Claude Kelly was born to Jamaican immigrants in the 1980s, he began playing piano at age 2 and with the middle school master flute After high school Kelly joined the prestigious Berklee College of Music and after graduating in 2002 returned to Manhattan through networking and word of mouth Kelly met so many producers as he could, and in 2002 had written a song that ended up a compilation of the Japanese clothing line A Bathing Ape "It was a lucky break, he said" It strengthened my self-confidence "Kelly got his breakthrough when he wrote the song" Daddy's Little Girl "Frankie J's 2006 album Priceless Although not chart, and he saw her let go from recording to mixing to mastering the music video confirmation THAT he needed to trycka on Kelly's work so impressed with Akon at the end of 2007 suggested the singer Kelly write to some of his music, one of which was "forgive me" written for Leona Lewis's debut album and produced by Akon and another song he wrote was "Hold My Hand", which was set to feature on Akon's third album but the song leaked and it was decided not to include in the album The song features Michael Jackson Currently he is working with Whitney Houston and Christina Aguilera
