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Birth name | Brandon Chase Korn |
Also known as | Bkorn |
Born | March 15, 1991 |
Origin | Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, United States |
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Years active | 2009-present |
Labels | Sony ATV [1] |
Brandon Chase Korn (born March 15, 1991), professionally known as Bkorn, is an American record producer. Bkorn is best known for producing for Travis Scott, DJ Khaled, Nav, PnB Rock, Chris Brown, Lil Kim, Chinx, Lil Wayne, and more. In August 2015, Bkorn signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing. [2]
In 2009, Bkorn started to produce primarily hip hop and R&B music using the Apple software application GarageBand typically producing Electronic dance music and cover versions of other popular songs. From there, he became more serious about a career in music production. In 2011, Bkorn graduated from University of Hartford with an Associate's degree in Contemporary Arts, and in 2014 he graduated from Ramapo College with a Bachelor's degree in Music Production. [3]
Bkorn continued producing throughout his college career, using Logic Pro to make beats. In 2012, Bkorn interned at Puff Daddy's studio, Daddy's House Recording Studio. In 2013, Bkorn landed his first placement on DJ Khaled's 7th studio album Suffering from Success. The song was "I'm Still". [3]
Since then, Bkorn has co-produced DJ Khaled's 2014 RIAA Gold certified Hold You Down [4] and the 2015 single "How Many Times"; as well as late rapper Chinx's first album single "On Your Body". In August 2015, Bkorn signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Bkorn has also stated that he is interested in exploring pop and dance-pop music genres as well. More recently he worked on song Stargazing in the critically acclaimed album Astroworld by Travis Scott [5] [6]
Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||
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US | US R&B/HH | US Rap | |||
2013 | "I'm Still" (DJ Khaled featuring Chris Brown, Wale, Wiz Khalifa and Ace Hood) | — | 54 | — | Suffering from Success |
2014 | "Hold You Down" (DJ Khaled featuring Chris Brown, Future, August Alsina and Jeremih) | 39 | 10 | — | I Changed a Lot |
2015 | "How Many Times" (DJ Khaled featuring Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Big Sean) | 68 | 17 | 13 | I Changed a Lot |
"On Your Body" (Chinx featuring MeetSims) | — | — | — | Welcome to JFK | |
2016 | "Stamina" (Moosh and Twist featuring Lil Uzi Vert) | — | — | — | Growing Pains |
2017 | "Took Us a Break" (Lil Kim) | — | — | — | Promotional Single |
2019 | "Control" Vory | — | — | — | Lucky Me |
"Nasty One" Lil Kim | - | - | - | -/- | |
"Stargazing" Travis Scott | 10 | 17 | 10 | Astroworld | |
"M.I.A." Mitch | - | - | - | Girl Power | |
"Deez Streets" PNB Rock | - | - | - | Trapstar turned Popstar | |
2020 | "Spent it" Nav | — | — | — | Good Intentions |
Chinx - Cocaine Riot 4
Chinx - Cocaine Riot 5
Omelly - On My Time Vol. 1
PnB Rock - RNB 3
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