The Third Shift: Growing Up Crazy!

Author Bio: McKinley Horton

McKinley Horton began his professional music career as a teen, first playing the keyboard. He toured for several years with Harold Melvin and his legendary group, the Blue Notes. Now, a veteran music producer and songwriter, McKinley has created such hits as Vanessa Williams’ smash Dreamin and Eugene Wild’s Gotta Get You Home Tonight. He has been a collaborator with legendary music producers Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Organized Noize, Sleepy Brown & Outkast, TLC, Foxy Brown, CeeLo Green, and countless other industry giants. His talents have also contributed to hit film soundtracks for such features as Shaft2000, Snakes On A Plane, Money Train, and Miami Vice for Michael Mann. Today, Mckinley is benchmarking his success in the music world to expand his creativity into television, film, music licensing, and book publishing. Now working on a movie in pre-production with Southpaw Producer Peter Riche and Wayne Johnson on a movie call Ghostdancer. Most recently he coauthored a book The Third Shift with La Shana Spann, and he continues to build successful brands. He is Chief Operating Officer for Shamack Pictures.