Josh Dean

It’s not every daythat an art director transitions to becomea singer-songwriter, butthen again, Josh Dean’s talent knows no bounds. Alabama native, who studied Business Marketing at Morehouse College, was humbly carving out a lane all on his own by infusing art, business andmusic. From interning for multi-GRAMMYaward winning producer Bryan-Michael Cox and photographer Derek Blanks,to designing the cover-art and campaign for producer Maejor’s hit single “Lolly” featuringJuicy J & Justin Bieber. Soon after, Dean found himself being groomedunder the tutelage of Janelle Monáe and Wondaland Records, where he would prepare visuals for the collective’s compilation EP The Eephus. Hisbiggest break was when Wondaland recording artist, Jidenna, enlistedhim to contribute vocals for his GRAMMYNominated song, “Classic Man”, and featured in the Oscar winning film, Moonlight.Multi-talented artistJanelle Monae also recruited Dean as a writer for “I Gotthe Juice” and “Don’tJudgeMe”, off of her GRAMMY-nominated Album of the Year “DirtyComputer”.Now, after getting his feet wet in the industry, Deanhas preparedan audiovisual EP of hisown music titled Dear BlackSheepe. Describing himself as the next iteration in a wave of millennials from a nostalgia era, Dean’s sound is one that incorporates a striking variety of pop and R&B and brings the dynamic dimension that’s yet to be harmonized in the industry.