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{{short description|American DJ and producer}}
{{similar names|Kay Gee (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = KayGee
| birth_name        = Keir Lamont Gist
| alias             = DJ Kay Gee
| image             = KayGee - Naughty By Nature.jpg
| caption           = KayGee in 2012
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1969|9|15}}
| birth_place       = 
| origin            = [[East Orange, New Jersey]], U.S.
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]}}
| occupations       = {{hlist|[[Record producer]]|[[Disc jockey|DJ]]}}
| label             = {{hlist|Illtown|Divine Mill}}
| years_active      = 1986–present
| current_member_of = [[Naughty by Nature]]
| website           = [https://twitter.com/KayGeeNBN KayGee] on Twitter
}}

'''Keir Lamont Gist''' (born September 15, 1969), professionally known by his stage name '''KayGee''', is an American DJ and record producer from [[East Orange, New Jersey]], best known as a member of hip hop trio [[Naughty by Nature]]. He has won a [[Grammy Award for Best Rap Album]] at the [[38th Annual Grammy Awards]] for ''[[Poverty's Paradise]]''. KayGee parted ways with Naughty by Nature in 2000, but rejoined the group in 2006.

In the mid-'90s, Gist created his own [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]-oriented record label, Illtown, which was evolved and developed into Divine Mill,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://youknowigotsoul.com/the-history-of-producer-kay-gees-divine-mill-record-label-from-jaheim-to-next-and-beyond|title=The History of Producer Kay Gee's Divine Mill Record Label – From Jaheim to Next and Beyond – YouKnowIGotSoul.com|date=October 25, 2015|website=www.youknowigotsoul.com|language=en-US|access-date=February 1, 2020}}</ref> where he discovered and signed acts such as [[Zhané]], [[Next (American band)|Next]], [[Jaheim]], [[Tha' Rayne]] and [[Koffee Brown]].

== Discography ==
=== Studio albums ===
{{Main|Naughty by Nature discography}}
*''[[Independent Leaders]]'' (1989)
*''[[Naughty by Nature (album)|Naughty by Nature]]'' (1991)
*''[[19 Naughty III]]'' (1993)
*''[[Poverty's Paradise]]'' (1995)
*''[[Nineteen Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury]]'' (1999)
*''[[Anthem Inc. (album)|Anthem Inc.]]'' (2011)

=== Selected production discography ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Artist
!Album
!Track(s)
|-
| rowspan="3" |1991
|[[Queen Latifah]]
|''[[Nature of a Sista']]''
|Latifah's Had It Up to Here; One Mo' Time
|-
|[[D-Nice]]
|''[[To tha Rescue]]''
|Time to Flow/ Time to Flow (Remix) [feat. Naughty By Nature]
|-
|Naughty By Nature
|''[[Juice (soundtrack)]]''
|Uptown Anthem
|-
|1992
|[[Eazy-E]]
|''[[5150: Home 4 tha Sick]]''
|''[[Only If You Want It]]''
|-
| rowspan="7" |1993
|Naughty By Nature
|''[[Poetic Justice (soundtrack)]]''
|Poor Man's Poetry
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Da Youngsta's]]
| rowspan="2" |[[The Aftermath (Da Youngsta's album)|''The Aftermath'']]
|Handle This
|-
|Crewz Pop (feat. Naughty By Nature)
|-
|[[Run-DMC]]
|[[Down with the King (album)|''Down with the King'']]
|Hit 'Em Hard
|-
|[[Rottin Razkals]]
| rowspan="2" |''Roll wit the Flava''
|Enough Is Enough
|-
|[[Naughty by Nature|Naughty By Nature]]
|Bring It On
|-
|Queen Latifah
|''Black Reign''
|No Work; Weekend Love; U.N.I.T.Y.
|-
| rowspan="2" |1994
|[[Zhané]]
|''[[Pronounced Jah-Nay]]''
|<code>Album</code> <small>except 9, 12</small>
|-
|Kronic
|Da 4 Foot Attack <code>EP</code>
|Carry On
|-
| rowspan="4" |1995
|[[Rottin Razkals]]
|''[[Rottin ta da Core]]''
|<code>Album</code> 
|-
|[[Michael Jackson]]
|Scream 12"
|[[Scream (Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson song)|Scream]] (Naughty Edit)
|-
|[[Miilkbone]]
|''[[Da' Miilkrate]]''
|Set It Off; Where's da Party At?
|-
|[[Shabba Ranks]]
|''[[A Mi Shabba]]''
|Ice Cream Love
|-
| rowspan="5" |1996
|[[Eazy-E]]
|''[[Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton]]''
|Nutz on Ya Chin; Hit the Hookah
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Aaliyah]]
|[[One in a Million (Aaliyah album)|''One in a Million'']]
|A Girl Like You (feat. Treach)
|-
|''[[Sunset Park (soundtrack)]]''
|Are You Ready?
|-
|[[Monica (singer)|Monica]]
|''[[The Nutty Professor (soundtrack)]]''
|Ain't Nobody (feat. Treach)
|-
|[[The Almighty RSO]]
|''[[Doomsday: Forever RSO]]''
|Keep Alive
|-
| rowspan="5" |1997
|[[The Notorious B.I.G.]]
|''[[Life After Death]]''
|Missin' U (feat. 112)
|-
|Naughty By Nature
|''[[Nothing to Lose (soundtrack)]]''
|Nothin' to Lose (Naughty Live)
|-
|Next & NBN
|[[Money Talks (soundtrack)|''Money Talks (soundtrack)'']]
|Penetration
|-
|Zhane
|[[Saturday Night (Zhané album)|''Saturday Night'']]
|Request Line; So Badd; Crush; Last Chance; Good Times
|-
|[[Next (American group)|Next]]
|''[[Rated Next]]''
|Most of ''<code>album</code>''
|-
| rowspan="5" |1998
|[[Deborah Cox]]
|[[One Wish (Deborah Cox album)|''One Wish'']]
|It's Over Now; September (Remix)
|-
|Next
|[[Why Do Fools Fall in Love (film)|''Why Do Fools Fall in Love (soundtrack)'']]
|Splash
|-
|Pat Benatar & Queen Latifah
|[[Small Soldiers (soundtrack)|''Small Soldiers (soundtrack)'']]
|"Love Is a Battlefield (Remix)"<ref>{{Cite web |title=YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] | date=April 12, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eowES0mz-3A}}</ref>
|-
|Queen Latifah
|''[[Order in the Court]]''
|Black on Black Love; Life
|-
|[[Next (American group)|Next]] & [[Big Pun]]
|[[Slam (soundtrack)]]
|Sex, Money & Thugs
|-
|1999
|Will Smith
|''[[Willennium]]''
|Da Butta
|-
| rowspan="2" |2000
|Jaheim
|[[Bait (soundtrack)|''Bait (soundtrack)'']]
|Remarkable
|-
|Funkmaster Flex, Faith Evan
|''The Mix Tape Vol. 4''
|Goodlife
|-
| rowspan="2" |2001
|[[Bone Thugs-n-Harmony]]
|[[Down to Earth (2001 film)|''Down to Earth (soundtrack)'']]
|Thug Music Plays On
|-
|[[Luther Vandross]]
|[[Luther Vandross (album)|''Luther Vandross'']]
|Bring Your Heart to Mine
|-
|2005
|[[Syleena Johnson]]
|[[Chapter 3: The Flesh|''Chapter 3: The Flesh'']]
|More; Apartment for Rent; Only a Woman
|}
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+List of albums, contains songs produced by KayGee
!Year
!Artist
!Album
|-
|1993
|[[Run-DMC]]
|[[Down with the King (album)|''Down with the King'']]
|-
|1993
|[[Queen Latifah]]
|[[Black Reign (album)|''Black Reign'']]
|-
|1994
|[[Zhané]]
|''[[Pronounced Jah-Nay]]''
|-
|1995
|[[Rottin Razkals]]
|''[[Rottin ta da Core]]''
|-
|1995
|[[Miilkbone]]
|''[[Da' Miilkrate]]''
|-
|1996
|[[The Almighty RSO]]
|''[[Doomsday: Forever RSO]]''
|-
|1996
|[[Aaliyah]]
|[[One in a Million (Aaliyah album)|''One in a Million'']]
|-
|1997
|[[The Notorious B.I.G.]]
|''[[Life After Death]]''
|-
|1997
|[[Zhané]]
|[[Saturday Night (Zhané album)|''Saturday Night'']]
|-
|1997
|[[Next (American band)|Next]]
|''[[Rated Next]]''
|-
|1998
|[[Queen Latifah]]
|''[[Order in the Court]]''
|-
|1998
|[[Deborah Cox]]
|[[One Wish (Deborah Cox album)|''One Wish'']]
|-
|1999
|[[Krayzie Bone]]
|''[[Thug Mentality 1999]]''
|-
|1999
|[[Will Smith]]
|''[[Willennium]]''
|-
|1999
|[[Road Dawgs]]
|''[[Don't Be Saprize]]''
|-
|2000
|[[Next (American band)|Next]]
|''[[Welcome II Nextasy]]''
|-
|2000
|[[Funkmaster Flex]]
|''[[The Mix Tape, Vol. IV|60 Minutes of Funk, Volume IV: The Mixtape]]''
|-
|2001
|[[Jaheim]]
|[[Ghetto Love (album)|''Ghetto Love'']]
|-
|2001
|[[Koffee Brown]]
|''[[Mars/Venus]]''
|-
|2001
|[[Coo Coo Cal]]
|[[Disturbed (album)|''Disturbed'']]
|-
|2001
|[[Allure (band)|Allure]]
|[[Sunny Days (album)|''Sunny Days'']]
|-
|2001
|[[Luther Vandross]]
|[[Luther Vandross (album)|''Luther Vandross'']]
|-
|2002
|[[Jaheim]]
|''[[Still Ghetto]]''
|-
|2002
|[[Next (American band)|Next]]
|[[The Next Episode (album)|''The Next Episode'']]
|-
|2002
|[[Shade Sheist]]
|''[[Informal Introduction]]''
|-
|2002
|[[RL (singer)|RL]]
|''[[RL: Ements]]''
|-
|2003
|[[Mary J. Blige]]
|[[Love & Life (Mary J. Blige album)|''Love & Life'']]
|-
|2005
|[[Syleena Johnson]]
|''[[Chapter 3: The Flesh]]''
|-
|2005
|[[Charlie Wilson (singer)|Charlie Wilson]]
|''[[Charlie, Last Name Wilson]]''
|-
|2006
|[[Stacie Orrico]]
|''[[Beautiful Awakening]]''
|-
|2006
|[[CL Smooth]]
|[[American Me (album)|''American Me'']]
|-
|2006
|[[Brooke Hogan]]
|[[Undiscovered (Brooke Hogan album)|''Undiscovered'']]
|-
|2007
|[[Rick Ross]]
|[[Rise to Power (Rick Ross album)|''Rise to Power'']]
|-
|2007
|[[Jaheim]]
|''[[The Makings of a Man]]''
|-
|2009
|[[Marié Digby]]
|[[Breathing Underwater (album)|''Breathing Underwater'']]
|-
|2011
|[[Ledisi]]
|[[Pieces of Me (Ledisi album)|''Pieces of Me'']]
|-
|2013
|[[Jaheim]]
|''[[Appreciation Day]]''
|-
|2017
|[[Bell Biv DeVoe]]
|[[Three Stripes (album)|''Three Stripes'']]
|-
|2019
|[[Angie Stone]]
|[[Full Circle (Angie Stone album)|''Full Circle'']]
|}
{{col-2}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+List of singles, produced by KayGee
!Year
!Title
!Artist
|-
|1993
|"[[U.N.I.T.Y.]]"
|[[Queen Latifah]]
|-
|1997
|"[[Too Close (Next song)|Too Close]]"
|[[Next (American band)|Next]]
|-
|1995
|"[[Where'z Da' Party At ?]]"
|[[Miilkbone]]
|-
|2000
|"[[Wifey (song)|Wifey]]"
|[[Next (American band)|Next]]
|-
|2000
|"[[Whatever (Ideal song)|Whatever]]"
|[[Ideal (group)|Ideal]]
|-
|2000
|"[[Where I Wanna Be (Shade Sheist song)|Where I Wanna Be]]"
|[[Shade Sheist]], [[Nate Dogg]], [[Kurupt]]
|-
|2002
|"[[Fabulous (Jaheim song)|Fabulous]]"
|[[Jaheim]], [[Tha' Rayne]]
|-
|2004
|"Where Were You?"
|[[Urban Mystic]]
|-
|2005
|"[[Everytime I Think about Her]]"
|[[Jaheim]]
|-
|2006
|"[[I'm Not Missing You]]"
|[[Stacie Orrico]]
|-
|2009
|"[[Ain't Leavin Without You]]"
|[[Jaheim]]
|}
{{col-end}}

== Awards and nominations ==
{{awards table}}
!{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[38th Annual Grammy Awards|1995]]
|''[[Poverty's Paradise]]''
|[[Grammy Award for Best Rap Album]]
|{{won}}
|rowspan="4"| <ref name="grammy">{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/kier-kg-gist|title=Kier "KG" Gist|date=November 19, 2019|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|access-date=February 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|"[[Feel Me Flow]]"
|rowspan="3"| [[Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|align=center|[[36th Annual Grammy Awards|1993]]
|"[[Hip Hop Hooray]]"
|{{nom}}
|-
|align=center|[[34th Annual Grammy Awards|1991]]
|"[[O.P.P. (song)|O.P.P.]]"
|{{nom}}
|-
{{end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{Discogs artist|artist=680833-Kier-Gist|name=Kier Gist}}

{{Naughty by Nature}}
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[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Naughty by Nature]]
[[Category:American hip-hop DJs]]
[[Category:American hip-hop musicians]]
[[Category:Record producers from New Jersey]]
[[Category:Grammy Award winners for rap music]]
[[Category:Musicians from East Orange, New Jersey]]


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