Tito Deville

- Born ‘Tito Hussein Chipman’ Sept 24′th in Nassau, Bahamas of Black & Israeli Jewish decent.
-Moved to the US at the age of 5 Years old to neighboring Miami for several years and then New York with family
-Eventually relocated to Vancouver BC, Canada at around 13 years of age and became a Canadian citizen.
-Got involved in music at 16 working for an independent record label promoting national acts as well as volunteering to rap & sing on compilations
-At 18, Tito’s talent for music was noticed by record label execs who then made him part of a group called D-CRU who was later signed to Major Label ELEKTRA RECORDS

I don’t walk into anything having the expectations that things are just going to be given to me. At the end of a long day, you have to work harder.

-Born ‘Tito Hussein Chipman’ Sept 24′th in Nassau, Bahamas of Black & Israeli Jewish decent.

-D-CRU toured internationally & had two top ten singles on the Canadian Charts, and made the hot 100 in the US MARKET “Show Me The Way” & “I Will Be Waiting” which was then nominated for a Juno Award.
-Years after the group was dropped from the label, Tito continued his solo journey in Music working at radio stations both locally and in the Caribbean while hosting & producing events.
-However after several features on Dance Compilations with European Producers Tito got back into music full time and began crafting his own unique sound & style
-in 2008 Tito formed his group; TITO DEVILLE BAND; Tito D(Vocals/Writing) Kenya Clarke (DJ/Producer) Will Ripley (Electric Guitar/Composer) Adam Zulkifli (Electric Drums/Percussion)
-The group released several independent tracks online, which garnered tons of buzz on the net and helped gain the band momentum to connect with bigger producers/promoters & sell out local & regional venues
-VIRGIN RADIO & THE FOX were among the first to start featuring TDB’s music and had an overwhelming response. Word had spread & Management companies began calling.
-I gathered with fellow artists; Eric Solomon & Rosette creating a concept for a reality show which was then picked up by MTV. The show was entitled “YOUTH ELECTRIC” & debuted AUG 22 on MTV & sponsored by Microsoft.
-The band was featured in articles in USA TODAY, DIGITAL JOURNAL, & MUSIC INSIDER, who dubbed them as “Ones to Watch”
-My newest feature called “WTF”(Once Again) went TOP 5 on the BEATPORT DANCE CHARTS with DJ Duo TWIN BLOOD, some of the worlds top DJ’s such as BOB SINCLAIR & CARL COX began adding it to their live sets.
-Most importantly I recently had a baby boy named Kian whose the light of my life.