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Keith “Fashun VP” Rivers (born February 29th, 1984) is an established music rapper, singer, Producer, consultant, entrepreneur, social media strategist, and startup investor. He is otherwise known as “FaSean” or “Sean”.

Early Life
Keith Darnell Rivers Jr. was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina to Keith D. Rivers Sr., a retired Marine of the US Marine CORP, and Francetta Marlene Edwards. Though born in North Carolina, Fashun grew up in Port Huron, Michigan where he graduated high school. Eventually, he relocated to Detroit and later Atlanta, Georgia.

Music Career
Before Fashun became a member of Final Draft, he found his home with the R&B group, the HardHittaz. Together they were the opening act for Lil Wayne in Detroit, MI. Other members included Diezel, Big Fell, Rush, and Skig managed by Alex “The Promoter” Thomas owner of Detroit’s The Promoter Magazine. Beyond his time with the HardHittaz, Fashun’s luck brought him people such as Miz Korona from the movie 8 Mile whose generosity would be a stepping stone for him as he pushed to perfect his talent as a music artist. He and Miz Korona initially met at the Hayloft” in Mount Clemens, Michigan where she later made a guest appearance and invited him on stage during her performance. Shortly after his contract with Alex and the HardHittaz ended, Fashun relocated to Atlanta in order to pursue a new start and approach to the music industry. Alex later invited fashun to attend a show featuring his former group; Other artists present were Akina and Big L Love, along with the original Final Draft members of that time. Lamar "Playboy" Thompson, one of the members of Final Draft that year, introduced Fashun to Akina and Big L. Through this connection Fashun became a valuable member of Final Draft. By November 11th, 2005 Final Draft secured a deal with MadBoy Records/Block Ent./Bad Boy South. Shortly after, in March of 2006 Fashun made his first Television appearance performing two singles with Final Draft on Soul Train hosted by Dorian Gregory. After just a few appearances, the sensational group became known as the Fab Five for their impeccable talents and appearance; some of atlanta’s greatest. They are also well known from New York to Chicago for their “Stay in School” program and “I Can Do This” tour, funded by sales from their hit single “For Life” which topped charts at #1. Six months after Fashun’s debut, disagreements regarding the contract presented by Warner Music lead Akina and Big L to remove Final Draft from their deal. This allowed Big L free to secure his own deal with Moniker Earl Jam Productions.

Current Work
As the years progressed Fashun separated himself from Final Draft to develop Fashun Productionz; his catalog has been featured on BET, and MTV. furthermore, he worked with artists such as Teddy Riley from Guy, Ralph Tresvant from New Edition, Lil G from Silk, Sam Salter of LaFace Records, and other musicians in the music industry. In 2015 Fashun became the Vice President of marketing for Earl Jam productions. However, three years later he stepped down from Earl Jam Productions to further the growth of his own music distribution company, KDR Music Group established on May 26th 2015. Since Fashun has launched a social media app called Bluurp with his brother Kevin Rivers and Darrell Austin on the iTunes Store August 2018. Along with his multi-media company KDRMG established March 9th, 2018.