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{{Infobox musical artist
|Name            = Damien Dragonetti
|Img             =
|Img_capt        = Dragonetti at TiTe Mic HQ 2007 [[TiTe Mic]]
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|Background      =  solo_singer
|Birth_name      = Garrick L. Finklea
|Alias           = Spade, Dame, Bishop
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In 1992 in [[Pensacola, Florida]], Dragonetti (then known as ''G. Money'') performed for the manager and co-owner of Total Sound Management, Inc. (TSM Records), Willie Easley, who signed Dragonetti to his first deal. Dragonetti and his label-mates appeared regularly on TSM's TV show ''Saturday Night Live at the Apollo'' (
''a spin-off of ''[[Showtime at the Apollo]] in New York''), which aired Saturday nights on [http://www.blabtv.com Blab TV]. In 1995 he returned to [[Mississippi]], and with Joe Jones (aka Juke Jonz), created '''Soul Street Productions'''. The new production company would open for [[New Orleans]] bounce music artist [http://www.djjubilee.net/ Dj Jubilee] of Take Fo Records. 

Shortly thereafter, Dragonetti and Jonz were reportedly offered a  deal with Blunt Recording/[[TVT Records]], which would have made Soul Street Production the second rap group in Mississippi's history to sign a major deal, they declined down the offer. {{Citation needed}}

In 1996, Damienragonetti met with producer/songwriter Bobby Reese, also from Pascagoula who is credited with writing the song ''"Everlasting Love"'' for R&B act [[Tony Terry]] along with Terry Antonio Meguel.
Reese taught Damienragonetti the importance of the music business and how to use a production system with the aid of computers. Dameragonetti used the new technology to produce ''"Tru Playa 4 Life"'',<ref name="louipimps.com"/> featuring Tenishia Toussaint, with backups by Reese.

In 1997, Damienragonetti created and launch [http://www.titemic.com TiTe Mic Records], later known as TiTeMic.com,<ref name=titemic.com>{{cite web|url=http://www.titemic.com|title=TiTe Mic Corp|publisher=TiTeMic.com}}</ref> In 1999 ''Tru Playa 4 Life'' would be featured on Variables02<ref name="louipimps.com"/> released November 1999 by Loupimps Records (LPS), distributed by [http://www.cityhallrecords.com City Hall Records].

In 2001, Dameragonetti wrote and produced the song “Art Of War" about 9/11, featuring rock guitarist Dean Weaver, and published by
[http://repertoire.bmi.com/publisher.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=934644&keyname=TITE%20MIC%20MUSIC%20GROUP&querytype=PubID TiTe Mic Music Group] ([[Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI]]).

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[[Category:American male singers]]
[[Category:American rhythm and blues singers]]
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