Kid Hazel

Ahmar Bailey, better known by his stage name Kid Hazel, is an American record producer from Las Vegas, Nevada.

Kid Hazel was a Costco’s employee before he signed to 21 Savage’s record label Slaughter Gang in February 2018. He is famous for producing seven tracks from 21 Savage’s 2018 No. 1 album i am > i was.

His producer tag is the “sword swing” sound effect, which appeared on the opening of tracks including 21 Savage’s 2020 single “Secret,” the 2019 single “Immortal,” and the fourth track off i am > i was, “out for the night” among others. In a 2019 interview with Power 106, Hazel said:

I wanna brand myself correctly, so anytime you heard that ‘swing the sword’ before the beat, then you already know.