Early life Dozier was born in
Los Angeles, California, and was introduced to music at a young age. His father,
Lamont Dozier (1941 – 2022), who was best known as a member of the
Motown songwriting and production team,
Holland–Dozier–Holland and mother, film executive Barbara Ullman, encouraged Dozier to follow his passion for music early in life. At the age of four, Dozier started playing the drums and composing music on the piano.
Early career At the age of seven, Dozier co-wrote and composed the song "I Cry for You" for
Ben E. King which appeared on the album
Save the Last Dance for Me and on
Lamont Dozier's album
Going Back to My Roots (The Anthology). In 1993 at the age of thirteen Dozier, also known as Lil' Beau in the hip-hop and DJ world, was signed by
Irving Azoff to a record deal with Giant Records. During his time on Giant Records he was featured as an artist and producer on records with west coast rappers
Snoop Dogg,
Xzibit,
Kurupt,
Daz Dillinger,
Ice-T,
King T and
Tha Alkaholiks. Dozier was featured on
Bad Azz's records "Tha Last Time" and "Too Many Choices". which featured
Snoop Dogg,
Kurupt,
Daz Dillinger,
Nate Dogg,
Jayo Felony,
Tha Dogg Pound,
MC Eiht,
Crooked I,
Bad Azz,
Tray Deee, and the group
The Dove Shack.
Producing and artist development In 1999, Dozier established Beautown Entertainment and began developing artists in the pop music and R&B genres. He wrote and produced records for artists including Christina Milian,
The Backstreet Boys,
B2K,
Boyz To Men,
Blaque,
Tynisha Keli,
Nivea,
3LW,
Tiffany Evans,
PYT,
JC Chasez,
Samantha Jade, and
Nikki Flores. Dozier composed and produced the single "
Anything" for pop music artist
JoJo He wrote
Joss Stone's single "Spoiled" and also produced two Gap Commercials featuring a cover of "Night Time is the Right Time", and an orchestra rendition of
The Beach Boys' "
God Only Knows". Dozier also collaborated with
Ron Fair on his act
Prima J and produced the Much Music Award-winning single for
Girlicious. Dozier also produced and co-wrote "Yesterday" for the
Pussycat Dolls' Ashley Roberts. Dozier collaborated with the
Nick Ashford and
Valerie Simpson on songs for the British pop singer Sir Cliff Richard's album
Soulicious. Dozier also produced the Disney Music Award-winning song, "Me and My Girls", by
Fifth Harmony. and produced the song "I Wish I Didn't Know" for recording artist
Nelly. In 2011,
American Idol hired Dozier as
Consulting Producer to develop pop music artists for the show. He also taught a class at
University of Southern California on music, creativity and technology. He continued to work with chart topping artists and producers such as
Beyoncé,
Jennifer Lopez,
Jhené Aiko,
Bonnie McKee,
Dr. Luke,
Nasri Atweh, Julian Bunetta,
Fifth Harmony,
Phillip Phillips and
Jessica Sanchez.
Death On March 8, 2025, it was announced that Dozier had died at the age of 45.
Personal life Dozier has one daughter, Dawson Soleil. ==Discography==