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Kenneth Whalum is a singer, songwriter, saxophonist and producer. He calls his music alternative soul. He wrote and co-produced the albums Broken Land and Broken Land 2, and his songwriting and saxophone are on records by Mac Miller, Rod Wave, Maxwell, Beyoncé and JAY-Z.
Kenneth Whalum is a singer, songwriter, saxophonist and producer. He calls his music alternative soul. He wrote and co-produced the albums Broken Land (2017) and Broken Land 2 (2021), singing and playing saxophone on the second, and released the EP Beautiful Ending (2020) and the singles “Away” with Big K.R.I.T., “One More Kiss” and “Hold My Hand.” On Moving Moments, Vol. 1 (2024), made with Tim Timberlake and Greg Cox, he wrote, arranged, sang and played tenor saxophone.
He grew up in a family of musicians and ministers and started on drums in his father’s church, until a band teacher steered him to the saxophone. He is the nephew of saxophonist Kirk Whalum and studied at The New School in New York.
He is a credited songwriter on Mac Miller’s “Ladders,” Big K.R.I.T.’s “The Light,” Robert Glasper and Derrick Hodge’s “Mine In Time” and Rod Wave’s “Keep Dancing,” which he also co-produced. His saxophone is on Maxwell’s BLACKsummers’night, including the Grammy-winning “Pretty Wings,” on Beyoncé’s B’Day and RENAISSANCE, and on JAY-Z’s 4:44 and American Gangster, where he arranged the horns on “Roc Boys.”
He has toured with Maxwell, JAY-Z, Frank Ocean and D’Angelo, and is musical director for Ludacris. In 2026 he played with JAY-Z at Yankee Stadium and in London and Paris, and in 2025 he appeared on Saturday Night Live with Sabrina Carpenter.