Tay Keith

Everything I do got that bounce to it, that addictive, repetitive sound.

got everything bounce sound

We need more Memphis culture in the industry.

need more industry culture

I don't want to be labeled as just a producer. Producers have little control and they get little respect. And I'm a man of respect.

control man respect want

I want people to see me as the entrepreneur, the boss, the public figure, the person who motivates.

see me boss people

I used to put like, 'Yo Gotti type beats,' 'Future type beats' on YouTube. And uhh, I started getting paid off YouTube. Like YouTube started giving me Google AdSense checks.

youtube me future giving

Most people when they rap usually have their homies in the studio who rap with 'em, but they homies don't usually be producers.

studio who rap people

I was DJing for this party promotion called 1st Flight Entertainment, having to DJ on the weekends and then also going to school in the same week. So I just figured out how to balance that, then make beats on the side too.

dj entertainment balance school

Some of the artists I've been working with it's been just work, you know what I'm saying? But in the industry I feel like the relationship is stronger than the work sometimes.

feel you work relationship

I want to prove that you can go to school and still chase your dream, too.

your you dream school

There's a lot of entrepreneurs out here who are in school, who just don't know what's next, or can't figure out what direction they should go in. And me graduating motivates them.

direction know me school

You gotta grind, you gotta make your way. Everybody's got their grind mentality in Memphis.

your you grind way

Music was my way out. School was the plan B, just in case music didn't work out. I didn't know it was gonna work out. I just felt like, 'If I'm doing these two things, something's going to get me up there. Something's going to make me successful.'

me music work school

When I DJ, I got my own catalog to play in the club. I'm spinning my own records like it's my own show.

dj own my-own play

I actually got to work with TM88. He was one of my big influences as far as producing. It was pretty cool. I had met him in California at the crib and it was one of those random meet-ups and we got to working from that point on.

random big cool work

Yo Gotti had some influence on me for sure. I would say Three 6 Mafia, too.

say me influence three

I get advice from all the producers who have come out of Memphis. They just give me advice on the business side, because that's most important besides the actual music. Just staying at a point I know I can't mess myself up. I just got to be put up on game about it. Drumma Boy and Memphis Track Boy taught me a lot.

myself me music business

People like my beats because of the crazy flow with the hi-hats and the bass.

like crazy flow people

You know, as I'm progressing with my sound, I just realize when you got a simple sound with crazy percussion in the beats, it makes it. It kinda shapes my sound when it comes to what makes a Tay Keith beat.

know you crazy simple

I'm working with a lot of artists.

artists working lot

I'ma be on a lot of projects and hopefully I get to work more on my own project, too.

project own my-own work