Don Cannon

Donald Earl "Don" Cannon (born August 2, 1979), is an American Grammy Award–nominated hip-hop, R&B platinum-level, record producer and DJ. Cannon is a DJ who can be heard spinning to elite entertainment industry crowds from Atlanta to Tokyo.

Cannon received "Atlanta’s Best DJ" from the prominent TV program Good Day Atlanta on the channel Fox 5. Shortly after, Cannon founded a full-service production and promotion company, Cannon Music, LLC, to house his growing brand (DC) as a DJ and producer. In 2009, produced the theme for "Meet The Paynes", Tyler Perry's sitcom series. He also produced Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta Thrashers season theme songs and placed Young Jeezy’s “Circulate” for the national Belvedere Vodka campaign.

Music career

DJ Don Cannon, based in the Atlanta and Los Angeles areas, has produced a number of songs for prominent hip-hop artists such as The Neighbourhood, Lecrae, Young Jeezy, 50 Cent, Ludacris, Asher Roth, Outkast, Big Sean, The Cool Kids, Fabolous, Floyd Mayweather, Kendrick Lamar, Mikkey Halsted, Curren$y, T.I., Akon, Drake, Lil Wayne, J. Cole, The Game, Meek Mill, Gucci Mane, Wiz Khalifa, Wale, Trey Songz, Chris Rock, G-Unit, Macy Gray, 2 Chainz, Future, Roscoe Dash, Reese, Lil Uzi Vert and most recently Hodgy Beats. He has also worked alongside fellow Philadelphian DJ Drama on the popular mixtape series Gangsta Grillz and the syndicated radio show Gangsta Grillz Radio and also produced over 5 songs on Drama's 2007 album debut, Gangsta Grillz: The Album.

Don Cannon (news anchor)

Don Cannon (born Donald James Clark; February 22, 1940) is a former television news anchor in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Biography

Cannon worked at WTAE-TV from 1969 to 1994. During that time, he became a "fixture of Pittsburgh broadcasting," and was partner with Paul Long and meteorologist Joe DeNardo. Later, he was teamed with Sally Wiggin. In 1999, he returned to Pittsburgh and worked for KDKA-TV, after having worked for KDKA's sister station, KYW-TV in Philadelphia from 1995 to 1998 (while there, he was credited as Don Clark, as a radio personality in the city was also named Don Cannon). He left that position in 2007.

He had well-publicized battles with alcoholism and depression. In 2009, he was arrested in California for failure to report for sentencing in two separate cases of driving under the influence dating back to 2007. After then being returned to the Pittsburgh area, in April 2010 he was jailed for violating a no-drinking clause in his probation.

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