2002–2005: Debut album and Back for More At 18, Desman was signed to
BMG Music Canada and started recording an album, which was released in 2002. The
self-titled breakthrough album featured three top ten singles ("Shook", "Spread My Wings" and "Get Ready") on the Canadian charts. The album went on to achieve gold certification in Canada. The single, "Spread My Wings", is a cover of the unreleased group Vega, featuring
Chilli of
TLC. His follow-up album,
Back for More garnered a
Juno Award for the
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year which featured the single "
Let's Go". After the release of his second album, BMG dropped him from the label. He was then signed to
Universal Music Canada. in Toronto, November 2013
2010–2015: Fresh and Alive His 2010 album
Fresh garnered two gold singles, one platinum single, Video of the Year at the
Much Music Video Awards, Canadian Dance/Pop Song of the year at the Stylus Awards, as well as
SOCAN Number 1 Award for Electric/Night Like This. Desman is also a producer and has worked with various artists producing hit singles for
Nick Carter,
Kreesha Turner,
Keshia Chanté as well as contestants on YTV's
The Next Star, where he produced the song "One More First Chance" for Brock Zanrosso in 2009 and "It Might Be You" for contestant Parker Schmidt in 2011. In 2013, Desman released his fourth studio album,
Alive, along with an accompanying short film of the same name. The album spawned two singles; "Nobody Does It Like You" and "Dum Da Dum". In 2015, he released the songs "Victoria" and "Obsession", and was dropped by
Universal Music.
2022–present: Resurgence In July 2022, Desman performed at
Drake's All Canadian North Stars concert at
OVO Fest, featuring a dozen Canadian hip-hop and R&B artists. After the show, Drake approached him in the hallway outside of the green room, praising him for his performance and had encouraged him to continue making music. A few months later he had signed a new deal with Wax Records and released a new single called "Maniac", his first single since 2015's "Obsession". In January 2023, the single debuted at number 99 on the
Canadian Hot 100, making it his first appearance on the chart in 10 years, it would then peak at number 71. In 2023, he participated in an all-star recording of
Serena Ryder's single "
What I Wouldn't Do", which was released as a charity single to benefit
Kids Help Phone's Feel Out Loud campaign for youth mental health. In November 2025, Desman collaborated with Canadian
country singer
Dallas Smith on the song "One Good Life". == Personal life ==