Local Artist Spotlight

Hi you guys!! It's La'Tura here this week with a feature on a local artist by the name of Deon Anthony. 

Deon Anthony is a hip hop recording artist from Bossier City, Louisiana. From the time Deon was young, music has always been his passion. He has always been in love with rhythm and the science behind music. At the age of 6, Deon's mother bought him the "My Way" album by Usher. He felt that Usher is one of the best singers of all time. Deon and Usher even share the same birth date, October 14th! Because of his musical influences such as Usher, Jamie Foxx, R. Kelly and Maxwell, Deon developed a love for singing and soul music first. He began writing music to challenge himself to write a better song than the artists he was listening to.

Although Deon's first love was soul music, he also would listen to a lot of hip hop music because of the influences of his father and his uncle. The first rapper who ever caught Deon's attention was T.I. and the second was Lil Wayne. Deon also appreciated the music of Jay-z, Notorious B.I.G, 2Pac, Nas, Mos Def , LL Cool J, and many others. Studying their music and careers, he believed that those artists are how we got the current artists such as Drake, J Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Wale, Big Sean and so on.


Deon treated his music writing like a personal journal. He found it to be a really good way to express himself. Although Deon had been writing music for quite some time, he never shared this with anyone, until he learned some former basketball teammates were recording music. These teammates gave Deon an outlet to put his music writings to records. In the early stages of Deon's career he produced his own sounds. "That control of a sound is fascinating. You can make it sound however you want." he stated when asked about what it was like producing his own sounds for his songs. It was not until Deon moved to Lafayette, LA that he began working with other musicians. Deon began heavily recording music in Lafayette. Working on those musical projects lead him to meeting a talented producer Scot Reynolds in Austin, Texas. Soon after, Deon met gifted producer Darian May Beats as well as Amanda Martin of Hero Management Group. Deon is currently finishing his debut album "Sweet November" which will be released in April of 2016. Also be on the look out for his new single being dropped January 20, 2016!

For more on this talented artist visit his website, https://www.presskit.to/deonanthony