Kane Beatz Interviewed at the 2013 BMI R&B Hip-Hop Awards

Kane Beatz

Daniel Johnson better known as Kane Beatz, is an American record producer from Orlando, Florida. Johnson first found monetary success from producing while still in high school by selling his beats over the internet. Working with artists such as Micah T from Invasion Productions. He was soon contacted by Mike Caren, Executive Vice President of A&R for Atlantic Records, who signed him to a publishing contract with the label. He has stated that his favorite producers and largest musical influences are Timbaland, Dr. Dre, and Mannie Fresh. In February 2011, Johnson, along with fellow Atlantic Records labelmate Trey Songz as well as Atlantic Records itself, had an $18 million lawsuit filed against them by hip-hop producer Milton James claiming that the hit song Bottoms Up had originally been written and copyrighted by James alone. Since his success, Kane founded his own label called "The Building". The first artist signed was The Mad Violinist.Since then he signed songwriter Kief Brown, and producer JMIKE (who is signed in a joint venture with Dr. Luke's Prescription Songs). from Wikipedia twitter.com/KaneBeatz myspace.com/kanebeatzmusic soundclick.com/kanebeatz