Dijon Thames Shariff better known by his stage name Mann, is an American

United States

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 hip-hop/rap

Rap

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 artist from West LA, California

California

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, signed to J.R. Rotem's Beluga Heights Records

Beluga Heights Records

Beluga Heights Records is a Los Angeles-based record label founded by producer J. R. Rotem. The label is known for working with top musical artists such as Rihanna and Leona Lewis as well as discovering and developing new acts like Sean Kingston, Jason Derülo, Iyaz, Auburn and Mann.-History:The...

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Biography

After Mann recorded "Jerkin'" the song was eventually showed to Steve Lobel. Steve Lobel, at the time part of Sean Kingston

Sean Kingston

Sean Kingston is a Jamaican-American singer. He pursued a music career and debuted in 2007 with the album Sean Kingston.-Early life:...

's management team, showed it to Sean's producer J. R. Rotem

J. R. Rotem

- Early life :Rotem was born in South Africa to Israeli immigrant Jewish parents. He moved to Toronto at the age of two and finally to Moraga, California when he was twelve.Rotem's entry point into music was in receiving classical piano tuition at a young age...

. J. R. was inspired by the song and proceeded to remake the track for Mann in his studio, Beluga Heights.

"Jerkin'" was met with positive criticism but JR had another song that he had made with Sean Kingston called “Ghetto Girl” and he asked Mann to take the track. "I didn’t know what was going on," said Mann. "All I knew was that these men got my music and were making moves, so I said im'ma just roll with it". With the song finished Beluga Heights presented Mann to Epic and he was signed within 2 months to a singles deal. Eventually, Mann left Epic, but he continued creating music. Mann is currently working on his debut album Mann's World which is set to be released in 2011. Of the album, Mann states "this album is going to be a mixture between Chronic, 2001 and Graduation, I want nothing less than perfection".

Mann's breakoggg
US single "Buzzin'" is based on producer J.R. Rotem's chopped 'n' screwed sample of the 1986 Nu Shooz

Nu Shooz

Nu Shooz is an American Freestyle-R&B-Dance group fronted by husband-and-wife team of John Smith and Valerie Day, based in Portland, Oregon. The Shooz released four albums in the U.S...

 transatlantic pop/soul smash "I Can't Wait" and Ohio Players

Ohio Players

The Ohio Players were an American funk and R&B band, most popular in the 1970s. They are best known for their double #1 hit songs "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster".- Biography :...

 1973 single Funky Worm

Funky Worm

"Funky Worm" is a song by American funk group the Ohio Players, from their album Pleasure. It peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard R&B charts in 1973 and also peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100.-Influence:...

. Rapper 50 Cent

50 Cent

Curtis James Jackson III , better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin and The Massacre . Get Rich or Die Tryin has been certified eight times platinum by...

 is also on the official remix of the track. Within one week the remix video garnered over 3.5 million views. The song climbed into the Top 20 on Rhythmic stations across the nation and Top 10 in Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix, Denver and more. Mann recently made a future hit entitled: Bruiser with Big sue and Mc rider, the video was filmed on the ryelands estate and the westgate council estate morecambe. Mann helped Iyaz

Iyaz

Keidran Jones , better known by his stage name Iyaz, is a singer signed with the record label Beluga Heights Records from the British Virgin Islands. His debut single "Replay", was released in 2009 and reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, number-one in the UK, Australia and the top ten...

 perform his new song 'Pretty Girls' on October 9th, on an episode of So Random. Mann recently featured with Big Time Rush

Big Time Rush (band)

Big Time Rush is an American boyband formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2009. The band consists of members Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos Pena Jr. and Logan Henderson. Big Time Rush was created through the Nickelodeon television series with the same name. The band released its debut...

 for there new song "Music Sounds Better With U", and appears in the song's official music video

Studio albums

Album Title	Album details	Chart positions
		US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
Mann's World Mann's World Notes* The iTunes Store bonus track version contains the music videos for "Buzzin' " and "The Mack".* Track 2, "Gold Herringbone", contains elements of "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang", as written and performed by Dr...	Released: July 22, 2011 Format: CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... Label: Beluga Heights Records Beluga Heights Records Beluga Heights Records is a Los Angeles-based record label founded by producer J. R. Rotem. The label is known for working with top musical artists such as Rihanna and Leona Lewis as well as discovering and developing new acts like Sean Kingston, Jason Derülo, Iyaz, Auburn and Mann.-History:The... , Island Def Jam The Island Def Jam Music Group The Island Def Jam Motown Music Group, formerly The Island Def Jam Music Group, is an umbrella label formed in 1999 when Universal Music Group merged two of its daughter companies, Island Records and Def Jam Recordings, to create a label group. In 2011, Motown Records was split from the Universal...	—	67

Mixtapes

• TEAMMANN (2010)
• West LA Diaries Vol. 1: Vintage Cuts (2010)
• West LA Diaries Vol. 2: Near Life Experience (2010)
• Tell a Friend 2 Tell a Friend (Hosted by DJ Ill Will & Fingazz
  Fingazz
  -Biography:John Stary was born in Pomona, CA and has dedicated most of his life to playing and creating music. Growing up appreciating all genres of music gave him the ability to write and produce any style. A self-taught keyboardist, Fingazz played for years in funk bands opening for old school...
  
  ) (2011)
• West LA Diaries Vol. 3: Birthday Philosophy (2011)
• Bruiser Vol. 1: Mann ft Big sue and MC Rider (2011)

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions							Album
		US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	US Rap Hot Rap Songs Rap Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single...	AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	IRE Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	SCO	UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
"Ghetto Girl" (featuring Sean Kingston Sean Kingston Sean Kingston is a Jamaican-American singer. He pursued a music career and debuted in 2007 with the album Sean Kingston.-Early life:... )	2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album single
"Text" (featuring Jason Derülo Jason Derulo Jason Joel Desrouleaux , better known by his stage name Jason Derülo, is an American singer-songwriter, actor and dancer. After producing records for several artists and writing songs for Cash Money Records, co-founder of the label Birdman, Young Money Entertainment owner Lil Wayne and rapper... )	2010	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Mann's World
"Buzzin' (Remix) Buzzin' (Mann song) "Buzzin" is a song by American hip hop artist Mann. Written by Mann, The Jackie Boyz and J.R. Rotem and produced by the latter, the song was released as a single on October 25, 2010 and serves as the lead single from Mann's upcoming debut album Mann's World. "Buzzin'" is an R&B hip hop song and is... " (featuring 50 Cent 50 Cent Curtis James Jackson III , better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin and The Massacre . Get Rich or Die Tryin has been certified eight times platinum by... )		61	70	13	—	20	8	6
"The Mack" (featuring Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...  and Iyaz Iyaz Keidran Jones , better known by his stage name Iyaz, is a singer signed with the record label Beluga Heights Records from the British Virgin Islands. His debut single "Replay", was released in 2009 and reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, number-one in the UK, Australia and the top ten... )	2011	—	—	—	68	—	36	28
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

Mann's World

In 2011 Mann released his first ever album 'Mann's World' the album included the singles 'Buzzin', 'The Mack' and 'Text'. Mann also calaborated with singer T-Pain

T-Pain

Faheem Rasheed Najm , better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor, currently signed to Young Money Entertainment. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second studio album Epiphany,...

to create the song 'Get it Girl'

Song Listings:
1. Mann – Mann’s Intro (00:41)
2. Mann – Gold Herringbone (03:29)
3. Mann – The Mack Ft. Snoop Dogg And Iyaz (03:34)
4. Mann – Buzzin Remix Ft. 50 Cent (03:44)
5. Mann – Wanna Go Back (03:30)
6. Mann – Get It Girl Ft. T-Pain (03:07)
7. Mann – Reminisce (03:27)
8. Mann – Dance The Night Away (03:35)
9. Mann – Shaded Up Chillin’ (03:46)

External links

• Beluga Heights artists – Mann