Music Matters highlights the next BET superstars through music, bios, music videos, photos and intimate interviews where the artists explain who they are and what music means to them.
Singer
Soul singer Darien Dean started out as hip hop choreographer and then became a rapper before finding his true voice. Hailing from Mount Vernon, New York, the multi talented artist also honed his abilities as a producer, arranger and engineer to craft his 2009 debut album, If These Walls Could Talk, which boasted an authentic, contemporary sound and a Japanese distribution deal. Dean describes his BET Music Matters performance as a “milestone.”
Darien
Soul singer Darien Dean started out as hip hop choreographer and then became a rapper before finding his true voice. Hailing from Mount Vernon, New York, the multi talented artist also honed his abilities as a producer, arranger and engineer to craft his 2009 debut album, If These Walls Could Talk, which boasted an authentic, contemporary sound and a Japanese distribution deal. Dean describes his BET Music Matters performance as a “milestone.”