Damizza
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Damion Young (born 1974), also known as Damizza, is an American radio executive, record producer, artist and author.[1]
Biography
Young began his career as a studio assistant at the age of 12, where Young went on to popularize numerous artists while working at Santa Barbara’s KHTY station, including Fiona Apple, Garbage and Hootie & the Blowfish, and later served as the head of Los Angeles’ Power 106 and New York’s Hot 97.[2]
Young would later go on to produce Crybaby (Mariah Carey song) featuring Snoop Dogg.[3] Young, has also worked with Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Korn.[4]
Young would later go on to produce for artists Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Lil Wayne and Ludacris, and claims a hand in the reunion of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg and the resulting 2001 (a.k.a. Chronic 2001).[5]
Young was named the 4th most powerful person in hip-hop by The Source magazine 2 years after being named program director Power 106, after he helped Jay-Z find an international audience, helped Janet Jackson rekindle her career, helped Dr. Dre with advice on 'how to break the white kid from Detroit' and introduced the world to Eminem.[6]
He completed working with J. Marshall Craig on a book on his life, Guilty By Association, which is scheduled for release sometime late-2011 after two years of delays over legal issues and made some public appearances at various California universities and colleges discussing the book and his life as a radio prodigy-turned hip-hop producer and performer. When Damizza was asked to give a brief insight to his book he said "A kid from a small town with a dream.. That never took no for an answer, made his dreams come true and did it his way. (With a Lil help from his grannie)".[7]
In 2023 Damion "Damizza" Young was included in Marquis Who's Who.[8]
Awards/chart positions
- Damizza Presents... Where I Wanna Be: The Compilation no. 28 R&B/Hip-Hop no. 143 Billboard 200[9][10]
References
External links
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- ↑ "Former Power 106 Programme Director Damizza", 2013.
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- ↑ Damizza Presents... Where I Wanna Be (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart), Billboard, December 16, 2000
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/2000-11-25/billboard-200 Damizza Presents... Where I Wanna Be (Billboard 200 chart)], Billboard, November 25, 2000