Kevin Briggs (music producer)

Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs
Birth nameKevin Jerome Briggs
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Years active1998–present

Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs is an American record producer, known for producing the TLC #1 hit "No Scrubs"[1] and various Destiny's Child songs from the album The Writing's on the Wall.[2][3] Briggs' then girlfriend, former Xscape singer Kandi Burruss, composed the lyrics of TLC's "No Scrubs", Destiny's Child hits "Bills, Bills, Bills"[4] and "Bug a Boo", and Pink's debut single "There You Go" to accompany his productions. Briggs' post-2000 productions saw a new sound from Briggs, as can be heard on the tracks he produced for Whitney Houston and Blu Cantrell.

Briggs also received writing credit for Ed Sheeran's Shape of You following the song's copyright controversy.[1]

  1. ^ a b Canfield, David (21 March 2017). "The Writers of TLC's "No Scrubs" Have Received Credit on Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You"". Slate Magazine. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  2. ^ "SPOTLIGHT". Washington Post. 15 September 2000. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  3. ^ Jones, Marcus (1 April 2021). "Kandi Burruss reflects on hits she made with Xscape, Destiny's Child, NSYNC, and more". EW.com. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  4. ^ Smith, Troy L. (21 October 2020). "Every No. 1 song of the 1990s ranked from worst to best". cleveland.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2021.