BEKON

Daniel Tannenbaum, known professionally as Bekon (sometimes stylized as Bēkon), previously known as Danny Keyz, is a film composer, singer, Grammy award-winning record producer, and songwriter. 

As “Danny Keyz”, his first ever beat was sold to RZA.  He would go on to collaborate closely with his mentor DJ Khalil, contributing music to Eminem‘s Grammy award-winning album Recovery including working on the tracks “25 to Life” and “Almost Famous”, Dr Dre‘s song “Kush” and Drake‘s single “Fear”. He also co-produced Emeli Sandé‘s hit single, “My Kind of Love“.  

Bekon provided composition and instrumentation for the Lecrae album Gravity, which won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album in 2012. 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. Shortly after he contributed to SZA’s critically acclaimed CNTRL as well as production and composition for H.E.R’s album I Used to Know Her– nominated for multiple Grammy Awards in 2020. His own album, Get with the Times, was released in 2018.

In 2021 Bekon worked closely with 88 Rising founder Sean Miyashiro, providing original songs and additional score to Disney’s SHANG CHI as well as producing for 88 rising artists JOJI, Rich Brian and NIKI. 

In 2022, Bekon produced and wrote songs for Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-nominated Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers including “Father Time”, “We Cry Together”, “Auntie Diaries”, and “Mirror”.

Bekon recently scored Netflix YOU PEOPLE starring Jonah Hill & Eddie Murphy.