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Dixson (singer)
American singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Darius Scott, also known as DIXSON, is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, best known for a Season 9 live playoffs appearance on The Voice (with Team Pharrell), and his co-written and co-produced Academy Award-nominated original song "Be Alive" alongside Beyoncé from the 2021 film King Richard.[1][2] Scott has also co-written for Chance the Rapper, Kehlani, and Vic Mensa, among others, and is a graduate of the College of Wooster.[3][4]
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Early life
Scott's late father was a pastor, and Scott quickly learned to play all 11 instruments in their Atlanta church “in case” he had to step in and play.[5] By the age of 5, he had started singing and impressed his parents with a rendition of Fred Hammond’s “When the Spirit of the Lord.” [6] Scott subsequently attended Ohio's The College of Wooster as a recipient of the prestigious Posse Foundation scholarship.[4] While there, he participated in several ensembles including the Wooster Chorus, The Wooster Fragments, the Wooster Jazz Ensemble, and served as the music director of his on-campus band, Freddie Cool.[7] Throughout Scott's studies, he held internship roles at MTV and The National Conference of Black Mayors, and was also a founding team member of the streetwear brand Kith. Scott studied abroad in Paris in 2011, with concentrations in French business and fashion merchandising. He graduated in 2013, with a self-designed major in arts and media management, before moving to Texas to become an executive with Neiman Marcus.[3]
2014–2015: The Voice
Scott released his self-produced Christian/Gospel debut project Masterpiece in November 2014, which was described by him as “the spiritual journey of a young man, challenged by the normative constructs of what is considered faith-based music" in an early Voice contestant profile. Scott was next a contestant on the Season 9 of The Voice, where he was selected to join Judge Pharrell Williams' team.
2016–present: Post-Voice and albums
Scott maintained a relationship with Voice mentor Williams, and began to collaborate with many of his fellow contestants, before self-releasing his electro-R&B album YOUNG in 2018, described as "a journey through the spiritual hills and valleys of a twenty-something year old, finding one's true voice, and pushing beyond one’s perceived artistic limits."[8][9] He was next contacted to contribute to Chance The Rapper's 2019 album The Big Day, working on a majority of the album in various capacities.[10] In 2020, Scott vocally arranged the acoustic version of the Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper collaboration "Holy".[11] Scott subsequently signed a record deal with label Roc Nation, and released his debut label project Darling. [12][13][14][15] After sending multiple songs to Beyoncé, he was invited to the studio to craft a song for the King Richard film soundtrack that would become Grammy and Academy Award-nominated 2021 single "Be Alive".[16] He later contributed to her album Renaissance (2022), co-writing "Virgo's Groove" and "Pure/Honey".[17][18][19] Scott released his fourth project 004Daisy in 2022, featuring collaborations with Tinashe, Sevyn Streeter, and Vic Mensa, among others.[20][21] In 2024, Scott contributed "American Requiiem" and "Amen" to Beyoncé's eighth studio Cowboy Carter, before co-writing or co-producing more than 10 songs for Kehlani's projects Crash and While We Wait 2.[22][23][24] Scott also co-wrote "Bending My Rules" and "Soft" with Darhyl Camper from Flo's debut album Access All Areas, and "Boom Bap" from rapper Doechii's mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal.[25][26]
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Discography
Studio albums
- Masterpiece (2014)
- Young (2018)
- Darling (2021)
- 004Daisy (2022)
Guest appearances
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Songwriting and production credits
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Credits are courtesy of Discogs, Tidal, Apple Music, and AllMusic.
Filmography
Television
Music videos
- "Big Brave Man" (2020)
- "Kream" (2021)
- "Yours" (2021)
- "Darling" (2021)
- "Cherry Sorbet" (2022)
- "Barely" (2023)
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