Damien Dragonetti

Damien Dragonetti
Birth name	Garrick L. Finklea
Also known as	Spade, Dame, Bishop
Born	October 30, 1971 (1971-10-30) (age 40) Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S.
Origin	Moss Point, Mississippi, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop, rock, Techno
Occupations	Producer Emcee Graphic Artist Songwriter
Years active	1984 - present
Labels	TiTe Mic Music Group (BMI) DarkChilde
Associated acts	Southern Killa Beez (SKBz) Madawm Toni Seawright
Website	TiTe Mic

Damien Dragonetti (born October 30, 1971) is an American rapper/producer. He is best known for his feature on Variable02 (1999)^[1] creating TiTe Mic Corporation, and producing the album, Chronicles of a Woman,^[2] a 2007 album by female rapper Madawm, which features superstars Eminem and Xzibit.

Early years

Born as Garrick Finklea^{[citation needed]}, Dragonetti grew up in Moss Point, Mississippi, near his birthplace of Pascagoula.

Career

Music career

In 1985, Dragonetti co-formed TMC Rock, patterned after Boogie Down Productions (BDP). Their first major show was opening for Kool Moe Dee.^{[citation needed]}

In 1992 in Pensacola, Florida, Dragonetti (then known as G. Money) performed for the manager and co-owner of Total Sound Management, Inc. (TSM Records), Willie Easley, who signed Dragonetti to his first deal. Dragonetti and his label-mates appeared regularly on TSM's TV show Saturday Night Live at the Apollo (a spin-off of Showtime at the Apollo in New York), which aired Saturday nights on Blab TV. In 1995 he returned to Mississippi, and with Joe Jones (aka Juke Jonz), created Soul Street Productions. The new production company would open for New Orleans bounce music artist Dj Jubilee of Take Fo Records.

Shortly thereafter, Dragonetti and Jonz were reportedly offered a deal with Blunt Recording/TVT Records, which would have made Soul Street Production the second rap group in Mississippi's history to sign a major deal, they declined down the offer.^{[citation needed]}

In 1996, Dragonetti met with producer/songwriter Bobby Reese, also from Pascagoula, who is credited with writing the song "Everlasting Love" for R&B act Tony Terry along with Terry Antonio Meguel. Reese taught Dragonetti how to use a production system with the aid of computers. Dragonetti used the new technology to produce "Tru Playa 4 Life",^[1] featuring Tenishia Toussaint, with backups by Reese.

In 1997, Dragonetti created and launch TiTe Mic Records, later known as TiTeMic.com,^[3] In 1999 Tru Playa 4 Life would be featured on Variables02^[1] released November 1999 by Loupimps Records (LPS), distributed by City Hall Records.

In 2001, Dragonetti wrote and produced the song “Art Of War" about 9/11, featuring rock guitarist Dean Weaver, and published by TiTe Mic Music Group (BMI).

Community Service

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Dragonetti worked with Restoration Church (overseen by Pastor Elder James Moffett) and First Baptist Church of Moss Point passing out food and supplies to people in need.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

• "Varibles02" (1999) (Single "Tru Playa 4 Life") under the name Bishop^[1]
• "Chronicles of A Woman" (2007) (Album Production)^[4]
• "Stand Alone Complex" (2009)^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Variables02". louipimps.com. http://louipimps.com/index.php/catalog-mainmenu-108. 
2. ^ "Chronicles Of A Woman". ascap.com. http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=333110075&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1. 
3. ^ "TiTe Mic Corp". TiTeMic.com. http://www.titemic.com. 
4. ^ "Chronicles Of A Woman". cdbaby.com. http://google.com/search?q=cache:r6grSUUmDLQJ:www.cdbaby.com/cd/madawm+madawm+chronicle+of+a+woman&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca. 
5. ^ "Stand Alone Complex". tunecore.com. http://www.tunecore.com/music/damiendragonetti. 

External links

• Official website
• Damien Dragonetti on Myspace
• Damien Dragonetti on Twitter

Persondata
Name	Dragonetti, Damien
Alternative names
Short description	Musician
Date of birth	October 30, 1971
Place of birth	Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death