Career[edit]
K.E.'s breakthrough came in 2009, when he produced the single "
Swag Surfin" by rap group
Fast Life Yungstaz.
[1] The song received airplay and charted at No. 62 on the
Billboard Hot 100.
[2] Following the success of the record, he met a lot of important people in the industry and went on to work with other major artists.
In 2010, he worked on rapper
Roscoe Dash's debut album
Ready Set Go!, where he produced 5 of the 9 songs, including both singles. "
All the Way Turnt Up" was released in January 2010 and peaked at No. 46 on the
Billboard Hot 100.
[3] It spawned multiple remixes by artists such as
Ludacris,
Fabolous and
MGK. K.E. also co-wrote and produced the second single "
Show Out", released in August the same year.
In 2011, he produced the song "
You the Boss" by
Rick Ross and
Nicki Minaj, which was originally released as the first single from Ross' fifth studio album
God Forgives, I Don't.
[4]Eventually the track was taken off the final track list, even though it peaked at No. 62 on the
Billboard Hot 100. It was also placed at No. 33 and No. 37 respectively on the
Billboard Year-end charts for
Hot Rap Songs and
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
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In 2012, K.E. worked with
Future on his debut album
Pluto. K.E. produced the song "Magic," which appeared on Future's 2011 mixtape
True Story and its remix with rapper
T.I., which was featured on the album. "Magic" was released as the second single from
Pluto in January 2012 and peaked at No. 69 on the
Billboard Hot 100. Later in 2012, K.E. produced the track "I'm So Blessed" (featuring
Big Sean,
Wiz Khalifa,
Ace Hood and
T-Pain) from
DJ Khaled's sixth studio album
Kiss the Ring. After Khaled heard K.E.'s production on "You the Boss," he contacted him to get some beats and created the song, which made the cut for the album.
[7]
As a lead artist, K.E. has released a number of instrumental mixtapes in the
Hip hop,
trap and
EDM genres, such as
The Art of Trap,
EDM Nation 1 & 2 and the
Best Beats in the World series.
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In November 2012, K.E. stated he was working on Future's second album, as well as tracks with,
Young Jeezy,
Eminem,
French Montana and
Kirko Bangz.
[7] In December 2013, the lead single from Rick Ross'
Mastermind "
The Devil Is A Lie" was released crediting K.E. as the song's producer. In Jan. 2014 K.E. decided to become an artist and released singles with artist Kevin Gates, Shy Glizzy, Tracy-T and more. He also produced artist Mila J's lead single entitled ' Pain In My Heart. In December 2014, K.E. produced 3 singles on rapper Shy Glizzy's mixtape entitled " LAW 3 "
In Jan, 2015 K.E. created Beat Mechanics Entertainment to sign artist and producers.