Kashif

American multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter, producer, artist, composer, author, director, and educator.

Born: 26 December 1956 in New York City, New York, USA.
Died: 25 September 2016 in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, California, USA (aged 59).

Never knowing his real parents, Kashif (whose name means "inventor, discoverer and magic maker") grew up in eight foster homes. Learning to play a $3 song flute at the age of seven provided him with what turned out to be an important common denominator in his unstable environments. At age 15, he ed Arista as a solo artist.

It was during his time as a solo artist that Kashif teamed with Meli'sa Morgan, taken from his same-titled album.

In 1996, with an invitation from the UCLA Extension program, Kashif created a course called "Contemporary Record Production With Kashif". He also wrote and self-published the book "Everything You'd Better Know About The Record Industry". In 2001 Kashif started Brooklyn Boy Software and developed three software products, the Music Studio Organizer, Music Business 411, and The Complete Music Contracts Pack.

Most recent music projects included producing "Brooklyn Breezes" for Will Downing, producing the Eugene Young, and other original from Duke's band. He also worked on the theme song for the 2001 Para-Olympics. In September 2003 he released a double CD titled "Music From My Mind" consisting of 15 new songs plus the entire first Kashif album released on CD for the first time. Although Kashif worked as an author, software developer, lecturer, film producer, and educator, music was always his first love.

As a producer and songwriter he worked with many artists including Meli'sa Morgan and others.