Stanjay
Antonio Kendrick Jr. (born September 19, 2005), also known as Stanjay, is an American record producer and rapper from Jonesboro, Georgia. He has been producing music since 2021, when he uses FL Studio's Producer Edition for sequencing melodies from Sytrus.
He is known for producing the hit singles "Dill Pickle", "Pushing 18" and "Impressive", by rappers ZackByDaWay, Lil' Rock, Fireman, DeKree and DJ Santan. He has produced songs for artists, such as Good Meets Great, KayJay Maestro, E-Man, 49 Vybz, DJ Santan, TakeMoneySheed, Ulysses Smith & Ref Maskott.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
The word "Stanjay" (my real name: Antonio Kendrick Jr.). This is how my family and my parents used to grow up in Atlanta, Georgia. I am from Jonesboro, Georgia. Courtesy of United States.
And I was born on September 19, 2005 and I am a Virgo, because I am a sign of a rooster.
When I produced and made music since early 2018, and was 13 years old. All people gave me their CDs in public. I sampled people's music off of YouTube and edited them throughout FL Studio 21 and Logic Pro X.
Sponsored by: Hip-Hop Established in 2005, da 5'4" Entertainment (my record label), Banging Over Beatz, Inc. (my production company) and da 5'4" Productions, Inc.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
All of other people's previous songs that I have produced for them was, I knew the nine of people to my independent label: September's Very Savage (now known as SVS Sound), courtesy of SoundCloud. They have performed all of my tracks, such as "Impressive (Rap Guy)", "Walk of Shame", "Dill Pickle" and many more. In early 2020s, I made people sing to my instrumentals that I was working on. Throughout both of my computers (iMac and MacBook), all the times that I am using for my music production.
Your musical influences
I am inspired by other producers such as Dr. Dre, Kanye West, Pharrell, Timbaland and Eminem. They're all inspiring what my beats ever sound like throughout the history of music, in this decade of 2020's.
What equipment do you use?
AKAI FL Studio Fire (2020 of April), Numark DJ Set (2019 of December), M-Audio BX3 Graphite, iMac 2008 (early 2009), MacBook Pro Retina (early 2013-2014; 2022-2025), MSi Thin 15 B13UC (2025-present) and Novation LaunchKey 37 MK4 (2024-present).
Anything else?
I am having fun, producing more music and the VST plugins that I have played through FL Studio and Logic Pro. To my production "BANGING OVER BEATZ, Inc.", courtesy of LinkedIn Dot Com. And my label "da 5'4" Entertainment", courtesy of "Hip-Hop Established in 2005".
