Daniel Andrew Johnson (born December 20, 1986), professionally known as Kane Beatz, is an American

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and

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from Orlando, Florida.

Life and career

Johnson first found monetary success from producing while still in high school by selling his beats on the internet. Working with artists such as Micah T from Invasion Productions. He was soon contacted by

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, Executive Vice President of A&R for Atlantic Records, who signed him to a publishing contract with the label. Since his success, Kane founded his own label called The Building. The first artist signed was The Mad Violinist. Since then he signed-songwriter Kief Brown and producer Jeremy "JMIKE" Coleman, who signed in a joint venture with

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Artistry

Musical style

Johnson tags most of his beats with a robotic male voice saying, "Kane is in the building, nigga."

Influences

He has stated that his favorite producers and largest musical influences are

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, and

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Production discography

Singles produced

References

External links

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1986 births Living people African-American record producers American hip hop record producers Musicians from Miami Musicians from Orlando, Florida Southern hip hop musicians 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people FL Studio users {{US-record-producer-stub