He has written, produced and published hits for some of the biggest names in R&B, hip hop and pop music over the past three decades.
His mother, Mary Ann Stewart, was a singer who had sung backgrounds for the Ohio Players, Curtis Mayfield and Aretha Franklin.
At age 18, Stewart and partner Kenneth Hale formed their own jingle company, Minute Men, composing popular spots for Bud Light, McDonald's and Coca-Cola.
Stewart was working House clubs at night and jingle sessions and meetings with ad executives by day.
He worked with songwriting partner Tony Haynes on a string of placements and upgraded his deal to joint venture with Famous Music.
In 1990, he and Haynes formed The Groove Asylum,[1] and worked in the studio with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis,[1] who influenced Stewart's songwriting and production style.
He signed a group of young writers, his younger brother, Tricky Stewart, Kuk Harrell and Sean Hall, to his production company.
In 1999 Stewart moved to Atlanta GA and joined his brothers as a partner in RedZone Entertainment and Triangle Sound Studios.
He mentored "Tricky" Stewart, Kuk Harrell and Sean Hall, passing on the secrets of consistent hitmaking that he had learned from Jam & Lewis and Babyface and others.
"Me Against The Music", a duet of Britney Spears and Madonna, peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart, was featured in an episode of Fox's "Glee."
Holiday's "Bed" and "Suffocate," Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body," Usher's "Moving Mountains," Mary J. Blige's "Just Fine," Justin Bieber's "Baby," and Beyoncé's "Single Ladies.
Each writer in The Sharpshootaz was chosen by Stewart, including Alex Jacke,[6] Romika Faniel, Derek Yopp, Andrew Kim and Sidney Miller.