KayGee

Keir Lamont Gist (born September 15, 1969), professionally known by his stage name KayGee, is an American DJ and record producer from East Orange, New Jersey, best known as a member of hip hop trio Naughty by Nature. He has won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards for Poverty's Paradise.

KayGee
Birth name	Keir Lamont Gist
Also known as	DJ Kay Gee
Born	September 15, 1969
Origin	East Orange, New Jersey, US
Genres	Hip hop R&B
Occupation(s)	Record producer DJ
Years active	1986–present
Labels	Illtown Divine Mill
Associated acts	Naughty by Nature Darren Lighty Eddie Berkeley Terence "Tramp Baby" Abney Jaheim
Website	Twitter

In the mid-90s, Gist created his own R&B-oriented record label, Illtown, which was evolved and developed into Divine Mill,[1] where he discovered and signed acts such as Zhané, Next, Jaheim, Tha' Rayne and Koffee Brown.

Discography

Studio albums

• Independent Leaders (1989)
• Naughty by Nature (1991)
• 19 Naughty III (1993)
• Poverty's Paradise (1995)
• Nineteen Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury (1999)
• IIcons (2002)
• Anthem Inc. (2011)

Selected production discography

List of albums, contains songs produced by KayGee Year Artist Album 1993 Run-DMC Down with the King 1993 Queen Latifah Black Reign 1994 Zhané Pronounced Jah-Nay 1995 Rottin Razkals Rottin ta da Core 1995 Miilkbone Da' Miilkrate 1996 The Almighty RSO Doomsday: Forever RSO 1996 Aaliyah One in a Million 1997 The Notorious B.I.G. Life After Death 1997 Zhané Saturday Night 1997 Next Rated Next 1998 Queen Latifah Order in the Court 1998 Deborah Cox One Wish 1999 Krayzie Bone Thug Mentality 1999 1999 Will Smith Willennium 1999 Road Dawgs Don't Be Saprize 2000 Next Welcome II Nextasy 2000 Funkmaster Flex 60 Minutes of Funk, Volume IV: The Mixtape 2001 Jaheim Ghetto Love 2001 Koffee Brown Mars/Venus 2001 Coo Coo Cal Disturbed 2001 Allure Sunny Days 2001 Luther Vandross Luther Vandross 2002 Jaheim Still Ghetto 2002 Next The Next Episode 2002 Shade Sheist Informal Introduction 2002 RL RL: Ements 2003 Mary J. Blige Love & Life 2005 Syleena Johnson Chapter 3: The Flesh 2005 Charlie Wilson Charlie, Last Name Wilson 2006 Stacie Orrico Beautiful Awakening 2006 CL Smooth American Me 2006 Brooke Hogan Undiscovered 2007 Rick Ross Rise to Power 2007 Jaheim The Makings of a Man 2009 Marié Digby Breathing Underwater 2011 Ledisi Pieces of Me 2013 Jaheim Appreciation Day 2017 Bell Biv DeVoe Three Stripes 2019 Angie Stone Full Circle

List of singles, produced by KayGee Year Title Artist 1993 "U.N.I.T.Y." Queen Latifah 1997 "Too Close" Next 1995 "Where'z Da' Party At ?" Miilkbone 2000 "Wifey" Next 2000 "Whatever" Ideal 2000 "Where I Wanna Be" Shade Sheist, Nate Dogg, Kurupt 2002 "Fabulous" Jaheim, Tha' Rayne 2005 "Everytime I Think about Her" Jaheim 2006 "I'm Not Missing You" Stacie Orrico 2009 "Ain't Leavin Without You" Jaheim

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
1995	Poverty's Paradise	Grammy Award for Best Rap Album	Won	[2]
	"Feel Me Flow"	Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group	Nominated
1993	"Hip Hop Hooray"		Nominated
1991	"O.P.P."		Nominated

References

1. "The History of Producer Kay Gee's Divine Mill Record Label - From Jaheim to Next and Beyond - YouKnowIGotSoul.com". www.youknowigotsoul.com. October 25, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
2. "Kier "KG" Gist". GRAMMY.com. November 19, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

External links

• Kier Gist discography at Discogs