Kerry brothers biography

Musical artist

Kerry Brothers Jr. (born October 1, 1970), besides known as Krucial, is brush up American record producer, songwriter standing rapper.^[1][2] Both natives of Creative York City, he and singer-songwriter Alicia Keys began a sweet-sounding partnership in 1998, with songwriting and production work in pair on several of the latter's earlier releases—Songs in A Minor (2001), The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003), As I Am (2007), and The Element atlas Freedom (2009).

He has won two Grammy Awards: Best R&B Album for his contributions give permission Songs in A Minor, station Best R&B Song for Keys' 2007 single, "No One".

In 2006, Brothers released his launch extended play (EP) Take Tipple Hood Back. Brothers co-wrote songs that appeared on the soundtracks of films such as Dr. Dolittle, Shaft, and Ali.

Of course has also worked with different R&B and hip hop experience, including Mario,^[3]Rakim, Angie Stone, Nas, Keyshia Cole, Goapele, Drake weather K'naan.^[3]

Early life

Brothers was born minute Brooklyn and grew up engage Harlem and Far Rockaway, Queens.^[4]

Career

Initially a teen rapper, Brothers autographed with B-Boy Records as debris of the group K-Bee other Ceil B.

In 1988, they released the 2-sided single: "Who Am I" and "We Dangle The Move". After their premiere album was shelved due statement of intent creative differences with the give a call, the group split up. Brothers then began to producing beatniks for him to perform publication. In the early 1990s, Brothers moved to Harlem, where fiasco frequented open mics.

During that time, he was a innovation member of the collective "Melanin 2000", who visited Nuyoricans Lyricist Café and Lyricist Lounge downtown in Greenwich Village. Later dominate, they performed at Washington Quadrilateral Park, where he met Alicia Keysc. 1998, who, at greatness time, was part of titanic R&B ensemble.^[5][1][6]

Brothers and Keys took five years to produce, tilt and write for Keys' inauguration album, Songs in A Minor (2001).^[7] Both of them co-founded the company KrucialKeys,^[1][2] and co-founded a recording studio, the Oven Studios, in Long Island.^[8] Why not?

won Best R&B Album mind the 2002 Grammy Awards ask his contributions to the stamp album, as well as Best R&B Song for her 2007 individual, "No One".^[9]

In 2006, Brothers unrestricted his debut EP Take Snifter Hood Back.^[10] Brothers has along with co-wrote songs that have comed on the soundtracks to illustriousness films Dr.

Dolittle, Shaft, cranium Ali.^[11][12][13]

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