2019 Baby Ree, L.L.C
"He changed the face of music before his 21st
birthday.. But, there is a lot more to Damion
"Damizza" Young than music..."
"I love being able to sleep soundly at night,
and look at myself in the mirror in the
morning. Sometimes my eyes are a little
bleary & bloodshot, but my conscience is
always clear...And that's something you can't
buy, no matter what color your American
Express card is.."
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DAMION “DAMIZZA” YOUNG Damion "Damizza" Young is more than
just a producer who has been heard by more than a billion people
and spent over 500 weeks on the Billboard charts: He is one of the
most influential radio programmers of our time, widely credited for
developing the Hip-Hop radio format and also ensuring its future
by mentoring many young up-and-coming artists. His story
illustrates how hard work can turn dream into reality. Starting in
radio at the age of 12 as a studio assistant, Damizza was an on-air
personality less than a year later. During his meteoric rise at his
native Santa Barbara’s popular alternative station KHTY, he
introduced the world to many artists, most notably Fiona Apple,
Garbage and Hootie & The Blowfish. Within five years he was at the
helm of one of the most influential radio stations in the world, L.A.’s
Power 106. His determined vision for the evolution of West Coast
rap and R&B lead him to become one of "the Top 5 most powerful
people in Hip-Hop," as rated by Source magazine. Pulitzer Prize-
winning L.A. Times reporter Chuck Phillips described Damizza as
the country’s "most powerful radio executive" during the height of
Power 106’s unmatched success. While senior director of
programming at the landmark station, Damizza broke such artists
as Jay Z and Eminem and rejuvenated the troubled careers of
established stars such as Mariah Carey and Dr. Dre. As his
influenced grew beyond the airwaves, Damizza began making beats
for an A-list of the Hip-Hop and R&B world, including Mariah Carey,
Snoop Dogg, Korn, Fat Joe, Ice Cube, Ja Rule, Bone Thugs-N-
Harmony, Ludacris, Nate Dogg, EA Sports (Madden & NBA Live),
Universal Pictures (Fast & Furious) & Chris Rock’s Down To Earth —
to name a few. He reunited Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, which led to
the recording of the Chronic 2001 album (and assisted in the
development of the Chronic 2001 tour); he closed Mariah’s
management deal with Benny Medina after the disastrous “Glitter”
project (and thereby re-igniting her career), Snoop to Jay-Z, sowing
the seeds for their Hot ’97 Summer Jam performance that proved
the East/West rivalry was a thing of the past. Since retiring from
radio, Damizza has focused his efforts on running his own Baby Ree
Entertainment.