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Kawan Prather
Kawan Prather
Birth name	Kawan Kawmi Prather
Also known as	KP
Born	March 30, 1973 (age 51)
Origin	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop; R&B;
Occupations	Record executive; disc jockey; record producer;
Years active	1991-present
Labels	i am OTHER; Ghet-O-Vision; LaFace; Columbia; Def Jam; Interscope;
Formerly of	P.A.; Dungeon Family;

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Kawan Kawmi "KP" Prather (born March 30, 1973)^[1] is an American record executive. He began his career as a DJ for the Atlanta-based hip hop group Parental Advisory (P.A.) in 1991, which were part of the larger collective Dungeon Family. The group was discovered by Pebbles and L.A. Reid, and were the first act from the collective to sign a major label deal with LaFace Records in the late 1990s,^[2] through which Prather launched the imprint label Ghet-O-Vision Entertainment. During this time, he worked in executive or A&R positions on albums for LaFace labelmates including TLC, OutKast, Goodie Mob, Usher, Pink, and Toni Braxton.

Prather's Ghet-O-Vision is credited with having signed Atlanta-based hip hop acts YoungBloodZ and T.I. through LaFace Records by 1999, as well as Tennessee-based rapper Yelawolf through Interscope Records in 2008. Prather's label released both of the former acts' respective debut albums: Against da Grain (1999) and I'm Serious (2001). He served as Vice President of A&R at Arista Records from 1999 to 2001, and held a similar post for Columbia Records from 2002 to 2005. He was then appointed Senior Vice President of A&R at Island Def Jam from 2012 to 2015, during which he signed 15-year-old R&B singer Khalil. In 2015, he was named Head of Music at Pharrell Williams' creative umbrella I Am Other.^[3]^[4]

Biography

In 2000, LaFace was merged into Arista Records. After working on projects with Usher, Pink, and OutKast, he took a position as Executive Vice President, A&R, Sony Urban, Columbia Records. While at Columbia Records, KP worked with Omarion, Killer Mike, Destiny's Child, Beyoncé, and signed John Legend.^[5]

In 2008, KP teamed up with producer Malay and have a roster of artists and projects they are planning for release in the near future.^[6]

Discography

Album	Artist	Year	Credits
Un-Break My Heart [CD #2]	Toni Braxton	1996	A&R
ATLiens	OutKast	1996	A&R
And Then There Was Bass: Dis Bass Game Real	Various Artists	1997	Executive Producer
Nice & Slow	Usher	1998	A&R
Against Da Grain [Clean Version]	YoungBloodZ	1999	Executive Producer
Against Da Grain [Dirty Version]	YoungBloodZ	1999	Executive Producer
World Party [Clean Version]	Goodie Mob	1999	Artist Direction
Usher (Live)	Usher	1999	Producer
FanMail [Japan]	TLC	1999	A&R
Unpretty, Pt. 2 [Australia CD Single]	TLC	1999	A&R
Shaft [2000 Original Soundtrack]	Soundtrack	2000	Producer
South Will Rise Again [US]	Various Artists	2000	Producer
Can't Take Me Home	Pink	2000	A&R
Stankonia	OutKast	2000	A&R
I'm Serious	T.I.	2001	Producer
Even In Darkness	Dungeon Family	2001	A&R
So Fresh, So Clean	OutKast	2001	A&R
8701	Usher	2001	Associate Producer
U Don't Have to Call	Usher	2002	A&R
Missundaztood	Pink	2002	A&R
8701 (Australian Bonus Tracks)	Usher	2002	Associate Producer, A&R
Don't Let Me Get Me [Australia CD]	Pink	2002	A&R
U Don't Have to Call (Australian Single)	Usher	2002	Associate Producer, A&R
Family Portrait	Pink	2002	A&R
Monster	Killer Mike	2003	A&R
8701 (Bonus Videos)	Usher	2003	Associate Producer, A&R
Get Lifted	John Legend	2004	A&R
Wylde Tymes At Washington High	The Wylde Bunch	2004	Scratching, Executive Producer, A&R
Got Purp?, Vol. 2	Big Boi	2005	A&R
Wanted Reloaded (DualDisc)	Bow Wow	2005	A&R
8701 (Dual Disc)	Usher	2005	A&R
The One	Frankie J	2005	A&R
Wanted	Bow Wow	2005	A&R
The Price of Fame	Bow Wow	2006	A&R
21	Omarion	2006	Executive Producer, A&R
C.O.D. : Cash On Delivery	Ray Cash	2006	Producer, Executive Producer
Ice Box/The Truth [Australia Single]	Omarion	2006	Executive Producer
A Mary Mary Christmas	Mary Mary	2006	A&R
Entourage	Omarion	2006	Executive Producer
Ice Box [Sony]	Omarion	2007	Executive Producer
Pink Box	Pink	2007	A&R
Once Again	John Legend	2007	A&R
Evolver	John Legend	2008	Album Producer, Producer, Writer
D.N.A.	Mario	2009	Producer, Writer
Radioactive	Yelawolf	2011	Co-Executive Producer

References

^ kpthegreat.com/about-me.php
^ "Q&A: KP the Great on his path from artist to executive, protest music, and more". June 30, 2020.
^ "Okayplayer.com Interview". Okayplayer. Archived from the original on May 31, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
^ "Kawan KP Prather". December 30, 2008.
^ "TAXI". taxi.com. Retrieved July 1, 2005.
^ "Okayplayer.com Interview". Okayplayer. Archived from the original on May 31, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2008.

External links

Interview, HitQuarters Apr 2001

[1] thegreat.com/about-me.php

[2] "Q&A: KP the Great on his path from artist to executive, protest music, and more". June 30, 2020.

[3] "Okayplayer.com Interview". Okayplayer. Archived from the original on May 31, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2008.

[4] "Kawan KP Prather". December 30, 2008.

[5] "TAXI". taxi.com. Retrieved July 1, 2005.

[6] "Okayplayer.com Interview". Okayplayer. Archived from the original on May 31, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2008.

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+'''Kawan Kawmi''' "'''KP'''" '''Prather''' (born March 30, 1973)<ref>kpthegreat.com/about-me.php</ref> is an American record executive. He began his career as a DJ for the Atlanta-based hip hop group [[P.A. (group)|Parental Advisory (P.A.)]] in 1991, which were part of the larger collective [[Dungeon Family]]. The group was discovered by [[Pebbles (singer)|Pebbles]] and [[L.A. Reid]], and were the first act from the collective to sign a [[major label]] deal with [[LaFace Records]] in the late 1990s,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/qa-kp-the-great-on-his-path-from-artist-to-executive-protest-music-and-more/ | title=Q&A: KP the Great on his path from artist to executive, protest music, and more | date=June 30, 2020 }}</ref> through which Prather launched the imprint label Ghet-O-Vision Entertainment. During this time, he worked in executive or [[Artists and repertoire|A&R]] positions on albums for LaFace labelmates including [[TLC (band)|TLC]], [[OutKast]], [[Goodie Mob]], [[Usher (musician)|Usher]], [[Pink (singer)|Pink]], and [[Toni Braxton]].
-'''Kawan "KP" Prather''' is an [[United States|American]] [[record industry|record executive]], [[songwriter]], [[record producer]] and member of first generation [[Dungeon Family]] group [[P.A. (group)|P.A.]]. He started his career at [[LaFace Records]] and has worked with [[TLC (band)|TLC]], [[OutKast]], [[Goodie Mob]], [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]], [[John Legend]], [[Pink (singer)|Pink]], and [[Toni Braxton]].  At LaFace he also started his own label called Ghet-O-Vision Entertainment.  Under Ghet-O-Vision he signed The [[YoungBloodZ]] and a solo M.C., named [[T.I.]] and released the albums ''[[Against Da Grain]]'' and ''[[I'm Serious]]''. Most recently (January 2009), KP was appointed Senior Vice President of A&R at [[Island Def Jam]] where he signed 15-year-old R&B sensation [[Khalil (singer)|Khalil]]. KP also has a production deal for his company Ghet-O-Vision at [[Island Def Jam]], there he has signed, Las Vegas native Mr. Finley. Ghet-O-Vision has also inked a label deal with [[Interscope Records]] for up and coming Alabama M.C. [[Yelawolf]].<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2008-05-28|url=http://www.okayplayer.com/content/view/5795/123/|title=Okayplayer.com Interview|publisher=[[Okayplayer]]}}</ref>
+Prather's Ghet-O-Vision is credited with having signed Atlanta-based hip hop acts [[YoungBloodZ]] and [[T.I.]] through [[LaFace Records]] by 1999, as well as Tennessee-based rapper [[Yelawolf]] through [[Interscope Records]] in 2008. Prather's label released both of the former acts' respective debut albums: ''[[Against da Grain]]'' (1999) and ''[[I'm Serious]]'' (2001). He served as Vice President of A&R at [[Arista Records]] from 1999 to 2001, and held a similar post for [[Columbia Records]] from 2002 to 2005. He was then appointed Senior Vice President of A&R at [[Island Def Jam]] from 2012 to 2015, during which he signed 15-year-old R&B singer [[Khalil (singer)|Khalil]]. In 2015, he was named Head of Music at [[Pharrell Williams]]' creative umbrella [[I Am Other]].<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=May 28, 2008 |url=http://www.okayplayer.com/content/view/5795/123/ |title=Okayplayer.com Interview |publisher=[[Okayplayer]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531114238/http://www.okayplayer.com/content/view/5795/123/ |archivedate=May 31, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://tnj.com/kawan-kp-prather/ | title=Kawan KP Prather | date=December 30, 2008 }}</ref>
 ==Biography==
-In 2000, LaFace was merged into [[Arista Records]].  After working on projects with Usher, Pink, and OutKast, he took a position as Executive Vice President, A&R, Sony Urban, [[Columbia Records]].  While at Columbia Records, KP worked with [[Omarion]], [[Killer Mike]], [[Destiny's Child]], [[Beyoncé]], and signed John Legend.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2005-07-01|url=http://www.taxi.com/transmitter/0507/headlineC0507.html|title=TAXI|publisher=[[taxi.com]]}}</ref>
+In 2000, LaFace was merged into [[Arista Records]].  After working on projects with Usher, Pink, and OutKast, he took a position as Executive Vice President, A&R, Sony Urban, [[Columbia Records]].  While at Columbia Records, KP worked with [[Omarion]], [[Killer Mike]], [[Destiny's Child]], [[Beyoncé]], and signed John Legend.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=July 1, 2005|url=http://www.taxi.com/transmitter/0507/headlineC0507.html|title=TAXI|publisher=[[taxi.com]]}}</ref>
-In 2008, KP teamed up with producer [[Malay (producer)|Malay]] and have a roster of artists and projects they are planning for release in the near future.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2008-05-28|url=http://www.okayplayer.com/content/view/5795/123/|title=Okayplayer.com Interview|publisher=[[Okayplayer]]}}</ref>
+In 2008, KP teamed up with producer [[Malay (producer)|Malay]] and have a roster of artists and projects they are planning for release in the near future.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=May 28, 2008 |url=http://www.okayplayer.com/content/view/5795/123/ |title=Okayplayer.com Interview |publisher=[[Okayplayer]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531114238/http://www.okayplayer.com/content/view/5795/123/ |archivedate=May 31, 2008 }}</ref>
 ==Discography==
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v t e P.A.
Mello Kawan Prather Big Reese
Studio albums	Ghetto Street Funk (1993) Straight No Chase (1998) My Life, Your Entertainment (2000)

v t e Grammy Award for Best Rap Song
2000s	"Lose Yourself" – Jeff Bass, Eminem & Luis Resto (songwriters) (2003) "Jesus Walks" – Miri Ben-Ari, Che Smith & Kanye West (songwriters) (2004) "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" – Devon Harris & Kanye West (songwriters) (2005) "Money Maker" – Ludacris and Pharrell Williams (songwriters) (2006) "Good Life – Aldrin Davis, Faheem Najm & Kanye West (songwriters) (2007) "Lollipop" – Dwayne Carter, Stephen Garrett, Darius Harrison, Jim Jonsin & Rex Zamor (songwriters) (2008) "Run This Town" – Shawn Carter, Robyn Fenty, Makeba Riddick, Kanye West & Ernest Wilson (songwriters) (2009)
2010s	"Empire State of Mind" – Shawn Carter, Angela Hunte, Alicia Keys, Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic & Alexander Shuckburgh (songwriters) (2010) "All of the Lights" – Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West (songwriters) (2011) "Niggas in Paris" – Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis & Kanye West (songwriters) (2012) "Thrift Shop" – Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis (songwriters) (2013) "i" – Kendrick Duckworth, Columbus Smith & Ronald Isley (songwriters) (2014) "Alright" – Kendrick Duckworth, Kawan Prather, Mark Spears & Pharrell Williams (songwriters) (2015) "Hotline Bling" – Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies (songwriters) (2016) "Humble" – Kendrick Duckworth, Asheton Hogan & Michael Williams II (songwriters) (2017) "God's Plan" – Aubrey Graham, Ronald LaTour, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib (songwriters) (2018) "A Lot" – Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage & Anthony White (songwriters) (2019)
2020s	"Savage" – Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terius Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby Sessions Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe & Anthony White (songwriters) (2020) "Jail" – Dwayne Abernathy, Jr., Shawn Carter, Raul Cubina, Michael Dean, Charles M. Njapa, Sean Solymar, Kanye West & Mark Williams (songwriters) (2021) "The Heart Part 5" – Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, Kendrick Duckworth & Matt Schaeffer (songwriters) (2022) "Scientists & Engineers" – Andre Benjamin, Paul Beauregard, James Blake, Michael Render, Tim Moore & Dion Wilson (songwriters) (2023)