Bernard "BHarv" Harvey

Bernard Harvey (born August 17, 1985), known professionally as Harv, is an American record producer, singer and songwriter from Kansas City, Kansas and based in Los Angeles. He has produced for music industry artists such as Justin Bieber, Skrillex, Cherish, Summer Walker, Normani, Post Malone, Gucci Mane, Eminem, and Omah Lay.

Early years Bernard Harvey was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas. Harv was introduced to the musical arts at the age of nine, and began playing the bass by age twelve. He attended J.C. Harmon High School (graduating in 2003) where his love for music elevated joining the marching band, jazz band and playing different types of music all around the city. He has instruction in the piano, guitar, drums, trombone, and tuba, but is best known for his mastery of the bass.

In 2003, Harv's talent on the bass was recognized with a scholarship at Alabama State University where he obtained a degree in Music Technology and where he also pledged Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. He began playing in church and local bands, which led him to expanding his interest in production and music composition. After graduating from college, Harv moved to Atlanta, where he worked in recording studios and played at nightclubs. After catching wind that Harv also produced music, Braun expressed his interest in signing Harv as a producer to his publishing company. Harv signed his first publishing deal with Braun's Sheba Publishing and Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) in 2011. In 2020, he signed a new publishing deal with Brandon Silverstein's S10 Publishing.

Harv continued to perform and tour with Bieber, and ahead of the 2016 Purpose World Tour, Harv was promoted to music director where he took on a bigger role on Bieber's team collaborating with him behind-the-scenes and on stage. From penning R&B and pop hits to working on live shows, his hands-on role had been largely dependent on in-person interactions.

Harv produced three songs on Justin Bieber's February 2020 album, Changes: "Available", "At Least For Now" and "Forever", featuring Post Malone and Clever, which debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. In February 2020, HARV earned his debut position on Billboard's Top R&B Producers Chart for his work on Bieber's single "Forever," which reached number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 2021, HARV produced the song "Peaches", featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon on Justin Bieber's 2021 album, 'Justice'. The song debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the album also debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. The single 'Peaches' also earned HARV five nominations for the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, including breaking the Grammy record for most credited writers on a track nominated for Song of the Year. Harv was also featured in the 2021 Amazon documentary Justin Bieber: Our World Later in 2021, Harv also produced Bieber, Skrillex, and Don Toliver's single, "Don't Go", as well as, Bieber and Juice Wrld's single, "Wandered to LA". Harv was honored as Variety's Hitmaker of the Month in October 2021

In 2025, Harv appeared on the Netflix music docu-reality series Hitmakers.

Personal life Harv met Felisha King Harvey, known as one of the members of the R&B group Cherish, in 2014 during a studio session. They married on April 18, 2021, in Los Angeles, CA and were featured on an episode of Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles season thirteen in October 2021. The couple are both credited collaborators on Justin Bieber's song "Peaches", as well as Normani's single, "Fair".

Production discography + List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, sales, certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US AUS CAN DEN FRA GER IRL NZ SWE UK "Forever"(Justin Bieber featuring Post Malone and Clever) 2020 24 29 20 17 111 56 23 32 10 29 RIAA: Gold Changes "Peaches" 2021 1 1 1 1 7 2 1 1 3 2 ARIA: 3× Platinum BPI: Platinum BVMI: Gold GLF: Platinum IFPI DEN: Platinum RIAA: 3× Platinum RMNZ: 2× Platinum SNEP: Platinum Justice "Don't Go" 69 43 32 — — — 55 — 67 56 "Wandered to LA" 49 44 29 — — 89 45 — — 59 Fighting Demons "Attention" 2022 — — 45 — — — 78 — 87 — Boy Alone "Fair" — — — — — — — — — — "Not Alone" — — — — — — — — — — "Sugar Sweet" (Mariah Carey, Kehlani, and Shenseea) 2025 — — — — — — — — ——Here for it All

Album placements

Bass guitarist Artist Song Album 2005 Lil' Kim "Get Yours" The Naked Truth 2009 Gucci Mane "Lemonade" The State vs. Radric Davis 2010 Eminem "A Kiss" Bad Meets Evil 2011 Justin Bieber "Overboard" (featuring Miley Cyrus) Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Soundtrack

Concert tours Artist Year Role Avant 2009 Bass Guitar Priscilla Renea 2009 Bass Guitar Heads of State 2011 Bass Guitar Justin Bieber 2010–2015 Bass Guitar Justin Bieber 2016–present Music Director & Bass Guitar

Film and TV placements Movie features Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011)

Television appearances The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011, 2012) The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2011, 2012) The Oprah Winfrey Show (2011) The View (2011, 2012) The Today Show (2011, 2012) Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011) All Around the World NBC special (2012) Dick Clark's New Year's Eve show (2011) MTV Video Music Awards (2011) Teen Choice Awards (2011) Disney Christmas Parade (2011) The David Letterman Show (2011, 2012) Saturday Night Live (2020)