Trey D.

Keith McGuffey, born in Danville, Kentucky, known by his stage name Trey D., is a songwriter and composer who became known mostly by his euro-rap style songs in the mid-1990s.^[1]

He is also co-founder of a music academy called The Music Workshop, with Kevin Richardson, in Louisville, Kentucky.^[2]

Early life

Keith McGuffey was born in Danville, Kentucky, to his mother, a bakery worker, and father, a taxi driver. He's the youngest of four older sisters, who named him after Keith Partridge of the TV series The Partridge Family in 1972.^[1] As a kid, he was known for break-dancing skills. To this day, he can still windmill. His musical influences include L.L. Cool J, New Edition and old-school R&B when he was younger, his first concert was Van Halen and even met best friend Kevin Scott Richardson in 1985 at Cathedral Domain Camp, a church-owned youth camp his father ran. they both played piano and wrote their first song together. they have been best friends ever since.^[1] After served in the U.S. Navy, He went back to college and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration-Management.^[1]

Career

McGuffey started working as the manager of a TCBY store before working for the Backstreet Boys in 1995 as a bodyguard and working as a recording artist in the 1990s under his stage name Trey D. As Trey D., he opened up for the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC on some of their first tours. He even wrote AJ's rap on the band's hit single "Get Down (You're the One for Me)". He once lived in Germany and considers it as his second home.^[1]

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