Johnta Austin

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Johnta Austin
Background information
Birth name	Johnta Austin
Genre(s)	R&B
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, record producer
Years active	2005–present (solo)
Label(s)	So So Def Recordings

Johntá Austin is an upcoming songwriter and singer on Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings.

Johnta was featured on Bow Wow's Outta My System. He co-wrote Mariah Carey's hit 2005 singles, We Belong Together, Don't Forget About Us, It's Like That, and Shake It Off from her album The Emancipation of Mimi. Johnta Austin also co wrote Mary J Blige's single "Be Without You" from her #1 selling CD "The Breakthrough". He is also featured as a guest artist on Jermaine Dupri's 2005 single, Gotta Getcha and has co-written a few songs on Chris Brown's self-titled debut album in 2005. Austin has been extremely busy and extremely successful in the last several years. His career began when he was a mere eight years old, hosting the daily television show, “Kid’s Beat” on CNN. Covering current events, sports and the entertainment world, the young Austin went on to become the Atlanta Bureau Chief for the CNN weekly news program, “Real News for Kids” and the reporter for the TBS half hour weekly, “Feed Your Mind. He is recently engaged to Angel Carter He was originally signed in the mid-late 90s to RCA Records before being dropped in favor of R&B singer Tyrese Gibson. However, he ended up writing a few songs for him (including the hit "Sweet Lady") as well as a few other artists instead.

In 2005, he returned to his singing career with his first single "Lil' More Love". The single failed to become a hit, although a few songs he wrote for other artists were more successful.

"Ocean Drive", his debut album is set for release on February 7, 2007 with the next single being Turn It Up. Three album tracks have since been leaked online, the aforementioned Jermaine Dupri-featured track " Turn It Up", a Jazze Pha-produced track "Make Her The One", "Joy" and another self-penned track "Dope Fiend".