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Damien Dragonetti
{{Infobox musical artist
|Name            = Damien Dragonetti
|Img             =
|Img_capt        = Dragonetti at TiTe Mic HQ 2007 [[TiTe Mic]]
|Img_size        = 
|Background      =  solo_singer
|Birth_name      = Garrick L. Finklea
|Alias           = Spade, Dame, Bishop
(contracted; show full)

==Early years==
Born as '''Garrick Finklea''' {{Citation needed|date=December 2009}},  Dragonetti grew up in [[Moss Point, Mississippi]], near his birthplace of [[Pascagoula]].

==Career==
===Music career===
In 1985
, Damienragonetti co-formed the group ''TMC Rock'', patterned after [[Boogie Down Productions]]  (BDP). Their first major show was opening for [[Kool Moe Dee]]. {{Citation needed}}

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].(contracted; show full)[[Category:People from Pascagoula, Mississippi]]
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