Celebrity Biographies
Dallas Austin Biography, Age, Relationship, Education, Career, Record Label, Net Worth
BIOGRAPHY OF DALLAS AUSTIN | WHO IS DALLAS AUSTIN?
Dallas Austin is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and film producer. He is known for his collaborations with Gwen Stefani , Rose and Michael Jackson. He founded different labels like Rowdy Records, Freeworld Entertainment and Limp Records.
DALLAS AUSTIN AGE
He was born on December 29, 1970 in Columbus, Georgia, United States of America. Austin is the holder of United States citizenship and belongs to African American ethnicity. He is forty-eight years old in 2018.
DALLAS-AUSTIN RELATIONSHIP
He had several relationships in his life. Some of his relationships are public knowledge and other relationships he has been in are not known. Some of his known relationships are with:
Nathalie Kelley (2007-2013)
Dallas Austin and Australian actress Nathalie Kelley dated from October 11, 2007 to March 2013.
Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas (1990-1998)
Dallas Austin and American singer Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas dated from 1990 to August 1998.
DALLAS AUSTIN KIDS
Austin has 3 children, including a son, Tron Austin, born in 1997 to TLC singer Chilli. Additionally, he is the father of his niece, whom he helped raise after the death of his brother, Claude Austin, in 1994.
DALLAS AUSTIN EDUCATION
Dallas Austin attended MD Collins and Lakeshore High School before dropping out on 17. He began his career as a light show supervisor for the Atlanta Princess and Starbreeze number. He was selected as a keyboard player for the same band and was signed to La Face Records at age 17 as a performer.
DALLAS AUSTIN CAREER
Austin got his start in the music industry thanks to Klymaxx member Joyce Irby.Under her guidance, he was enlisted as a producer for his company Diva One Productions.Austin produced Irby’s debut single for Motown Records as well as the songs “My Music” and “I Will Always Love You” for Troop’s 1989 album Attitude
In 1990, Austin developed on its own. His work on Motown led him to work on albums by other artists signed to the label – the first being little-known band Glasswurk.Austin then helmed the bulk of early albums by Motown signees Another Bad Creation and Boyz II Men.
Austin was then recruited by LA Reid and Babyface to work on a few projects for their record label, LaFace Records.The duo recruited him to work on TLC’s debut album.From there, he secured a deal for his short-lived band Highland Place Mobsters, which was Austin joining Glasswurk members who had already signed to Motown.
After his success with other artists, Austin was recruited by After 7 to produce some songs on their second album, Takin’ My Time . Austin then worked with Madonna on her 1994 album Bedtime Stories . In the 2000s, Austin worked with pop artists. It also produced hit singles like TLC’s ‘Unpretty’, Pink’s songs ‘Don’t Let Me Get Me’ and ‘Just Like a Pill’ and Gwen Stefani’s 2004 single ‘Cool’.
DALLAS AUSTIN SON TRON AUSTIN CALLS HIM A ‘CLOWN’
Austin’s son, Tron Austin, referred to his father in social media posts over the weekend. In one post, the 21-year-old called his music producer dad a “clown.” And in another post he wrote “f-ck Dallas”.
Tron posted an image of Dallas posing with singer Usher Raymond. The youngster captioned the image “#clowns Lmao can’t get much grumpier than this Lmaoo #heartbrokeboys”
In a third image, Tron posed with his Bachelor of Science in Music degree from Full Sail University in Florida. He captioned the image: ‘And don’t talk shit if you’re uneducated.’
It is not known what angered the boy against his father. But some social media users suggest he hates both Usher and Dallas for dumping his mother, TLC singer Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas.
Another reason could be financial. Child support checks stopped at age 18.
DALLAS AUSTIN RECORD LABELS
Rowdy Recordings
It was founded by Austin in 1992. The label was distributed by Arista Records and later, Motown Records upon its reactivation in 2005. Some of the artists signed to the label were Illegal, Da King & I, Y’all So Stupid and Monica.
Later artists upon reactivation include Colin Munroe and Da Backwudz. Rock band Fishbone signed Rowdy after being dropped from Columbia Records.
limp folders
Unfortunately, Limp Records was a short-lived label founded by Austin in 1993. The disc was distributed by EMI Records. Only two albums were released by the label: A View of a Murder by Shadz of Lingo and The Vibration of the Pendulum by Joi.
Freeworld Entertainment
Like Limp Records, Freeworld Entertainment was a short-lived label founded by Austin in 1998. The record was distributed by Capitol Records. He released the single “Forty-Six & 2” by alternative rock band Tool.
Two artists were signed to the label: singer Lysette and teenage singer Sammie, who released her debut From the Bottom Up in 2000. After Freeworld closed, Sammie released her follow-up album several years later on the another Austin Rowdy Records label.
RECORDING STUDIO
Austin owned a personal recording studio named DARP, an acronym for “Austin’s Recording Projects”.It was later renamed UAMG Studios, short for “Urban Angels Music Group”.
DALLAS AUSTIN NET WORTH
As a producer, Austin has produced several albums and on which he has to collect a large sum of money. As of 2019, his estimated net worth is $35 million.
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