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

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

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.