Keith Shocklee

Keith Shocklee or Wizard K-Jee, is an American record producer and DJ. He was an original member of Public Enemy and the Bomb Squad. He has contributed his talent to several albums, including It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back and Fear of a Black Planet. Shocklee also co-produced the singles “Bring the Noise” and “Fight The Power,” which were included on Rolling Stone’s list of the “500 Greatest Songs Of All Time.”

Shocklee began his career DJing at various parks, house parties and clubs in New York City during the early 1980s. He also cites Fatback Band’s “King Tim III (Personality Jock)” as the pioneering rap song that triggered his interest in recording. The Bomb Squad’s first songs were produced in Shocklee’s mother’s basement and recorded on tape and acetate. He has since gone on to work with the following recording artists: LL Cool J, Ice Cube, Janet Jackson, Sinéad O’Connor and many other big-name acts.

Keith continues to produce new music, including an upcoming release in collaboration with DMC and XXXXXXX. His latest endeavors include growth into the Web3 space, with live shows in XR spaces, founding of MRKD.DJ in collaboration with Jaime Schwarz and an upcoming launch of Spectrum City Recordings in the metaverse – the future home of a collaborative music production studio, an NFT gallery, and the grand reopening of WBAU, the infamous radio station that launched hundreds of hip-hop careers.