DEEJAY YOUNG IS AN INDEPENDENT RECORDING ARTIST HAILING FROM TAMPA, FLORIDA, AFTER GETTING HIS START AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 5 ON THE NATIONAL TOUR OF THE HIT GOSPEL-THEATRICAL STAGE PLAY, "DADDY PLEASE DON'T LEAVE", HE CONTINUED PERFORMING AT MANY PRESTIGIOUS AND HISTORIC VENUES ACROSS THE WORLD, SUCH AS RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL & KOBE WORLD HALL IN JAPAN.
MOST RECENT THEATRICAL CREDITS INCLUDE, HAMILTON (1ST NATIONAL TOUR), "HAIRSPRAY" (BROADWAY WORLD AWARD - BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL, TAMPA BAY THEATRE AWARD- BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL) RENT (BROADWAY WORLD AWARD - BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL), & AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ (ORLANDO SENTINEL BEST OF 2019 - FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL).
YOUNG HAS ALSO BEEN HIGHLY RECEIVED IN THE GOSPEL ARENA, & HAS WORKED WITH GRAMMY WINNERS: YOLANDA ADAMS, THE WINANS, AND SUPERSTAR DUO, MARY MARY, WHO HAND CHOSE HIM (COURTESY OF WETV) TO PERFORM AT THE ESSENCE MUSIC FESTIVAL IN NEW ORLEANS AS THE 2014 RAISE YOUR VOICE CONTEST HONOREE.
HIS WELL RECEIVED DEBUT ALBUM, "THE REBIRTH" WAS RELEASED IN 2013, AND HIS EP, "UNPLUGGED" DEBUTED AT THE TOP 100 R&B/SOUL US ALBUMS CHART FOR ITUNES IN FALL 2016, FEATURING HIS AWARD-WINNING SINGLE, "BØX". THE LATEST PROJECT, & DEBUT HOLIDAY ALBUM, "AN UNPLUGGED CHRISTMAS" WAS AN AMAZON MUSIC TOP HOLIDAY ALBUMS SELLER UPON ITS RELEASE.
FOR HIS RECORDED WORKS, YOUNG HAS GARNERED 4 INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS, 2 CONTEMPORARY ACAPELLA RECORDING AWARDS.
DISCOGRAPHY: "THE REBIRTH" (2013), "UNPLUGGED" (2016), "AN UNPLUGGED CHRISTMAS" (2017), PRIMITIVE (2020)
HIS MUSICAL CATALOG CAN BE FOUND ON ALL DIGITAL OUTLETS WORLDWIDE, AND YOU CAN FOLLOW ALL SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES TO SEE WHAT HE IS UP TO NEXT!