Dixson (singer)

Darius Scott Dixson, also known as DIXSON, is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, best known for a Season 9 live playoffs appearance on The Voice (with Team Pharrell), and his co-written and co-produced Academy Award-nominated original song "Be Alive" alongside Beyoncé from the 2021 film King Richard. Scott has also co-written for Mariah Carey, Chance the Rapper, Kehlani, and Vic Mensa, among others, and is a graduate of the College of Wooster.

Career

Early life

Scott's late father was a pastor, and Scott quickly learned to play all 11 instruments in their Atlanta church “in case” he had to step in and play. By the age of 5, he had started singing and impressed his parents with a rendition of Fred Hammond’s “When the Spirit of the Lord.” Scott subsequently attended Ohio's The College of Wooster as a recipient of the prestigious Posse Foundation scholarship. While there, he participated in several ensembles including the Wooster Chorus, The Wooster Fragments, the Wooster Jazz Ensemble, and served as the music director of his on-campus band, Freddie Cool. Throughout Scott's studies, he held internship roles at MTV and The National Conference of Black Mayors, and was also a founding team member of the streetwear brand Kith. Scott studied abroad in Paris in 2011, with concentrations in French business and fashion merchandising. He graduated in 2013, with a self-designed major in arts and media management, before moving to Texas to become an executive with Neiman Marcus.

2014–2015: The Voice

Scott released his self-produced Christian/Gospel debut project Masterpiece in November 2014, which was described by him as “the spiritual journey of a young man, challenged by the normative constructs of what is considered faith-based music" in an early Voice contestant profile. Scott was next a contestant on the Season 9 of The Voice, where he was selected to join Judge Pharrell Williams' team.

2016–2024: Post- Voice and albums

Scott maintained a relationship with Voice mentor Williams, and began to collaborate with many of his fellow contestants, before self-releasing his electro-R&B album YOUNG in 2018, described as "a journey through the spiritual hills and valleys of a twenty-something year old, finding one's true voice, and pushing beyond one’s perceived artistic limits." He was next contacted to contribute to Chance The Rapper's 2019 album The Big Day, working on a majority of the album in various capacities. In 2020, Scott vocally arranged the acoustic version of the Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper collaboration "Holy". Scott subsequently signed a record deal with label Roc Nation, and released his debut label project Darling. After sending multiple songs to Beyoncé, he was invited to the studio to craft a song for the King Richard film soundtrack that would become Grammy and Academy Award-nominated 2021 single "Be Alive". He later contributed to her album Renaissance (2022), co-writing "Virgo's Groove" and "Pure/Honey". Scott released his fourth project 004Daisy in 2022, featuring collaborations with Tinashe, Sevyn Streeter, and Vic Mensa, among others. In 2024, Scott contributed "American Requiiem" and "Amen" to Beyoncé's eighth studio Cowboy Carter, before co-writing or co-producing more than 10 songs for Kehlani's projects Crash and While We Wait 2. Scott also co-wrote "Bending My Rules" and "Soft" with Darhyl Camper from Flo's debut album Access All Areas, and "Boom Bap" from rapper Doechii's mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal.

2025–Present: Grammy win

In 2025, Scott co-wrote Doechii single "Girl, Get Up" featuring SZA, as well as Kehlani single "Folded", which became their first single to reach the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In 2026, Scott won the Best R&B Song Grammy for his writing contributions to "Folded" at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards.

Discography

Studio albums

• Masterpiece (2014)
• Young (2018)
• Darling (2021)
• 004Daisy (2022)

Guest appearances

Songwriting and production credits

Credits are courtesy of Discogs, Tidal, Apple Music, and AllMusic.

Filmography

Television

Music videos

• "Big Brave Man" (2020)
• "Kream" (2021)
• "Yours" (2021)
• "Darling" (2021)
• "Cherry Sorbet" (2022)
• "Barely" (2023)

Awards and nominations