Birthname: Darrell Branch
Birthdate: April 18th, 1975
Residence: Harlem, NY
Occupation: Producer
Stagename: Digga
Affiliations: Children Of The Corn.
Credentials: The Cryptogram.

Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez and 50 Cent All have two things in common, and thats Darrell "Digga" Branch and platinum hits. Digga's vision and talent have allowed a multitude of musical superstars to become household names through his ability to create a sound and an album that reaches the top of the musical charts. Digga is one of the most sought after producers in the music business.

Digga was born in New York City and raised in the Harlem section. He began playing the drums at age five but quickly switched to another interest of being a disc jockey. After mastering his skills as a "DJ", Digga began to search for something more. Eventually, Digga became interested in music production and business under the influence of his uncle and grandfather.

In 1988, Digga wrote and produced his first song. It wasn't an ease task for a thirteen year old but Digga managed to learn his way around the recording studio and recording equipment. After making hundreds of songs, he convinced his friend Cameron Giles professionally known as Cam'Ron to join him some recordings. Cam'Ron's cousin Derek "Bloodshed" Armsted would later join Cam'Ron and Digga and form a group called "Caged Fury" in 1990. Caged Fury made several demos and made performances at local neighborhood talent shows gaining notoriety in the process. As a direct result, Big-L a well-known artist from the neighborhood asked Caged Fury, Mason "MA$E" Betha, McGruff and several others to be a part of his rhyming crew called "Children of the Corn". Digga produced a few songs featuring the members but mainly worked closely with Cam'Ron, Bloodshed and Mase.

In 1995, Digga produced a song that is considers to be a classic by many called "American Dream". This featured the entire "C.O.C." The song gained moderate success but opened many doors for the members of C.O.C. Big L had already signed with Columbia records, Mase signed a recording contract with Bad Boy Entertainment, McGruff signed a recording contract with Uptown records while Digga, Cam'Ron and Bloodshed signed with Freeze/Priority records. 1997 proved to be an unforgettable year for Digga. While attending the University of New Haven in Connecticut, Digga, Cam'Ron and Bloodshed now known as "C.O.C" worked on songs for their debut release. As their dreams were approaching, Derek "Bloodshed" Armsted was fatally killed in a car accident. This devastated Digga and Cam'Ron. While dealing with lost of Derek and preparing for graduation, Digga managed to continue producing music with Cam'Ron.

Receiving a B.A degree in music, Digga had no idea what direction his career was going in until Cam'Ron received interest from Lance "UN"Rivera, CEO of Undeas Recordings (Notorious B.I.G, Lil Kim, Junior Mafia). "Un" wanted to sign Cam'Ron as a solo artist and after hearing some of Digga's production work, "UN" wanted to sign him as well. In September of 1997, Digga signed an exclusive production deal allowing him to produce for the entire artist roster of Untertainment Records as well as Undeas recordings.

In 1998, Cam'Ron's debut album "Confessions Of Fire" was released, Digga produced nine songs as well as being named one of the album's executive producers. Working on the album with artist such as DMX, Usher, Jermaine Dupri, Charli Baltimore, Kelly Price and Mase gave Digga the needed experience to become one of the music industry's most sought after producers. With over 500,000 albums sold, Digga became in demand throughout the industry. Today, Digga has worked with artist such as Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez, 50 Cent, Cam'Ron, Charli Baltimore, Dutch and Spade, Ghostface, Camp Lo, Lil Cease, Funkmaster Flex, Nore, Beanie Seigel, Destiny's Child, Nature, Disturbing tha Peace, Ol-Dirty Bastard, Prodigy of Mobb Deep, Memphis Bleek, Young Gunz among others.

With over twenty million albums sold, Digga has established himself as one of the industry's hit makers. His involvements with every aspect of these projects have paved the way for Digga to enter the new millennium with even more accolades under his belt. As a result of his success, this multitalented producer is the creator of a production company, studio facility, publishing and clothing company, thus positioning Digga as one of the industry's top up and coming executives.

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