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Khirye Tyler
American producer and songwriter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Khirye Tyler is an American songwriter and record producer, best known for his various contributions to 2024 Beyoncé album Cowboy Carter and 2018 Meek Mill album Championships, as well as co-writing 2019 Roddy Ricch song "The Box" and 2020 Khalid song "Eleven".[1][2] Tyler was also a co-music director of the Renaissance World Tour and music director of Beyoncé Bowl.[3]
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Early life
Tyler grew up in foster care and started playing piano in church and taking lessons at age 9.[4] He would eventually move to Columbus after graduating from high school, producing his first full-length album for a gospel artist when he was 18.[5]
Career
Tyler would first appear professionally as a music producer on Transparent, the 2014 debut album from Sunday Best runner-up contestant Jessica Reedy.[6] In 2016, Tyler appeared in Damien Chazelle musical La La Land as the Jazz Club pianist of the main character Sebastian. He next began working closely with American production-instrumental team 1500 or Nothin', as well as producer The-Dream, contributing to projects from Alicia Keys, EarthGang, 6lack, Lucky Daye, Khalid, and Beyoncé, among others, as well as the film soundtrack for Dolemite Is My Name. In 2022, Tyler became the jury representative for Ohio on the music reality television series American Song Contest.[7] After contributing to the 2023 Renaissance World Tour film end-credits song "My House", Tyler appeared on Beyonce's eighth studio album Cowboy Carter in various capacities across seven tracks, including standout "Ya Ya", Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance-nominee "Spaghettii", and covers of "Jolene" and "Blackbird" (stylized as "Blackbiird").[8]
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Filmography
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