
Notes
- "Rover 2.0" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[15]
- "Who Want The Smoke?" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number nine on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
- "Who Want The Smoke?" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number five on the Bubbling Under Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
- "Stoopid" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number five on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[18]
- "100 Shooters" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
- "Go Stupid" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles chart, but did peak at number 16 on the NZ Hot Singles chart.
- "Never Recover" did not chart on the NZ Top 40 Singles chart, but did peak at number 13 on the NZ Hot Singles chart.
- "Shine" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 23 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
- "Don't Come Out the House" did not chart on the NZ Top 40 Singles chart, but did peak at number 7 on the NZ Hot Singles chart.
- "Promise U That" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
- "Wish Wish" did not chart on the NZ Top 40 Singles chart, but did peak at number 14 on the NZ Hot Singles chart.
- "Never Recover" did not chart on the NZ Top 40 Singles chart, but did peak at number eight on the NZ Hot Singles chart.
- "Commercial" did not chart on the NZ Top 40 Singles chart, but did peak at number 15 on the NZ Hot Singles chart.
- "Back Again" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but did peak at number 11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[27]
- "Movie" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[28]
- "Genius" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number five on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
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