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Dyshon aka Shon Penn, Singer/ Songwriter/ Performer has been honing his craft in NY , Philly, and now ATL since he left home at age 16 after he was told by a father who didn't support the path of his music, that he had to cease doing secular music with the vocal group he had joined. His mother, a singer herself, had & has always encouraged him to use his gift and that very night Dyshon moved out and hasn't looked back. Now at 24yrs old this powerful songwriter and incredible performer has garnered respect everywhere From "Diddy" himself, & audiences all over the globe to his peers and even his Pop has given up trying to persuade him to seek another path! Dyshon has been around and is a student of the business as much as his craft. Always studying the billboard charts and the credits of albums from hip-hop to country and has picked up some credits of his own! Recently a Finalist on the world famous MAKING THE BAND 4 he has been trained, respected, and endorsed by the best including the likes of Diddy, B. Cox, Joe, Ankh Ra, And Micheal Bivins! He is influenced by all the usual suspects from Micheal, Stevie, & Donny, to R. Kelly & Jay-Z. He understands that melody makes hits but lyrics make classics! He is a top notch storyteller and is making the music that will be hits of today and the classic remakes of tomorrow! He also loves to move on stage & is a talented dancer and when the music is moving you cant keep him still! His dues have been paid from basement studios to Daddy House (Badboy's studio), Battery Studios (Jive in-house studios) , and currently working along side various producers & writers in Philly from Homecookin (Carvin & Ivans' production house) to ATL writing with Producers from The Corna Boyz & Ushers In house production team among others. He has also helped vocal produce many local artist. This young veteran has constantly been on stage up & down the east coast and frequently brings his original style to the stage even at the Village Underground in Manhattan as well as Apache & Sugar Hill in ATL. A true sanger!, he has captured audiences with his edgy sound and often performs his original material in front of these audiences with overwhelming success and is poised to take on the world stage next!