Don Cannon is one of the most popular and richest Music Producer who was born on August 2, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He has collaborated with and composed music for He has worked with and produced music for Trey Songz…
Donald “Don” Cannon (born August 2, 1979) is an American DJ, producer, songwriter, and music industry executive who is a co-founder of the Atlantic Records imprint, Generation Now. He was also a member of the prominent Atlanta mixtape collective, Aphilliates Music Group, with his long-time collaborator and fellow Generation Now founder, DJ Drama. Over the course of his career, Cannon has produced tracks and albums for artists like Jeezy, Logic, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, 50 Cent, and numerous others. He also served as the Vice President of A&R at Def Jam Recordings.
Cannon, along with DJ Drama and DJ Sense, officially co-founded the Aphilliates Music Group (AMG) in Atlanta in 2003. Cannon often produced tracks on DJ Drama’s prominent mixtape series, Gangsta Grillz, which featured artists like Jeezy, Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, Ludacris, Fabolous, T.I., and numerous others.
His birthplace was in Philadelphia and later moved to Atlanta and then grew up there. Atlanta as well as Los Angeles.
He created an own company for production, Cannon Music, LLC.
Cannon was born on August 2, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was raised largely in West Philadelphia. At the age of 5, he received his first set of turntables, a mixer, and a karaoke machine. By age 11, he had DJed numerous events, including his aunt’s wedding reception. After high school, Cannon moved to Atlanta, Georgia to attend Clark Atlanta University. While there, he met up with other Philadelphia natives, DJ Drama and DJ Sense. The three formed the Aphilliates while in college together as a loose collection of DJs. Cannon also began DJing parties and clubs in Atlanta’s inner city.
