Christopher Frederick Tyson (born September 7, 1981), better known as Khrysis, is an American hip hop producer and half of the duo The Away Team. Khrysis' productions consist of samples of records with intricate melodies and diverse drum beats. He began in his teens, recording tracks from his father's massive jazz and R&B record collection onto tape, and then extracting drum samples to make loops using a dual cassette player. He met rapper

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at NC Central University, who introduced him to 9th Wonder. Later, he began an association with The Justus League.Ewing, Aliya (2008)
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, ''HipHopDX'' With fellow League member

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'', in 2007. The two artists would continue to release music as a group until 2011's

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, alongside

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'', Macrovision Corporation During his time in the collective, he was also producing for external artists such as

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and Jean Grae. After the collective disbanded, Khrysis would go on to be an in-house producer for 9th Wonder's Jamla label, being a member of the label's Soul Council production team and producing for Jamla artists such as

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, Heather Victoria, GQ and Reuben Vincent. He would also continue producing outside of the Jamla label, for artists including Smif-N-Wessun, Conway the Machine,

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. He would also collaborate with rapper

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, forming the group Jericho Jackson and releasing their self-titled debut. In 2007, Khrysis was chosen by Nike to create the soundtrack to the documentary ''LACED'', celebrating 30 years of Nike's association with basketball.Hall of Justus Super Producer Khrysis Teams up with NIKE for Documentary
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, Chi-Ali,

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and

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Discography

Albums

*2012: ''Funkwhatchuheard'' *2015: ''On the Boards Vol. 1'' *2016: ''MotherfuNker'' *2018: ''Elzhi & Khrysis are Jericho Jackson'' (with

as Jericho Jackson) *2021: ''On the Boards Vol. 2'' *2021: ''The Hour of Khrysis''

EPs

*2013: ''Merry Khrysmas''

Compilations

*2007: ''Khrysis on the Boards with the Heat Vol. 1'' *2008: ''Khrysis on the Boards with the Heat Vol. 2''

Production

References

External links

Khrysis
discography at discogs.com
Khrysis interview
''MVRemix'' *Michael, Jon (2007)
Khrysis – Drop A Gem On Em
, SixShot.com {{Authority control 1981 births American hip hop record producers North Carolina Central University alumni Musicians from North Carolina Living people Rappers from North Carolina 21st-century American rappers