DEIZEL THE GENERAL

Sweeper Team Entertainment presents the first artist under they're Sota Boy Productions label: DEIZEL The General, multitalented artist from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He raps, he sings, he produces music, he will be known in music history!! Lookout for these upcoming projects: PUNCHIN INTO WORK - Alternative Hip-Hop album - Spring 2009 SOTA BOY: The Techno Experience - Electronica/Dance/House album - 2009 THE GENERAL - A studio/concept album - Winter 2009

Pick one rapper out of the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and I hope you come across DEIZEL. "I just love what I do, man!", exclaims this artist from the south side of this city of art. Known for it's diverse culture in the fine arts, Minneapolis is a fine place to begin stomping around in music. "I've seen all kinds of plays, we got alot of art museums and theatres, so growing up here, you become exposed to all diffierent forms of expression, mine was in music." he says. Born, Donielle Scott Allen, grew up with aspirations of being a lawyer, " My favorite shows growing up we're LA Law, Homicide: Life On The Streets, and Law & Order," he chuckles, "I swore that I would never get caught up by the law." He had another calling, "When I was 2, my mother & father bought me a "Fraggle Rock" drum set, he taught me how to play 1-2-3-4 and count, ever since then, i've become somewhat of a musician," he says. While in high school, DEIZEL faced one of the most tragic of circumstances when he lost his father, Musician Frederick Donald allen Jr. to the devastating disease A.I.D.S., "Those were the most f-ed up days in my life, he was the man I regarded as "Superman", and he's dying in front of my eyes," he says, "but in the end, it brought my family together." Known to the Twin Cities as a "Hip-Hop/Gangster" rapper, he also has a voice like a songbird, as was demonstrated to me when he let them pipes just flow, "I used to sing for my church, and perform @ gospel events," he says, "Very nerve wracking being 6-10 years old singing in front of hundreds, in some cases thousands!" You will also see his productive side, when you listen to the Electronica/Dance smash hit "SATISFIED", available February 2009, with the follow up hit "IM A SUPERSTAR", right on it's heels, it's proving to be a "TECHNO EXPERIENCE!" -- as told to A.J. Scott for Sweeper Team Weekly Publication

I do play live. I have played in a few venues, here's a list of a few places: The Green Room live @ The Red Sea Bar - Minneapolis, MN Club Axis - Minneapolis, MN The Fine Line Music Cafe - Minneapolis, MN Station 4 - Saint Paul, MN The Perfect Rack - Houston, TX The Blue Ocean - Houston, TX I absolutely LOVE to perform!! There is nothin better than to see a crowd of hundreds or thousands, movin in sync to your music. All my performances are myspecial moments, cause they are all different!

Im an eclectic listener, so believe me when I say, I listen to everybody!!! I broke it down by the genre's that im known for: Rap/Hip-Hop: Ice Cube, Twista, Busta Rhymes, Psychodrama, Bone Thugs-n- Harmony, 8Ball & MJG, UGK, Scarface, T.I., & Lil Wayne. Electronica/Dance: The Crystal Method, Daft Punk, Fatboy Slim, Moby, Deadmau5, The Benassi Brothers. My biggest influence: Frederick Donald Allen Jr. - my father.

Fruity Loops 8 XXL Producers Edition Reason 3.0 Ableton live 6 M-AUDIO Oxygen 49 midi keyboard.

Any inquiries about booking please email me: deizel@live.com I only answer SERIOUS INQUIRIES.