IVAN

IVAN HAS WRITTEN AND PRODUCED SONGS RECORDED BY AND FEATURING ARTISTS SUCH AS: OUTKAST,TIMBALAND, JAY-Z, LIL' KIM, SEAN PAUL, ANGIE STONE, BLU CANTRELL, LAUREN HILL, NELLY, CURTIS MAYFIELD, EN VOGUE, PINK, TONI BRAXTON, SWV, CHANGING FACES, SILK, MARQUES HOUSTON/IMMATURE AND CHICO DEBARGE TO NAME A FEW. IN ADDITION, IVAN HAS PERFORMED, PRODUCED AND WRITTEN SONGS FOR SOUNDTRACKS WHICH INCLUDE: SET IT OFF, DOCTOR DOLITTLE, THE LONGEST YARD, MOD SQUAD, SPRUNG AND HIGH SCHOOL HIGH. IVAN'S SONGS HAVE EARNED HIM SEVERAL AWARDS INCLUDING 4 GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS, 7 ASCAP AWARDS, 1 SOUL TRAIN MUSIC AWARD AND AN AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD NOMINATION.
IVAN STARTED OUT CHOREOGRAPHING AND DANCING FOR VARIOUS ARTIST TOURS AND VIDEOS. LATER MOVING INTO BACKUP VOCALS FOR MARIAH CAREY, WHITNEY HOUSTON AND MICHAEL BOLTON TO NAME A FEW. IVAN IS A FEATURED VOCALIST AND/OR BACKGROUND VOCALIST ON SEVERAL ARTIST RECORDINGS FROM JANET JACKSON TO BETTE MIDLER. IVAN'S VOICE AND VOCAL CHARACTERS CAN ALSO BE HEARD IN VARIOUS TV COMMERCIALS. IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THIS, IVAN IS A SUCCESSFUL GHOST WRITER FOR VARIOUS MULTI- PLATINUM RAP STARS. IVAN SAYS,"IF YOU FOLLOW HIP HOP, YOU WILL KNOW MY WORK BUT, DON'T ASK ME WHO.RAPPERS PAY WELL FOR FIRE AND SILENCE", HE LAUGHS. IVAN CONTINUES, "MY JOB IS TO GIVE THESE ARTISTS AN IDENTITY AND SWAGGER THROUGH MUSIC SO, IF IT AIN'T ORIGINAL, I AIN'T DO IT. I HAVE NEVER MET A LAME OR DIAMOND IN THE RUFF THAT I COULDN'T REFINE."