{"id":4532,"date":"2022-10-15T06:36:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T10:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royalbayyan.com\/?page_id=4532"},"modified":"2026-05-24T00:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T04:12:11","slug":"bio-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/royalbayyan.com\/products\/bio-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 98.7379%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Former (guitarist &amp; vocals) of \u201cKool &amp; the Gang\u201d &amp; Founding a member of &#8220;The Forecast&#8221;, And Production Partner in Bayyan Intl\u2019<em>\u00a0w\/ (Adil &amp; Amir Bayyan)<\/em>\u2026 Musician, Songwriter, Producer, Music Supervisor, Personal Manager, Executive Brand Consultant w\/ Various Entertainers and Projects\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2022 Has received multiple Awards &amp; Recognition \u2022 Developed &amp; Produced Superstar Artists and Groups such as \u201cColor Me Badd&#8221;.\u00a0 Their debut album, bagged over 6.5 million records sold &amp; generated over $51 Million in revenue\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0 Mentored, Developed Superstar Music Producer &#8220;Teddy Riley&#8221; \u2022 the KING of NEW JACK SWING&#8221; \u2022 &#8220;Teddy Riley&#8221; founder of R&amp;B Sensation &#8220;GUY&#8221; &amp; &#8220;BLACKSTREET&#8221;&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0 1978 &#8211; 2017 \u2022 Greater New Jersey &#8211; New York City &amp; Brooklyn Area \u2022 Established Multiple Production Companies such as Bayyan Internationale&#8217;, America&#8217;s Best Entertainment, &#8220;Spook Productions Inc.&#8221;&amp; Urban Media Sound&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2022 Publicly recognized as the person responsible for molding and sparking the careers of notable Artist, Producers, and Songwriters, such as\u00a0 Balewa Muhammad, Teddy Riley, Color Me Badd&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 99.9809%; height: 291px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 281px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 37.1762%; height: 281px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3562\" src=\"http:\/\/royalbayyan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Balewa-Pepper-Teddy-Me-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 103.947%; height: 130px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Royal B&#8217; w\/ Teddy Riley &amp; Songwriters Bale<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>wa Muhammad &amp; Pepper Solana<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.6912%; height: 281px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-55 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/royalbayyan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/1599540-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2022 Teddy Riley &#8211; The Undeniable &#8220;King of New Jack Swing&#8221;&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6177%; height: 281px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-891\" src=\"http:\/\/royalbayyan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/R-7638546-1445700613-6329.jpeg-e1575555290908.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2022 Color Me Badd &#8211; Over $6 Million Sold on Debut Album&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0 Performer:\u00a0\u00a0Kay Gees (guitarist), Kool &amp; the Gang (guitarist &amp; vocals), Forecast\u00a0 \u00a0(guitarist &amp; keys)&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0 Lead Producer for the Classic Compilation Album \u2022 TUPAC \u2022 &#8220;A Rose that Grew from Concrete&#8221;grabbing performances from Artist like &#8211; Mos Def, Q-Tip, K-C &amp; JoJo, Russell Simmons, Danny Glover, Susan Sanchez, Run (Run DMC) and many more&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0 Film Soundtracks Success: 1991 &#8211; 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