KickInTheBeat, formerly known as Dragnet, is a native of Dallas (Oak Cliff), Texas. His love for music developed at a young age. When he graduated, he joined the Navy and began working on his first mixtape, "The Dragnet Revisions". In 2005, he hooked up with Nu Age producer HumpDizzle and started working on his first real musical effort, "Hooks & Verses". When he returned home from the military, he began working on his debut album. Fueled by the single "Wet, Wet", his fan base in Virginia were asking for an all original project. When he had a full finished product, he began approaching labels to see if they would add him to their roster so that he could have a bigger audience to offer his album to. Everyone declined. Motivated to show everyone what they were missing out on, Kick created Ak Ryte Entertainment and dropped his very first album on February 12, 2008 for his Virginia fans. When his hard drive crashed with all his new music on it, Kick was very discouraged. He hung up his cap on doing music full time and focused on finishing college and getting his degree. In the early part of 2017, his friend and producer Lil Pooh was murdered in cold blood. Motivated by his friend's energy, Kick decided to change his name from Dragnet in order to rebrand himself and return to doing music once more. Now, having created a new label, he is back working on his first project since 2011 and reving up to finally start working on his sophomore album again.