Brandon “Avehre” Smith is an American Songwriter, Singer, and Producer. From his local church in Chicago to studying as a background singer under Grammy Award Winning performers like Gladys Knight, to producing with Billboard topping artists like Wanya Morris (Boyz II Men), Avehre’s journey has created sound that displays an undeniable and certain extraordinary soulfulness. Knight adopted Avehre as her ‘Protégé’, backing his first public project a holiday EP titled ‘Star Filled Sky’ in 2014. The project received high praise from multiple major media outlets including Billboard Magazine, GlobalGrind, and RollingOut. In 2015 he went on to participate on Knight’s 2015 album as the songwriter and Vocal Producer for the track Just a Little. Avehre is a “go-to” industry songwriter. He co-wrote Blown (feat. Curren$y) Lloyd on his fifth studio album TRU - LP, and placed his song BulletProof on the first film released by Riveting Entertainment, Never Heard (Prod. by Josh Webber). In addition to songwriting, Avehre is currently producing Samantha Mumba and Wanya Morris upcoming 2019-2020 projects, and preparing for the release of his solo EP.