I’ve known Gerald Keys for years, but chatting on Zoom this time felt like tapping into tomorrow. Even through a screen, his energy hit with producer-level precision. Gerald “The Sound” Keys is a Sacramento-bred, Atlanta-based producer-engineer with 15 years behind the boards for Justin Bieber, Usher, French Montana, Zendaya, and Ty Dolla $ign. Today he’s Ludacris’ studio wing-man, Chief of Production for Netflix’s Emmy-nominated Karma’s World, and lead producer for KidNation. His sync catalog stretches from McDonald’s and Google to Apple and Mattel.