RB Keys

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Toronto, Ontario Canada

Beats • Rap

April 10, 2011

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Bio: 
 Rohan Bonsu (RB Keys) is an award winning Canadian record producer, Songwriter and Pianist. At the age of 8, Keys was introduced to music by his mom buying him a toy Keyboard. He had a good ear for music and was able to play songs programmed on the keyboard pretty quickly by just listening to them. His mom then put him in to music school where he attended for 3-4 years which he then dropped out and learned to play more professionally on his own. At age 15 in high school he started taking a production class where he would learn to produce by the guidance of his teacher, and by age 16, he was given the FL Studio program by his brother who was also learning producing. He has been making beats and producing since. 

 He is very versatile and can make music in many genres, but really enjoy doing beats with piano in it. Keys is known for his production with dancehall artists Ding Dong [Party Fever (2018) with Sample King], Trigz [Bare Back (2019)], and various Canadian artists including, Delaney Jane, Kay L, Peter Jackson, Chrissy Spratt, TomE, Denis Commie, Sandoson, & many others. He is also known for his instrumentals on youtube and piano covers and videos. 
 
 In 2018 he won an YYC Award for his production on his song "Sail Away" feauturing Kay L, DJ Newboy, Bobby Soul & Bobby Blast'em. In 2018 & 2019 he was a part of the "Battle of The BeatMakers" world beat battle competition where he got some good recognition for his skills and caught attention and likes of artists and producers including Wondagurl, Kesha Lee, Boi1da, Big Tona, T-Minus, Tank God, & Fuse of 808 Mafia
 
 He started to achieve real success in 2020 with the success of song he produced "Trigz - Bare Back". It has reached over 5 million views on youtube and earned him a lot of recognition in the industry. He has since released a single with Denis Commie called "Hold On" which is an motivational song inspired by the covid-19 pandemic, a single featuring DJ Kav, Kay L, & Nadi Downs called "Alone" Released in October 2020, "Everything Will Be Ok" featuring Denis Commie & KR Moore (Producer, engineer and songwriter for Lil Berete, Jadakis, Cardi B) in June 2021, & most recently, in june 2022, "Wine It Slow" featuring Reggae fusion artist Sandoson which have seen some good success. It went on to chart at #21 top songs in Jamaica by 2023. In August 2023 he released "Summertime Body" with Dancehall artist Changy. He has more projects on the way including collaboration with R&B Singer Tiffany Evans, Juno The Artist, Rapper DSTNY, (Sister of Tory Lanez), Sandoson, Massari, Peter Jackson, Denis Commie, Kay L, and others.

Band/artist history

Bio: 
 Rohan Bonsu (RB Keys) is an award winning Canadian record producer, Songwriter and Pianist. At the age of 8, Keys was introduced to music by his mom buying him a toy Keyboard. He had a good ear for music and was able to play songs programmed on the keyboard pretty quickly by just listening to them. His mom then put him in to music school where he attended for 3-4 years which he then dropped out and learned to play more professionally on his own. At age 15 in high school he started taking a production class where he would learn to produce by the guidance of his teacher, and by age 16, he was given the FL Studio program by his brother who was also learning producing. He has been making beats and producing since. 

 He is very versatile and can make music in many genres, but really enjoy doing beats with piano in it. Keys is known for his production with dancehall artists Ding Dong [Party Fever (2018) with Sample King], Trigz [Bare Back (2019)], and various Canadian artists including, Delaney Jane, Kay L, Peter Jackson, Chrissy Spratt, TomE, Denis Commie, Sandoson, & many others. He is also known for his instrumentals on youtube and piano covers and videos. 
 
 In 2018 he won an YYC Award for his production on his song "Sail Away" feauturing Kay L, DJ Newboy, Bobby Soul & Bobby Blast'em. In 2018 & 2019 he was a part of the "Battle of The BeatMakers" world beat battle competition where he got some good recognition for his skills and caught attention and likes of artists and producers including Wondagurl, Kesha Lee, Boi1da, Big Tona, T-Minus, Tank God, & Fuse of 808 Mafia
 
 He started to achieve real success in 2020 with the success of song he produced "Trigz - Bare Back". It has reached over 5 million views on youtube and earned him a lot of recognition in the industry. He has since released a single with Denis Commie called "Hold On" which is an motivational song inspired by the covid-19 pandemic, a single featuring DJ Kav, Kay L, & Nadi Downs called "Alone" Released in October 2020, "Everything Will Be Ok" featuring Denis Commie & KR Moore (Producer, engineer and songwriter for Lil Berete, Jadakis, Cardi B) in June 2021, & most recently, in june 2022, "Wine It Slow" featuring Reggae fusion artist Sandoson which have seen some good success. It went on to chart at #21 top songs in Jamaica by 2023. In August 2023 he released "Summertime Body" with Dancehall artist Changy. He has more projects on the way including collaboration with R&B Singer Tiffany Evans, Juno The Artist, Rapper DSTNY, (Sister of Tory Lanez), Sandoson, Massari, Peter Jackson, Denis Commie, Kay L, and others.

Have you performed in front of an audience?

I play piano live, at local showcases.

Your musical influences

There are many producers that influence me such as Murda Beatz, Boi1da, Rvssian, DJ Mustard, Timbaland, Dr. Dre and more. I am also influenced by many big artists that are in the hip hop, R&B, Dancehall & Afro range right now.

What equipment do you use?

FL Studio 21