Dinavon Bythwood and also known by his music industry moniker “X1”, is an American

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 R&B Pop Music

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 record producer

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, and a former American professional football player who was a free agent acquisition by the Cleveland Browns

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. Bythwood attended the nationally ranked and heralded Glades Central High School

Glades Central High School

Glades Central High School is a high school located in Belle Glade, Florida. It is known for having one of the best high school football teams in the nation, with more football players in the NFL and in the NCAA than any other high school...

, of Palm Beach County, Florida

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. The New York Times reported Glades Central High School

Glades Central High School

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 as having “produced more National Football League

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 players than any other high school in the country.”, which include NFL Pittsburg Steelers, Super Bowl XLIII

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 MVP Wide Receiver

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 Santonio Holmes

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 and former Jacksonville Jaguars

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 and current New England Patriots

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 Running Back

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, Pro Bowler Fred Taylor. A 6”4, 255 lb Defensive End, Bythwood played at the University of Miami

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 where he received his Bachelors in Business Administration and was also a NCAA Collegiate Football National Champion in 1991 as was determined by the AP Poll. Bythwood currently resides in Miami, Florida

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 and has a son Brandin Mikel, born April 8, 1995.

Music career

As a record producer

Record producer

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, Bythwood and his partner Alex Francis make up the American music production duo known as The Ghostwriters. In 2008 they produced Keyshia Cole

Keyshia Cole

Keyshia Myeshia Cole Gibson born October 15, 1981) is an American singer–songwriter and actress. She gained nationwide acclaim when her 2005 debut album, The Way It Is went platinum. Her sophomore album Just Like You went into production shortly after that and was released in September 2007...

's hit single "Heaven Sent", from her multi-platinum-selling album Just like You

Just like You (Keyshia Cole album)

Just Like You is the second studio album by American R&B singer Keyshia Cole. The album was released on September 25, 2007 on Geffen Records. It was nominated in the Best Contemporary R&B Album category at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards that was held February 2008, but lost to Ne-Yo's Because of You...

. According to Billboard

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, "Heaven Sent" peaked at #1 on U.S. Hot R&B/Rap Songs chart for nine consecutive weeks and also reached #28 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100

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, making "Heaven Sent" Cole's most successful single release to date. The duo subsequently received two Grammy nominations in the categories Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Performance.

External links

• http://www.fanbase.com/Dinavon-Bythwood
• http://www.x1muzik.com/