Keelay and Zaire

The Internet is to blame for cultivating the partnership between Keelay (Kyle Pierce) and Zaire (Timothy Lewis) because the dynamic rookie production team met on an online message board to ultimately create the lush funk/soul and hip-hop album, Ridin High, featuring everyone from Phonte to Planet Asia, Fortlive and Blu. Zaire learned from watching his dad DJ while Keelay used hip-hop as a countercultural escape from his Salt Lake City upbringing.

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