Bei
Maejor,
a Michigan native, is more than an artist, more than a songwriter and more than a producer; he is a visionary.
He aims to create
music that can positively influence people’s lives. A 2008 graduate of The University Michigan,
he
became a rising
Drew Spence: Which came first, the rapping, producing or the singing? I definitely started as a producer before anything. I was probably doing beats when I was 16, 17 years old. I started rhyming in school, used to play around -- I never took to rapping seriously like that or singing until years later. What’s going on with your fascination of using real world sounds to make tracks out of and add to your beats? Where did that come from? I just wanted to showcase found sounds and I was just having fun putting it online and people seem to like it so I just kept doing it.
star on campus as
people
learned
of
his
production
work
for
while
artists
still
maintaining
his
work
school.
in
He was
able to produce for
numerous
artists
including,
What was your first keyboard? I think it was a Casio, was my first keyboard.
Trey Songz, Sean Kingston,
Chrisette
Michelle,
Bun B, LeToya Luckett, Monica, Ginuwine,
Plies,
and
others
during his time at University of Michigan.
With the speakers?
built
in
Built in speakers and a play button. Oh no. It would record a beat, but there was really no sequencer.