Shep Crawford (December 18, 1970) is a Grammy Award-winning American R&B and gospel musician, songwriter, and record producer best known for Whitney Houston's "Same Script, Different Cast", Deborah Cox's "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here", Tamia's "Stranger in My House", Sisqó's "Incomplete", Luther Vandross' "I'd Rather" and Kelly Price's "As We Lay".
He attended Carver Missionary Baptist Church with his family where he learned musicianship from Pastor Richard Stubbs.
At the age of eight, Crawford began playing the piano and organ for the Carver Church each week.
[3] Crawford has written and produced multiple albums for chart-topping artists, including Whitney Houston, Luther Vandross, Tamia, Deborah Cox, Montell Jordan, and Kelly Price.
[4][5][6] In 1995, Crawford co-produced the song "Daddy's Home" on Montell Jordan's debut album This Is How We Do It.
He also wrote and produced the 1998 Deborah Cox track "We Can't Be Friends" which ranked at number 1 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for two weeks.