# Dixson (singer)

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. Scott has also co-written for Chance the Rapper, Kehlani, and Vic Mensa, among others, and is a graduate of the College of Wooster.

## Career
### 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. 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.” Scott subsequently attended Ohio's The College of Wooster as a recipient of the prestigious Posse Foundation scholarship. 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. 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.

### 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.
| Stage | Song | Original Artist | Date | Result |
| Blind Audition | "You Make Me Wanna..." | Usher | September 29, 2015 | Adam Levine, Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams turned Joined Team Pharrell |
| Battle Rounds | "Lean on Me" (vs. Daria Jazmin) | Bill Withers | October 20, 2015 | Won |
| Knockout Rounds | "On Broadway" (vs. Morgan Frazier) | The Drifters | October 27, 2015 | Won |
| Live Playoffs (Top 24) | "Love Lockdown" | Kanye West | November 10, 2015 | Eliminated |
Non-competition performances :
| Episode | Performers | Song |
| 17.4 | Team Pharrell (Celeste Betton, Darius Scott, Evan McKeel, Madi Davis, Mark Hood, and Riley Biederer) | "Everybody Hurts" |

### 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." 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. In 2020, Scott vocally arranged the acoustic version of the Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper collaboration "Holy". Scott subsequently signed a record deal with label Roc Nation, and released his debut label project Darling. 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". He later contributed to her album Renaissance (2022), co-writing "Virgo's Groove" and "Pure/Honey". Scott released his fourth project 004Daisy in 2022, featuring collaborations with Tinashe, Sevyn Streeter, and Vic Mensa, among others. 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. 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.

## Discography
### Studio albums

* Masterpiece (2014)
* Young (2018)
* Darling (2021)
* 004Daisy (2022)

### Guest appearances

List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Other performer(s) | Album |
| "No Way" | 2017 | Jor'dan Armstrong | Vibes |
| "Go" | 2018 | Keyondra Lockett | Non-album single |
| "Zanies and Fools" | 2019 | Chance the Rapper & Nicki Minaj | The Big Day |
| "Trust" | 2019 | MavTraxx & Adarian Roberts | Family Ties |
| "Take It Slow" | 2019 | Danielle Juhre | Non-album single |
| "Young Love Games" (Background Vocals) | 2019 | Grace Weber | Non-album single |
| "Distance" (Background Vocals) | 2020 | Yebba | Dawn |
| "Carousel" | 2020 | Bosco | Car Therapy |
| "Rebirth" | 2020 | Vic Mensa, BJ the Chicago Kid & Peter CottonTale | V Tape |
| "Do Your Thing" | 2020 | Peter CottonTale, Lil Rel Howery & Reeseynem | Catch |
| "Prayer" | 2020 | Peter CottonTale, Hoko & Jack Red | Catch |
| "Be Alive" | 2021 | Beyoncé | King Richard (soundtrack) |
| "Introduction" | 2021 | Vic Mensa | I Tape |
| "D'usse Tears" | 2022 | Vic Mensa & Malik Yusef | Vino Valentino |
| "California Taxi" | 2022 | INAYAH | Insecure |
| "Sunday Evening Reprise" | 2023 | Vic Mensa & Lekan | Victor |
| "Slow Dance" | 2024 | Kehlani | While We Wait 2 |
| "Bending My Rules [Unlocked]" | 2024 | Flo | Access All Areas |

## Songwriting and production credits

Credits are courtesy of Discogs, Tidal, Apple Music, and AllMusic.
| Title | Year | Artist | Album |
| "Veins" | 2016 | Madi Davis | Above The Waves |
| "All Day Long" (featuring John Legend) | 2019 | Chance the Rapper | The Big Day |
| "Eternal" (featuring Smino) | 2019 | Chance the Rapper | The Big Day |
| "We Go High" | 2019 | Chance the Rapper | The Big Day |
| "The Big Day" (featuring Francis and the Lights) | 2019 | Chance the Rapper | The Big Day |
| "Let's Go on the Run" (featuring Knox Fortune) | 2019 | Chance the Rapper | The Big Day |
| "Ballin Flossin" (featuring Shawn Mendes) | 2019 | Chance the Rapper | The Big Day |
| "5 Year Plan" (featuring Randy Newman) | 2019 | Chance the Rapper | The Big Day |
| "Sun Come Down" | 2019 | Chance the Rapper | The Big Day |
| "Found a Good One (Single No More)" (featuring SWV & Pretty Vee) | 2019 | Chance the Rapper | The Big Day |
| "He's Real P.1" | 2020 | Peter CottonTale | Catch |
| "Pray for Real" (Featuring Chance the Rapper & Tobi Lou) | 2020 | Peter CottonTale | Catch |
| "He's Real P.2" | 2020 | Peter CottonTale | Catch |
| "The Return" (With Chance the Rapper) | 2020 | Jeremih | Merry Christmas Lil' Mama: The Gift That Keeps On Giving |
| "Petal" | 2020 | BOSCO | Some Day This Will All Make Sense |
| "Take Off" | 2020 | BOSCO | Some Day This Will All Make Sense |
| "Millionaires" | 2021 | Vic Mensa | I Tape |
| "Always Something" | 2022 | INAYAH | Insecure |
| "Pretty Ugly" | 2022 | INAYAH | Insecure |
| "Killa Mode" (Featuring Storm Ford) | 2022 | Westside Boogie | More Black Superheroes |
| "Nonchalant" (Featuring Mamii) | 2022 | Westside Boogie | More Black Superheroes |
| "Can't Even Lie" (With Soulja Boy) | 2022 | Westside Boogie | More Black Superheroes |
| "Prideful II" | 2022 | Westside Boogie | More Black Superheroes |
| "Can't Get Over You" (With Smino & Teezo Touchdown) | 2022 | Westside Boogie | More Black Superheroes |
| "Windows Down" (Featuring Snoop Dogg) | 2022 | Westside Boogie | More Black Superheroes |
| "Anthony (War)" | 2022 | Westside Boogie | More Black Superheroes |
| "Virgo's Groove" | 2022 | Beyoncé | Renaissance |
| "Pure/Honey" | 2022 | Beyoncé | Renaissance |
| "American Requiem" | 2024 | Beyoncé | Cowboy Carter |
| "Amen" | 2024 | Beyoncé | Cowboy Carter |
| "GrooveTheory" | 2024 | Kehlani | Crash |
| "Next 2 U" | 2024 | Kehlani | Crash |
| "8" | 2024 | Kehlani | Crash |
| "Sucia" (featuring Jill Scott and Young Miko) | 2024 | Kehlani | Crash |
| "Vegas" | 2024 | Kehlani | Crash |
| "Deep" | 2024 | Kehlani | Crash |
| "Chapel" | 2024 | Kehlani | Crash |
| "Lose My Wife" | 2024 | Kehlani | Crash |
| "Love Like" | 2024 | Kehlani | While We Wait 2 |
| "S.I.N.G.L.E" | 2024 | Kehlani | While We Wait 2 |
| "Let Me Down" (San Diego Interlude) | 2024 | Kehlani | While We Wait 2 |
| "8 Remix" (featuring Flo) | 2024 | Kehlani | While We Wait 2 |
| "Boom Bap" | 2024 | Doechii | Alligator Bites Never Heal |
| "Bending My Rules" | 2024 | Flo | Access All Areas |
| "Soft" | 2024 | Flo | Access All Areas |

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2015 | The Voice | Himself | Live Playoffs Contestant | |
| 2022 | 2022 Soul Train Music Awards | Himself | "Cherry Sorbet" Performance | |

### Music videos

* "Big Brave Man" (2020)
* "Kream" (2021)
* "Yours" (2021)
* "Darling" (2021)
* "Cherry Sorbet" (2022)
* "Barely" (2023)

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Ceremony | Award | Result |
| 2021 | Hollywood Music in Media Awards | Best Original Song in a Feature Film (Be Alive) | Nominated |
| 2022 | Academy Awards | Best Original Song (Be Alive) | Nominated |
| 2022 | Black Reel Awards | Outstanding Original Song (Be Alive) | Nominated |
| 2022 | Critics' Choice Awards | Best Song (Be Alive) | Nominated |
| 2022 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Original Song (Be Alive) | Nominated |
| 2022 | Hollywood Critics Association Awards | Best Original Song (Be Alive) | Won |
| 2022 | Satellite Awards | Best Original Song (Be Alive) | Nominated |
| 2022 | Soul Train Music Awards | Best New Artist | Nominated |
| 2023 | 65th Annual Grammy Awards | Best Song Written for Visual Media (Be Alive) | Nominated |
| 2023 | 65th Annual Grammy Awards | Album of the Year (Renaissance) | Nominated |