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{{Short description|American record producer}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = KBeazy
| image            =
| birth_name       = Keegan Christopher Bach
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|2001|4|20}}
| birth_place      = [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]], U.S.
| origin           = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| years_active     = 2018–present
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[Trap music|trap]]|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]|[[Pop music|pop]]}}
| occupations      = {{hlist|Record producer|songwriter|YouTuber}}
| label            =
| website          =
}}
'''Keegan Christopher Bach''' (born April 20, 2001), known professionally as '''KBeazy''' (stylized '''KBeaZy'''), is an American record producer, songwriter, and YouTuber.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Marshall|first=Dana|title=A Kalamazoo Teen Produced A Recent Billboard #1 Hit|url=https://wkfr.com/a-kalamazoo-teen-produced-a-recent-billboard-1-hit/|access-date=2021-05-26|website=103.3 WKFR|date=6 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref> He is best known for producing the singles "[[Mood (24kGoldn song)|Mood]]" for [[24kGoldn]] in 2020, as well as "[[That's What I Want]]" for [[Lil Nas X]] the following year.
He first gained recognition in 2017 after reproducing the instrumental of [[Lil Uzi Vert]]'s "[[XO TOUR Llif3]]" on YouTube, and thereafter releasing [[hip hop production|beat]] tutorials and live streams.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2020-11-24|title=Meet the Kalamazoo music whiz kid behind the No. 1 song in the country|url=https://www.mlive.com/life/2020/11/meet-the-kalamazoo-teen-behind-the-no-1-song-in-the-country.html|access-date=2021-05-26|website=mlive|language=en}}</ref> Since his rise to fame, KBeazy has most notably produced songs for [[Juice Wrld]], [[Kehlani]], [[Iann Dior]], and [[Roddy Ricch]], among others.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=December 10, 2020|first=Kemet|last=High|title=Here Are the Best Hip-Hop Producers of 2020|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/best-hip-hop-producers-2020/|access-date=2021-05-26|website=XXL Mag|language=en}}</ref>
== Career ==
At age 19, KBeazy relocated to Los Angeles to pursue his passion for music full time.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-30|title=Portage Northern grad behind No. 1 song in America|url=https://www.woodtv.com/news/kzoo-and-bc/portage-northern-grad-behind-no-1-song-in-america/|access-date=2021-05-26|website=WOODTV.com|language=en-US}}</ref> Frequent collaborators include rappers [[24kGoldn]], [[Iann Dior]] and [[The Kid Laroi]], as well as fellow record producers [[Omer Fedi]] and [[Blake Slatkin]].<ref name=":2" /> KBeazy was named the youngest producer ever to secure a [[Billboard Hot 100|Billboard]] #1 record with "Mood", which now has over 1 billion streams on Spotify.<ref name=":2" />
== Notable credits ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Artist
!Role
|-
| rowspan="7" |2022
|[[Beat the Odds (song)|Beat the Odds]]
|[[Lil Tjay]]
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|I'm So Gone
|[[Tate McRae]]
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[What's Your Problem? (Tate McRae song)|What's Your Problem?]]
|[[Tate McRae]]
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[Bailé Con Mi Ex]]
|[[Becky G]]
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|Fake Love Don't Last (with [[Iann Dior]])
|[[Machine Gun Kelly (musician)|Machine Gun Kelly]]
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|Dark Angel (interlude)
|[[Iann Dior]]
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|I Might
|[[Iann Dior]]
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|-
| rowspan="10" |2021
|Let You
|[[Iann Dior]]
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[Not Enough (Juice Wrld song)|Not Enough]]
|[[Juice Wrld]]
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[Go Hard (Juice Wrld song)|Go Hard]]
|[[Juice Wrld]]
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[Thats What I Want|That's What I Want]]
|[[Lil Nas X]]
|Production<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Keegan Bach {{!}} Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/keegan-bach-mn0003876609|access-date=2021-05-26|website=AllMusic|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Shots in the Dark (with [[Trippie Redd]])
|Iann Dior
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[El Dorado (24kGoldn album)|Butterflies]]
|24kGoldn
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|Empty (feat. [[Swae Lee]])
|24kGoldn
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|The Top
|24kGoldn
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|Tired of Me
|ssgkobe
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[Seasons (Maroon 5 song)|Seasons]]
|[[Maroon 5]]
|Drums, Keyboards, Producer<ref name=":3" />
|-
| rowspan="8" |2020
|[[Mood (24kGoldn song)|Mood]] (feat. Iann Dior)
|24kGoldn
|Composition, production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|Mood (Remix) (feat. [[Justin Bieber]], [[J Balvin]], and Iann Dior)
|24kGoldn
|Composition, production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|Prospect (feat. [[Lil Baby]])
|Iann Dior
|Composition, production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[Toxic (Kehlani song)|Toxic]]
|Kehlani
|Composition, production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|Holding On
|Iann Dior
|Composition, production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|Way Up
|[[Quando Rondo]]
|Composition, production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|Baby Blue (feat. [[Olivia O'Brien]])
|Dempsey Hope
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|Dem Times
|[[Roy Woods]]
|Composition, keyboards, production<ref name=":3" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |2019
|[[What I Please]] (feat. [[Denzel Curry]])
|Smokepurpp
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|Trippin Baby
|[[Fetty Wap]]
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|-
| rowspan="3" |2018
|Feed Tha Streets 2 (Intro)
|Roddy Ricch
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|Check Please
|Baby Keem
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|-
|I Need More
|Chief Keef
|Production<ref name=":3" />
|}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* https://genius.com/artists/Kbeazy
* https://www.allmusic.com/artist/keegan-bach-mn0003876609
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:2000 births]]
[[Category:American hip hop record producers]]