Why This ‘Sicko Mode’ Producer Is Investing In The Future Of Music Technology
Forbes Talks
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5 • 4 Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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In this Forbes Talks interview, Forbes Reporter Zoya Hasan talks with Grammy-nominated Music Producer Tay Keith. Keith discusses his early days getting into music production, his rise to success working with major artists like Drake and Travis Scott, and his decision to launch his own record label Drumatized. Keith also delves into his efforts to give back to his hometown of Memphis through local community initiatives and programs.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, I'm Zoya Hassan and I'm here with Tate Keith, Grammy nominated producer and founder of record label Dramatized. |
| 0:10.0 | Taya, thank you so much for joining us. |
| 0:13.0 | Most dividend, I appreciate y'all having me. |
| 0:16.0 | Of course. So you have built this brand, this sound, this legacy all before the age of 30. |
| 0:23.2 | You've produced music for some of the biggest names of the generation, from Travis God to Drake to Beyonce. |
| 0:30.1 | Are you just getting started or are you living the dream? |
| 0:33.7 | That's how I feel. |
| 0:34.8 | I feel like, you know, when you have a lot of success so young, you got to grow with it. |
| 0:42.3 | So for me, I've been like learning to grow with it. |
| 0:44.3 | The older I've been getting, you know, the more I've been adapting to like, hey, I'm just 28 doing it now. |
| 0:52.3 | But, you know, where I'm going to be at when I'm 38, when I'm 48, you know 28 doing it now, but, you know, where I'm gonna be at when I'm 38, |
| 0:55.5 | when I'm gonna be at when I'm 48, you know, doing it. |
| 0:57.5 | Like, in that mindset, it's been helping me, like, kind of like, |
| 1:02.8 | think more in the future of where I'm gonna be, like, my career, |
| 1:07.3 | but where my goal's gonna be then, so, you know. |
| 1:10.9 | This is a competitive industry, you know, |
| 1:12.9 | like there's so many creatives out there. |
| 1:15.3 | There's so many people with so much talent |
| 1:17.6 | who never make it. |
| 1:19.4 | How did you get your foot in the door in the first place? |
| 1:22.5 | What's the story? |
| 1:25.4 | For me, it was just building with artists from the ground up. |
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