Overview
- Metro Nashville officers discovered Brytavious “Tay Keith” Chambers unresponsive in his Martin Street apartment during a welfare check on Thursday, June 18, and police said they do not suspect foul play.
- Authorities have not released a cause of death and the case remains unclassified pending results of the medical examiner’s autopsy.
- His family issued a statement praising his work as a producer and mentor and asked for privacy while memorial arrangements are planned.
- Artists and peers from BlocBoy JB to Drake and Travis Scott posted tributes online and some collaborators said they would delay projects as they mourn.
- Tay Keith rose from making beats in Memphis to produce hits such as “Sicko Mode,” “Look Alive,” and “Nonstop,” earned multiple BMI Producer of the Year awards and Grammy nominations, and co‑founded Drumatized to support emerging artists.