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Bekon
Birth nameDaniel Tannenbaum
Also known asDanny Keyz
Genres
Occupations
  • Songwriter
  • record producer
  • singer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • keyboards
Years active2010–present

Daniel "Danny" Tannenbaum, known professionally as Bekon (sometimes stylized as Bēkon), previously known as Danny Keyz, is an American record producer, songwriter and musician.

Career

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As Danny Keyz, he collaborated closely with his mentor DJ Khalil,[1][2] contributing music to Eminem's album Recovery[3][4] including working on the tracks "25 to Life" and "Almost Famous", Dr. Dre's song "Kush" and Drake's single "Fear".[5][6][1] He also collaborated with the producer Emile Haynie on Emeli Sandé's "My Kind of Love".[7]

Bekon provided composition and instrumentation for the Lecrae album Gravity, which won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album in 2012.[8][9][10] He also provided production and vocals for at least eight tracks on Kendrick Lamar's album Damn, which went on to win a Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize in 2018,[11] and production and composition for H.E.R.'s album I Used to Know Her- nominated for a Grammy Award in 2020.[12][13] His own album, Get with the Times, was released in 2018.[14][15][16]

In 2017, after being credited with providing production and additional vocals for Kendrick Lamar's Damn, Bekon's identity was revealed to be Daniel Tannenbaum.[17]

Discography

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Solo albums

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Title Album details
Get With The Times Released: January 24, 2018[18]

Songs produced, written, or performed on by Bekon

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Artist – Title Year Certifications Album
Joji – 1AM Freestyle 2022 Smithereens
Kendrick Lamar – Father Time 2022 Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
Kendrick Lamar – We Cry Together 2022
Kendrick Lamar – Auntie Diaries 2022
Kendrick Lamar – Mirror 2022
88rising & Simu Liu – Hot Soup 2021 Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
DPR LIVE, DPR IAN & peace – Diamonds + And Pearls 2021
Warren Hue & Seori – Warriors 2021
Rich Brian, Warren Hue & Guapdad 4000 – Foolish 2021
JJ Lin – Lose Control 2021
Rich Brian & EARTHGANG – Act Up 2021
NIKI, Rich Brian & Warren Hue – Always Rising 2021
Yung Bae – Wonder 2021
easy life – a message to myself 2021 life's a beach
Joji – Ew 2020 Nectar
Joji – Gimme Love 2020 RIAA: Gold (US)[19]
Joji – Gimme Love (Live Band Version) 2020
NIKI – Drive On 2020 MOONCHILD
NIKI – If There's Nothing Left... 2020
NIKI – Wide Open (Foreword) 2020
NIKI – Nightcrawlers 2020
NIKI – Pandemonium 2020
NIKI – Lose 2020
Rich Brian – Love in My Pocket (Remix) 2020
Rich Brian – Love in My Pocket 2020 1999
Joji – Gimme Love (Channel Tres Remix) 2020
Rich Brian & Guapdad 4000 – BALI 2020 NBA 2K21 Next Gen Soundtrack
Rich Brian – Drive Safe (A COLORS SHOW) 2019
Scarlxrd – PRXSPER 2019 IMMXRTALISATIXN
H.E.R. - Lord Is Coming (Remix) 2019 I Used to Know Her
Kid Bloom – Circles 2019 Lemonhead
Rich Brian – The Sailor (Album) 2019 The Sailor
Baby Keem – HONEST 2019 DIE FOR MY BITCH
Baby Keem – MOSHPIT 2019
ScHoolboy Q – Drunk 2019 CrasH Talk
ScHoolboy Q – Lies 2019
Higher Brothers – Do It Like Me 2019 Five Stars
Big K.R.I.T. - Learned from Texas 2018 TDT
H.E.R. - Lord Is Coming 2018 I Used to Know Her: Part 2 – EP
H.E.R. - Fate 2018
Grassu XXL & Guess Who – Pentru un gram de atenție 2018 În labirint
Jorja Smith – I Am 2018 Black Panther: The Album (Music from and Inspired By)
Kendrick Lamar, U2 and Dave Chappelle – 2018 Grammys Performance 2018
Bekon – America 2018 Get With The Times
Bekon – 17 2018
Bekon – Catch Me If You Can 2018
Bekon – Mama Olivia 2018
Bekon – Oxygen 2018
Bekon – In Your Honor 2018
Bekon – 30 2018
Bekon – Candy and Promises 2018
Bekon – 10pm Soda Break 2018
Bekon – Get With The Times 2018
Matoma – Slow (CID Remix) 2018 Slow (Remixes)
Matoma – Slow (Devault Remix) 2018
Matoma – Slow (R3HAB Remix) 2018
Bekon – Cold as Ice 2017 Get With The Times
LOLAWOLF – Baby I'm Dyin' 2017
Matoma – Slow 2017 One in a Million
Big K.R.I.T. - Big K.R.I.T. 2017 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time
Big K.R.I.T. - Miss Georgia Fornia 2017
Big K.R.I.T. - Justin Scott 2017
SZA – Garden (Say It Like Dat) 2017 RIAA: Platinum (US)[19] Ctrl
Guess Who – Aha! 2017 Un Anonim Celebru
Guess Who – Un Anonim Celebru 2017
Kendrick Lamar – BLOOD. 2017 RIAA: Gold (US, CAN)[19] DAMN.
Kendrick Lamar – ELEMENT. 2017 RIAA: Gold (US, CAN)[19]
Kendrick Lamar – DUCKWORTH. 2017 RIAA: Gold (US, CAN)[19]
Kendrick Lamar – GOD. 2017 RIAA: Platinum (US), 2× Platinum (CAN)[19]
Kendrick Lamar – FEAR. 2017 RIAA: Gold (US, CAN)[19]
Kendrick Lamar – XXX. 2017 RIAA: Gold (US), Platinum (CAN)[19]
Kendrick Lamar – PRIDE. 2017 RIAA: Gold (US), Platinum (CAN)[19]
Kendrick Lamar – YAH. 2017 RIAA: Gold (CAN, US)[19]
Big Sean – Voices In My Head / Stick to the Plan 2017 I Decided.
A$AP Ferg – Grandma 2016 Always Strive and Prosper
A$AP Ferg – Beautiful People 2016
A$AP Ferg – Rebirth 2016
A$AP Ferg – Psycho 2016
Dr. Dre – All in a Day's Work 2015 Compton
Eminem – Kings Never Die 2015 RIAA: Gold (US)[19] Southpaw (Music From And Inspired by the Motion Picture)
Gin Wigmore – This Old Heart 2015 Blood to Bone
Emile Haynie – Fool Me Too 2015 We Fall
BJ the Chicago Kid – Man Down 2015 In My Mind
Big K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica 2014 Cadillactica
Aloe Blacc – Can You Do This 2013 Lift Your Spirit
Emeli Sandé – My Kind of Love (Remix) 2013 Cadillactica
DOM KENNEDY – Erica Part 2 2013 Get Home Safely
Aloe Blacc – The Man 2013 RIAA: Platinum (US, UK AUS), 2× Platinum (SE, DEN), Gold (IT, NZ)[19] Wake Me Up (EP)
Lecrae – Fallin' Down (Remix by Black Knight) 2012 Gravity: The Remix EP
Lecrae – Mayday (Remix by Big Juice) 2012
P!nk – Here Comes the Weekend 2012 The Truth About Love
Lecrae – Mayday 2012 Gravity
Emeli Sandé – My Kind of Love (RedOne and Alex P Remix) 2012 Our Version of Events (Deluxe Edition)
Emeli Sandé – My Kind of Love 2012 BPI: Silver[20]

ARIA: Gold[21]

Our Version of Events
Evidence – It Wasn't Me 2011 Cats & Dogs
The Game – Ricky 2011 The R.E.D. Album
The Game – Drug Test 2011 Hoodmorning (No Typo): Candy Coronas
Professor Green – Nightmares 2011 At Your Inconvenience
Bad Meets Evil – Echo 2011 Hell: The Sequel
Snoop Dogg – I Don't Need No Bitch 2011 Doggumentary
Dr. Dre – Kush 2010 Detox
Eminem – Almost Famous 2010 Recovery
Eminem – 25 to Life 2010 RIAA: Gold (US)[19]
Cypress Hill – Take My Pain 2010 Rise Up
Clipse – Footsteps 2009 Til the Casket Drops
Drake – Fear 2009 So Far Gone
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes – Listen 2009 Eye Legacy
RZA – Long Time Coming 2008 Digi Snacks

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bekon Turned a Chance Meeting With Kendrick Lamar Into Production on 'DAMN.' and a Solo Album". Complex. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  2. ^ Walker, Joe (December 5, 2017). "Listen to Bekon's New Song "Cold as Ice"". OnSMASH. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  3. ^ "Mysterious Kendrick Lamar Producer Bekon Unmasked". Pitchfork. April 14, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  4. ^ "The identity of mysterious DAMN. producer Bekon has been revealed". Fact Magazine. April 14, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  5. ^ Dr. Dre (Ft. Akon & Snoop Dogg) – Kush, retrieved July 7, 2021
  6. ^ "Jaxsta". jaxsta.com. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  7. ^ Emeli Sandé – My Kind of Love, retrieved July 7, 2021
  8. ^ Gravity – Lecrae | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved September 2, 2021
  9. ^ Lecrae – Gravity (2012, Best Buy Exclusive, CD), September 4, 2012, retrieved September 2, 2021
  10. ^ "55th Annual GRAMMY Awards". GRAMMY.com. November 28, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  11. ^ "See Full List Of 60th GRAMMYs 2018 Awards Winners". GRAMMY.com. November 28, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  12. ^ "Jaxsta". jaxsta.com. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  13. ^ "2020 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Winners List". GRAMMY.com. November 20, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  14. ^ "Meet Bekon, the Grammy-Winning Producer Behind Kendrick Lamar's Acclaimed Album 'DAMN.'". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  15. ^ "Yo hip-hop: Meet Mr. Pulitzer (Damn.)". Arkansas Online. May 6, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  16. ^ "Meet Bekon, Whose Contributions Are All Over DAMN". The FADER. March 10, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  17. ^ "Mysterious Kendrick Lamar Producer Bekon Unmasked". Pitchfork. April 14, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  18. ^ "Get With The Times by Bēkon". Genius. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  20. ^ "Award". BPI. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  21. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2013 Singles". ARIA Charts. July 27, 2020. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2021.