Damon Elliott

Damon Elliott
Background information
Birth name	Damon William Elliott
Also known as	Buck 22
Born	(1973-03-21) March 21, 1973 Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Genres	Pop R&B pop rock pop punk hip hop rock gospel country
Occupation(s)	Record producer Songwriter Singer Entrepreneur Musician
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Confidential Records Damon Elliott Music Group
Associated acts	Dionne Warwick Pink Jessica Simpson Destiny's Child Kelis Keyshia Cole Macy Gray Beyoncé Knowles Solange Knowles Ziggy Marley Mýa Hopsin Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Flesh-N-Bone Kelly Rowland Green Day Tom Green Ya Boy Kristina and The Dolls Josh Strickland The Banjo Boyz

Damon William Elliott, also known as Buck 22, (born March 21, 1973) is an American producer and rapper. Damon has worked in several genres of music including Pop, hip hop, rock, R&B, gospel and country as a writer, composer, producer and recording artist. He is the co-founder and president of Confidential Records.

Damon's first production project credits include rap group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (1996). Other credits include Destiny's Child, Beyoncé, P!nk, Gwen Stefani, Jessica Simpson, Christina Aguilera, Macy Gray, Britney Spears, Mýa and Deana Carter, including the three scored films. He has amassed total sales of over 150 million units, earning seven Grammy Award nominations, and one Grammy Award win for his contribution to "Lady Marmalade" featured in Moulin Rouge.

Damon has also written and produced theme songs for the television shows Holly's World, Kendra on Top and The Lylas.

Founder/CEO of The Damon Elliott Music Group (DEMG, LLC) distributed by Caroline/Capitol Records.

Early life

Damon Elliott was born on March 21, 1973 to Dionne Warwick and Bill Elliott. He has one brother named David Elliott. Mega-star Whitney Houston was his second cousin once removed and opera legend Leontyne Price is another cousin. He was the nephew of singer Dee Dee Warwick, Dionne's sister. Damon Elliott, the son of actor/jazz drummer Bill Elliott and pop legend Dionne Warwick is a big selling, Grammy Award-winning producer. Damon was "raised by music", according to Dionne, whom Damon often accompanied to her studio.

Awards

• 7 Grammy Award Nominations
• 1 Grammy Award "Lady Marmalade" featured in the 2001 film Moulin Rouge^[1]

External links

• Damon Elliott on Myspace
• Damon Elliott on Twitter
  

Discography

1996

Flesh-N-Bone – T.H.U.G.S.: Trues Humbly United Gatherin' Souls

• 51/50 Skit
• Live Soil
• Player Intro
• Tha Killin' Skit
• Prayer Intro

1998

Dionne Warwick – Dionne Sings Dionne

• High Upon This Love

2001

Destiny's Child – Survivor

• Sexy Daddy

Pink – Missundaztood

• Get The Party Started
• My Vietnam
• Missundaztood
• Respect
• Goin' To California

Brooke Allison – Brooke Allison

• Perfect Chemistry

2002

Kelly Rowland – Simply Deep

• Stole

2003

Pink – Try This

• Love Song

Mýa – Moodring

• Whatever Bitch
• Take a Picture
• Free Fallin'

2010

Holly's World – Theme song (Producer)

2011

Kristina and The Dolls – The Human Condition (Executive Producer)

2012

Jeffree Star – Virginity

• Blow Me

2013

"They Lylas" – Theme song (Producer)

2014

Achy Breaky 2- feat Billy Ray Cyrus

2015

Beat Funktion "Olympus" - King Minos (Featured Artist)

2016

Beat Funktion "Green Man" - Over The Ocean (Featured Artist)

References