Quick Facts

Full Name	Young Guru
Occupation	Music Producer
Date Of Birth	Feb 24, 1974(1974-02-24)
Age	50
Country	United States
Birth City	Delaware
Horoscope	Aquarius

Young Guru Biography

Young Guru is one of the most popular and richest Music Producer who was born on February 24, 1974 in Delaware, United States. He was a music producer and DJ, who received a Grammy Award nomination in 2011 for the Music producer and DJ who received a 2011 Grammy Award nomination for the Alicia Keysand Jay-Z song ‘Empire State of Mind.’ He worked with numerous other artists, including Mariah Carey, Beyonce, and Rihanna.and Jay Z song ‘Empire State of Mind’. Beyonce, Rihanna, Mariah carey and Rihanna were among his collaborators.

He also produced albums for He produced albums for Method Man and many other artists., and many other artists.

Young Guru acquired his moniker as a teen when he taught African history classes at a community center. He also used his name when he began working as a DJ while still a teenager. In the early 1990s Young Guru bought his own amplifiers, lights and microphones which sparked his interest in music technology. While a student at Howard University, he saw the early development of Bad Boy Records and landed some of his early engineering jobs. He began DJing in Washington DC in 1996, where he met singer/rapper Nonchalant, who had a top 20 single at the time, and became her tour DJ. Young Guru, who had taken piano lessons as a child, used the money he received from the tour to fund a six-month music recording course at Omega Recording Studios in Rockville, Maryland, which had a great impact on him. After Omega, Young Guru engineered Nonchalant’s second album, which was never released, but the producer, Chucky Thompson (Mary J. Blige, Faith Evans) recognized the young engineer’s potential and invited him to come and work with him in Washington DC. In 1999, Young Guru went independent and moved to New York, where he worked with Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie on his Madd Rapper project and with Memphis Bleek. The latter was signed to Roc-A-Fella Records, which led to Young Guru meeting Jay-Z.

(4xLP, Album) U Don’t Know (Remix) Roc-A-Fella Records (2002)

He was born in Delaware.

Young Guru Net Worth

Young Guru is one of the richest Music Producer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Young Guru 's net worth $10 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a teenager and taught history classes to the community about Africa.

He was a DJ on an international tour featuring Jay-Z and KanyeWest.

Gimel Androus Keaton (born February 27, 1974), better known by his stage name Young Guru, is an American audio engineer, record producer, disc jockey, and record executive from Wilmington, Delaware. In 2019, Young Guru won a Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album for mixing the album Everything Is Love by The Carters. He has worked with many leading recording artists, most notably Jay-Z, and an April 2015 Wall Street Journal profile called him “the most famous and successful engineer in the history of hip-hop”.

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Who is Young Guru Dating?

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(Album) I’m Talkin’ To You Atlantic (2006)

Facts & Trivia

Young Ranked on the list of most popular Music Producer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Young Guru celebrates birthday on February 24 of every year.

(Album) Nasty Girl Island Def Jam Music Group (2008)

Who is guru to Jay Z?

But Young Guru, JAY-Z’s longtime friend, producer and engineer , doesn’t want to be bothered by the purely subjective debate. Not long after JAY-Z’s name started to trend, Young Guru hopped on Twitter and issued a firm warning. “Please stop calling my phone to give me your take,” he wrote.

Who is Jay Z Official DJ?

Young Guru officially became Jay-Z’s tour DJ in 2010. It is an endeavor well-suited for him, considering his impeccable knowledge of Jay-Z’s discography, and their long-standing personal and professional relationship.

What Daw does Jay Z use?

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Where is Young Guru from?

Delaware

Who is the best rap producer?

1 – Dr. Few producers have had such an illustrious career as Dr. Dre. His

style started out as what we might call G-Funk, then quickly moved into gangsta rap and continued to evolve with the new wave of West Coast artists like Xzibit and The Game.