Everything I do got that bounce to it, that addictive, repetitive sound.
When I first started, all I had was the laptop and some cheap headphones. I ain't have no speakers. You know, no Rocket speakers or no MPC. No keyboard, none of that. It just was the laptop and the headphones. Going from there, it just teaches you a lot.
I want people to see me as the entrepreneur, the boss, the public figure, the person who motivates.
I feel like artists like Three 6 Mafia and 8 Ball and MJG reached a point in their careers where they were hot and underground.
I don't want to be labeled as just a producer. Producers have little control and they get little respect. And I'm a man of respect.
I plan to retire at 50. When I'm done, I ain't touching no more keyboards.
When I hit 50, I want to go be a professor.
I talk to Drake all the time.
I actually got to work with TM88. He was one of my big influences as far as producing. It was pretty cool. I had met him in California at the crib and it was one of those random meet-ups and we got to working from that point on.
I feel like it took artists like Pimp C and Andre 3000 with 'International Players Anthem' - I feel like it took the Memphis sound to a certain peak but it never really broke into the mainstream.
Before I got my big hit, I was selling beats for $500.
We need more Memphis culture in the industry.
I want to prove that you can go to school and still chase your dream, too.
As far as Memphis being underrated, I feel like a lot of people have slept on Memphis music when it comes to breaking through into the mainstream.
I always knew music was gonna be my outlet, I just didn't know when, or how it was gonna happen.
You gotta grind, you gotta make your way. Everybody's got their grind mentality in Memphis.
You know, as I'm progressing with my sound, I just realize when you got a simple sound with crazy percussion in the beats, it makes it. It kinda shapes my sound when it comes to what makes a Tay Keith beat.
I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, born and raised. It was hard. I stayed with my momma, then I ended up moving with my daddy.
I used to put like, 'Yo Gotti type beats,' 'Future type beats' on YouTube. And uhh, I started getting paid off YouTube. Like YouTube started giving me Google AdSense checks.
Most people when they rap usually have their homies in the studio who rap with 'em, but they homies don't usually be producers.
