| KES | |
| Birth Name: | Kesington Kross |
| Birth Place: | Orange County, California[1] |
| Genre: | R&B[2] |
| Occupation: | Singer-songwriter record producer |
| Label: | Epic Records[3] LaFace Records[4] |
Kesington Kross (better known by his stage name KES) is an American singer-songwriter and Record producer from Los Angeles, California.[3] [5]
KES was born in Orange County, California and grew up in Compton.[1]
The music style of KES has been compared to that of Joel Compass and Frank Ocean,[2] [3] with mixes of rock-n-roll, R&B, and Rave.[5] Vibe compared him to David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Phil Collins, Rick James and Prince, stating that listeners would become "obsessed" with his music.[5]
KES was originally discovered by Babyface during a writing session.[4] He was then introduced to L.A. Reid of Epic Records and signed jointly by Epic and LaFace Records, a label founded by Babyface and Reid in 1989.[4] The signing was the first time in 25 years that Babyface and Reid jointly signed a musician.[4] He released his first EP titled Audio Justice with Epic/LaFace in December 2013.[3]