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Om'Mas Keith

Instrumentalist/Songwriter/Producer/Engineer
White Lines Studio

Om’Mas Keith is a Queens-born multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, arranger, producer, and engineer. While still a teenager, Keith held an internship position at the RCA label, was taught by Max Roach at the University of Massachusetts and worked beside Run-D.M.C.’s Jam Master Jay.

Along with Shafiq Husayn and Taz Arnold, he formed Sa-Ra Creative Partners in 2000, producing tracks for Bilal, Pharoahe Monch, and Jurassic 5 before debuting as a recording group in 2004. In late 2010/early 2011, just after he worked with Diddy on the Making His Band television series and Last Train to Paris album, Keith released his first solo single. After co-producing Frank Ocean's Grammy-nominated 2012 album Channel Orange, Keith self-released his own album, City Pulse, and made it available as a free digital download in January 2013.

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