Damon William Elliott (born March 21, 1973) is an American musician,

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, singer, songwriter and composer, who has worked in several genres of music including hip hop, R&B,

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and

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. He is the founder/CEO of The Damon Elliott Music Group, and the founder and president of both Confidential Records and Kind Music Group. Elliott's first production project credits include Bone Thugs-n-Harmony member Flesh-n-Bone (1996). Other credits include work with Mya,

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(including Beyonce's,

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's and Michelle Williams's solo projects), P!nk,

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, Athena Cage,

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,

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, rappers Layzie Bone, Yukmouth, Sticky Fingaz,

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, and former boxing champion

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. He has also written and produced theme songs for the television shows '' Holly's World'', '' Kendra on Top'' and ''The Lylas''. As a singer, Elliott provided his contributions for

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and

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. He co-wrote "Blow Me" and "Catwalk" for American entrepreneur

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. Since 2014, with the support of

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, Elliott began releasing

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songs using

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Buck 22. The two released a song "Achy Breaky 2", which peaked at number 80 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Family

Elliott was born on March 21, 1973 to

Dionne Warwick Marie Dionne Warwick (; born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television host. Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest U.S. hit makers between 1955 and 1999, based on her chart history on ''Billboards Hot 100 pop singles ch ...

and

Bill Elliott William Clyde Elliott (born October 8, 1955), also known as Awesome Bill from Dawsonville, Million Dollar Bill, or Wild Bill is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He competes full time in the Camping World Superstar Racin ...

. He has one brother named David Elliott.

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was his first cousin once removed and opera singer

Leontyne Price Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an American soprano who was the first African American soprano to receive international acclaim. From 1961 she began a long association with the Metropolitan Opera, where she was the first Af ...

is another cousin. He is the nephew of singer Dee Dee Warwick, Dionne's sister.

Discography

Production discography

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Elliott, Damon 1973 births Living people 21st-century American singers Record producers from California Dionne Warwick