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| 2 | 2 | | <BillNo> <Sponsor> |
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| 4 | 4 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 53 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By Akbari |
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| 8 | 8 | | SJR0053 |
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| 9 | 9 | | 002339 |
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| 10 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 12 | 12 | | A RESOLUTION to recognize and honor Tay Keith. |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, the members of this General Assembly are proud to recognize those |
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| 15 | 15 | | Tennesseans who have won acclaim for their talent and performances as professional |
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| 16 | 16 | | musicians; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, one such talented musician is Tay Keith, a Grammy-nominated producer |
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| 18 | 18 | | and songwriter who is renowned for his distinctive producer tags and production work on |
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| 19 | 19 | | numerous chart-topping hits; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, born and raised in Memphis as Brytavious Lakeith Chambers, Tay Keith |
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| 21 | 21 | | began his professional music career as a teenager, publishing his music to YouTube and other |
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| 22 | 22 | | music applications and recreating popular music on his piano; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, he met Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB, and shortly thereafter, the two began |
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| 24 | 24 | | making music, an endeavor that eventually led to BlocBoy JB's 2018 single, "Look Alive," which |
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| 25 | 25 | | peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, a familiar name on some of this generation's biggest hip hop and pop hits, |
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| 27 | 27 | | Tay Keith has worked alongside numerous industry leaders, including Drake, Lil Baby, Future, |
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| 28 | 28 | | DJ Khaled, and, more recently, Megan Thee Stallion, among countless others; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, Tay Keith earned his bachelor's degree from Middle Tennessee State |
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| 30 | 30 | | University in 2018, and mere weeks before his college graduation, he was nominated for Best |
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| 31 | 31 | | Rap Song at the 61 |
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| 32 | 32 | | st |
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| 33 | 33 | | Annual Grammy Awards for his collaboration on Travis Scott's 2018 single |
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| 34 | 34 | | "Sicko Mode," which peaked at the top of the Billboard Hot 100; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | WHEREAS, Tay Keith epitomizes the spirit and commitment that are characteristic of a |
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| 36 | 36 | | true Tennessean; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | - 2 - 002339 |
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| 41 | 41 | | WHEREAS, this legendary musician and producer is truly worthy of our approbation, and |
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| 42 | 42 | | it is highly appropriate that we recognize his talents accordingly; now, therefore, |
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| 43 | 43 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH |
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| 44 | 44 | | GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF |
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| 45 | 45 | | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, that we honor Tay Keith, for his extraordinary talent and |
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| 46 | 46 | | musical contributions and wish him every continued success in his future endeavors. |
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| 47 | 47 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared |
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| 48 | 48 | | for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to |
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| 49 | 49 | | the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear |
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| 50 | 50 | | without House or Senate designation. |
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