Dame Drummer at Yoshi's Oakland

With persistence and diligence Damon Jamal Taylor aka "Dame Drummer" is making his way in the music industry. His musical contributions have reached people all over the world. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio and since moving to Oakland, California in 2012 he has toured and worked with a long list of artists including Martin Luther, Raheem DeVaughn, Marcus Machado, DâM Funk, Zion-I, Kev Choice, Grand Nationxl, Mistah FAB, Michael Morgan and the Oakland Symphony, SF Symphony, Grammy Nominated: Los Rakas, Grammy Award Winners : Alphabet Rockers, Prince protege and Soul-Train Award winner Liv Warfield and 3x Grammy Award winner Fantastic Negrito....

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With persistence and diligence Damon Jamal Taylor aka "Dame Drummer" is making his way in the music industry. His musical contributions have reached people all over the world. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio and since moving to Oakland, California in 2012 he has toured and worked with a long list of artists including Martin Luther, Raheem DeVaughn, Marcus Machado, DâM Funk, Zion-I, Kev Choice, Grand Nationxl, Mistah FAB, Michael Morgan and the Oakland Symphony, SF Symphony, Grammy Nominated: Los Rakas, Grammy Award Winners : Alphabet Rockers, Prince protege and Soul-Train Award winner Liv Warfield and 3x Grammy Award winner Fantastic Negrito.
 
In 2013 Dame released his debut self-produced album “Breathe”. The album takes you through a journey of life, love, pain and victory. In 2019 Dame released his second self-produced full length album entitled "Loveolution” (A Love Letter To Black Folks). In June of 2020 Dame released “Aye Yai Yai”, his third self-produced album featuring controversial songs like “Burn It Down” and “Get What You Gave” that provide a super melodic presentation on critical race theory. 
 
In 2023 Dame released his directorial debut “Black Daddy: The Movie”. It is a triumphant award-winning “Docu-Musical” winning over 30 awards, including Best Debut Filmmaker, Best Score and Best  Documentary as well as the accompanying soundtrack “Back Daddy:The Sound” It provides an in depth look at some of the trials, triumph and beauty of black fatherhood in America. On  February 5th , 2023 at the 65th annual GRAMMY Awards  Dame officially became a “Grammy-Certified producer” for his production work with the GRAMMY Award-Winning Oakland-based group Alphabet Rockers who took home the award for “BEST CHILDREN’S Album. Dame Drummer’s music and storytelling continues to touch people all over the world. Dame’s latest production “Black Daddy: The Experience” has sold out shows at Battery SF, Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival and Yoshi’s Oakland.  HIs 5th and latest album “Our Love” is set to release in 2025.

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