Kendrick Dean

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Kendrick Dean
Kendrick at the 2011 GRAMMY Awards
Background information
Birth name	Kendrick Jevon Dean
Also known as	Wyldcard
Origin	Miami, Florida, United States
Genres	R&B, Pop
Occupation(s)	Record Producer, Songwriter
Instrument(s)	Piano, drums, strings, organ, vocals
Years active	2004–Present
Labels	The Dean's List Inc.

Kendrick Jevon Dean (also known as Wyldcard) is an American record producer, songwriter and entrepreneur. He has produced or written for 7 GRAMMY Nominated albums to date. Some of his hits include Chris Brown's "Say Goodbye" (Billboard #1), Mariah Carey's "I Stay In Love" and Trey Songz "Last Time". Kendrick began his music career in 2004 when he was first credited as a producer on mega group Destiny's Child final album Destiny Fulfilled. A former high school history teacher, and University of Florida graduate; Dean used his classical, jazz and gospel music background to make a seemingly seamless transition into the music business. Dean is often incorrectly credited for compositions from Swizz Beatz, both of which being credited as "K. Dean". He is a member of Iota Phi Theta fraternity.