Beau Dozier

Beau Alexandrè Dozier (born November 26, 1979) is an American songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and television producer. Beau has worked with chart-topping artists of all genres including Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, Priscilla Ahn, Boyz II Men,The Backstreet Boys, Sir Cliff Richard, and Jennifer Lopez. Beau is best known for his work developing new Pop and R&B talent which lead to his role as a producer on American Idol.

Life and career

Early life

Beau was born in Los Angeles, California, and was introduced to music at a very young age. His father, Lamont Dozier, who is best known as a member of the Motown Writing and Production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland and mother, film executive Barbara Ullman, encouraged Beau to follow his passion for music at a very young age. At the age of four Beau started playing the drums and composing music on the piano.

Early career

At the age of seven Beau co-wrote and composed the song “I Cry for You” for Ben E. King which appeared on the album “Save the Last Dance for Me” and on Lamont Dozier’s album “Going Back to My Roots" (The Anthology). In 1993 at the age of thirteen Beau, also known as Lil’ Beau in the hip-hop and DJ world, was signed by Irving Azoff to a record deal with Giant Records. During his time on Giant Records he was featured as an artist and producer on records with west coast rappers Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger, Ice-T, King T and Tha Alkaholiks. Beau was featured on Bad Azz’s records “Tha Last Time” and “Too Many Choices”. He was also featured as an artist on C-Style Presents 19th Street LBC Compilation on a song he produced called “Paper Chase” as well as producing The 19 Street Records' “Straight Outta Cali" compilation which featured Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger, Nate Dogg, Jayo Felony, Tha Dogg Pound, MC Eiht, Crooked I, Bad Azz, Tray Deee, and the group The Dove Shack.