Jeff Bhasker

Jeff Bhasker: Biography in Details

Who is Jeff Bhasker?

Jeff Bhasker, is an American recording producer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, and keyboardist and is known as Billy Kraven and U.G.L.Y.

He also worked with rapper and producer Kanye West on 808s and Heartbreak, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and Watch the Throne.

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He was born on March 4, 1974, in Kansas City, Kansas, USA.

He was brought up in Socorro, New Mexico by his parents.

His mother is a pianist, and his father was born in India and had been a Doctor and Mayor of Socorro for 24 years.

Jeff: Education, School/College University

Jeff Bhasker attended Socorro High school and was part of the jazz band at Socorro High School later in 1993 he graduated from there, before learning piano jazz and making arrangements at Berklee College of Music. He was part of a wedding band.

Jeff Bhasker: Professional Life, Career

As a keyboardist, he gigged around Boston and performed in a wedding band.

Bhasker moved to New York on September 11, 2001, after touring with the 1970’s era R&B band Tavares. With the jam band Lettuce, he toured and started to work more on songwriting.

In 2005, Jeff Bhasker moved to Los Angeles. He got a job making demos for Diane Warren, a songwriter.

With Bruno Mars, he started composing, and songwriter and executive Steve Lindsey served as their mentor. He was performing cover songs around Los Angeles in a band with Mars.

Bhasker then joined in a collaboration with rapper/producer Kanye West. Initially working in the Dark Tour as a replacement keyboardist for West’s Glow, West was fascinated by the musical talent of Bhasker, and hired him as his musical director.

For West’s “All of the Lights” and the Jay-Z/Rihanna/Kanye West hit “Run This Town” Bhasker won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Song.

He has worked on many genres, including composition and production credits on The Element of Freedom, the 2009 album by Alicia Keys. In 2009, for Natalia Kills, Bhasker produced the songs ‘Free’, ‘Zombie’ and ‘Heaven.’

Under the pseudonym ‘Billy Kraven’, he co-wrote and produced “Nothing Lasts Forever” from her debut album, Perfectionist.

He also worked on Beyoncé’s “I Care,” “Rather Die Young” “Par” “and “Party” as a writer, musician, and producer for her 2011 album 4.

Bhasker collaborated with Alicia Keys again on her 2012 album, Girl on Fire.

He also worked on the hit singles “Just Give Me a Reason” by Pink, “Summertime Sadness” by Lana Del Rey, and “My Kind of Love” by Emeli Sandé.

Bhasker co-wrote and co-produced the song “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson, which gained him a 2016 Grammy Award for Record of the Year.

Bhasker: Awards, Nominations

Jeff Bhasker in his successful career has been nominated 10 times and has won 5 Grammy Awards.

He won honors at the Grammy Awards, For the songs “Run This Town” by Jay-Z, “All of the Lights” by Kanye West, “We Are Young” by Fun., and Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk”.

Bhasker won the 2016 Non-Classical Grammy Award for co-production of the album Uptown Special by Mark Ronson and producing the album Grand Romantic and Producer of the Year by Nate Ruess, as well as Producer of the Year.

Jeff Bhasker: Net Worth, Income, Salary

Jeff Bhasker has an average net worth of $ 2.5 million. And the main source of his earnings is his profession.

Is Jeff Bhasker involved in any rumors and controversies?

Talking about the controversy and scandals in his successful career he has not been involved or dragged in any such controversy or rumors.

Jeff: Body Measurements

There are no details available about his body measurements, but looking at his picture he has long black hair and a pair of black eyes.

Jeff Bhasker On Social Media

Jeff Bhasker is only active on Instagram and Twitter, he has earned 18.5 k followers on Twitter and successfully gathered 20.3k fan followers on his Instagram page.

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