Dallas Austin Biography | Who Is Dallas Austin?

Dallas Austin is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and film producer. He is famously known for his collaborations with Gwen Stefani, Pink, and Michael Jackson. He founded different Record Labels like Rowdy Records, Freeworld Entertainment and Limp Records.

Dallas Austin Age

He was born on December 29, 1970, in Columbus, Georgia, United States of America. Austin is the holder of American nationality and belongs to the African-American ethnicity. He is forty-eight years of age as of 2018.

Dallas Austin Relationship

He has been in multiple relationships in his life. Some of his relationships are known to the public and other relationships he has been in are not known. Some of his known relationships are with:

Nathalie Kelley (2007-2013)
Dallas Austin and Australian Actress Nathalie Kelley dated from 11th October 2007 to March 2013.

Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas (1990-1998)
Dallas Austin and American Singer Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas dated from 1990 to August 1998.

Dallas Austin Children

Austin has 3 children, including a son, Tron Austin, born in 1997 to TLC singer Chilli. Additionally, he fathers his niece, whom he helped raise after the death of his brother, Claude Austin, in 1994.

Dallas Austin Education

Dallas Austin attended M.D. Collins and Lakeshore High School before dropping out on 17.  He started his career as a light show supervisor for Atlanta act Princess and Starbreeze. He was selected as a keyboardist for the same group and was signed to La Face Records at age 17 as a performer.

Dallas Austin Career

Austin got his start in the music industry by way of Klymaxx member Joyce Irby. Under her guidance, he was enlisted as a producer for her company Diva One Productions. Austin produced the lead single of Irby’s debut for Motown Records as well as the songs “My Music” and “I Will Always Love You” for Troop’s 1989 album Attitude.

In 1990, Austin branched out on his own. His work on Motown led him to work on albums by other acts signed to the label – the first being the little known group Glasswurk. Austin later helmed the bulk of the debut albums for the Motown signees Another Bad Creation and Boyz II Men.

Austin was later recruited by L.A. Reid and Babyface to work on a couple of projects for their record label, LaFace Records. The duo recruited him to work on the debut album for TLC. From there, he was granted a deal for his short-lived group Highland Place Mobsters, which was Austin joining the members Glasswurk who was formerly signed to Motown.

After his success with other acts, Austin was recruited by After 7 to produce a few songs on their second album, Takin’ My Time. Austin then worked with Madonna on her 1994 album Bedtime Stories. In the 2000s, Austin worked with pop acts. He also produced hit singles like TLC’s “Unpretty”, Pink’s songs “Don’t Let Me Get Me” and “Just Like a Pill,” and Gwen Stefani’s 2004 single “Cool.”

Dallas Austin Son Tron Austin Calls Him a ‘Clown’

Austin’s son Tron Austin unloaded on his father in social media posts over the weekend. In one post, the 21-year-old called his music producer father a “clown”. And in another post, he wrote “f-ck Dallas”.

Tron posted an image of Dallas posing with singer Usher Raymond. The young man captioned the image “#clowns Lmao can’t get much cringier than this Lmaoo #heartbrokeboys”.

In a third image, Tron posed with his Bachelor of Science degree in music from Full Sail University in Florida. He captioned the image: “And don’t talk sh-t unless you’re educated.”

It isn’t clear what provoked the lad’s outburst at his dad. But some social media users suggest he hates both Usher and Dallas because they dumped his mother, TLC singer Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas.

Another motive could be financial. The child support checks stopped when Tron turned 18.

Dallas Austin Record labels 

Rowdy Records

It was founded by Austin in 1992. The label was distributed by Arista Records and later, Motown Records when it was reactivated in 2005. Some of the artists signed to the label were Illegal, Da King & I, Y’all So Stupid and Monica.

Later artists during the reactivation include Colin Munroe and Da Backwudz. Rock act Fishbone signed to Rowdy after being dropped from Columbia Records.

Limp Records

Unfortunately, Limp Records was a short-lived label founded by Austin in 1993. The record was distributed by EMI Records. Only two albums were issued by the label: A View to a Kill by Shadz of Lingo and The Pendulum Vibe by Joi.

Freeworld Entertainment

Like Limp Records, Freeworld Entertainment was a short-lived label founded by Austin in 1998. The record was distributed by Capitol Records. It released the single “Forty-Six & 2” by the alternative rock band Tool.

Two artists were signed to the label: singer Lysette and teenage singer Sammie, who released his debut From the Bottom to the Top in 2000. After Freeworld was folded, Sammie released his follow-up album several years later on Austin’s other label Rowdy Records.

Recording studio

Austin owned a personal recording studio named D.A.R.P., an acronym for ” Austin’s Recording Projects.” It was later renamed UAMG Studios, short for “Urban Angels Music Group.”

Dallas Austin Net Worth

Being a producer, Austin has produced several albums and from which he must collect a big chunk of money. As of 2019, his estimated net worth is $35 million.

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