Tay Keith, the Grammy-nominated producer behind some of the biggest tracks in modern hip-hop, has died at the age of 29.
The Memphis-born producer, real name Brytavious Lakeith Chambers, was found dead in his Nashville, Tennessee apartment on Thursday after a welfare check.
Metro Nashville Police confirmed his death and said foul play is not suspected and the cause of death remains unclassified pending autopsy results.
Keith’s fingerprints are over a remarkable stretch of hip-hop history.
He first broke into the mainstream in 2018 with BlocBoy JB’s viral hit Roverwho has had a working relationship with the rapper since the age of 14.
That same year proved to be his breakthrough on a larger scale when he co-produced Travis Scott’s Sicko mode featuring Drake, a track from Scott’s critically acclaimed Astroworld album that earned Keith a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Song at the 61st Annual Awards in 2019.
He received a second Grammy nomination in the same category in 2024 for his work with Drake and 21 Savage’s Rich Flex.
The list of artists he worked with is impressive.
Along with Scott and Drake, Keith produced Drake’s 2018 single Non-stopEminem’s Machine Gun Kelly diss track Not the same, Never restore by Lil Baby and Gunna featuring Drake and a bonus track from Beyoncé’s live Homecoming album.
He also worked with Sexyy Red, whose no SkeeYee contributed to him being named BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Producer of the Year, an honor he claimed three times, most recently in 2024.
He began his career as a teenager, posting original songs and remixes to YouTube and hip-hop platforms before meeting BlocBoy JB at 14 and beginning a creative partnership that would eventually open doors to the entire industry.
BMI also named him R&B/Hip-Hop Songwriter of the Year in 2018.
He was 29 years old.
