Caribbean: Multi-platinum songwriter Theron Thomas, from US Virgin Island, received the award for Songwriter of the 12 months, Non-Classical on the 66th Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony on Sunday.
Throughout his award acceptance speech Thomas mentioned “I misplaced my father about three years in the past to most cancers. However my father instructed me after I was 9 years previous— Theron, you gon win a Grammy, and right here’s to indicate, my father was by no means a liar.”
The celebrity continued, “I from a small island— 32 sq. miles, I moved to the states with $35 after I was 18. And I mentioned I gonna make it in music. I’m 41 years previous and guess what? SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR. LET’S GO!”
Greater than twenty years in the past, Thomas had moved to Miami from the US Virgin Islands alongside together with his brother Timothy Thomas. It was the interval of the graduation of his musical journey as he left the highschool to pursue his dream of changing into a recording star.
At the moment, each brothers have been performers within the Caribbean underneath the title Rap dup, R. Metropolis, however they have been underrated attributable to their humble beginnings. Each of them spent months and carried out a number of gigs in Miami. They lived with their associates and in addition labored at native retail shops. From these workings, they make sufficient earnings to spend on their music profession.
To start with, they have been provided $250 to carry out at a present in Atlanta in 2001 after which began work within the metropolis. Thomas additionally outlined that he was launched to the music enterprise in 2007. Throughout that, the 2 brothers have a breakthrough hit with their album “The Rain”. It additionally featured in Akon’s platinum-selling Konvicted album.
Notably, he was launched by his greatest pal, a DJ for Akon. Thomas added that the music he wrote within the seventh grade was launched by Akon. He mentioned that Akon needed to make use of it and requested them to publish it, after which the door opened for them to the musical trade.
He labored with a number of artists, reminiscent of Beyoncé, Rihanna, Usher, Lizzo, Miley Cyrus, Harry Stiles, The Pussycat Dolls, and Adam Levine, and have become an influential character within the music trade.
