Choppy Chop-e Sound (a.k.a. Damyon-Francis Richardson, CHOMBAA, chopnessmonsta) Damyon F. Richardson, August 30 1976, Washington, DC, USA. Growing up in Maryland and partially in New York, Damyon was very influenced by his father being a jazz drummer and his mother being a fashion designer. Music was always being played in his home as a child. He started writing his own rhymes at the age of 13, and when he was 14, he started making his own beats using just cassette tapes. In 1991, he formed a group called “The S.U.K.s” with fellow M.C.'s, L.B. and Black Raven. The group’s unique talent was recognized quickly in the underground Hip-Hop community.
Adversary, Rahiem Devaughn, Logic, Blue Rum 13, Bucky-Star Jones, I.Q., D.J. RBI, D.J. Roddy Rod, Kenn Star, Prophet Syndicate, Noyeek the girzzly bear, Hall of Fame, New Jeruse, S.M.S., Diamond Mines, Tamu, W. Ellington Felton, Tislam the Great, Black Raven, J-Sol, Renaaz Peoplez, Carl Thomas (Bad Boy Records) Insane of Mizery (Brooklyn, NY), Bam Savage (Boston, MA), Kali Wolf (Boston MA), Freddy Laps (Boston MA), K-Rhyme (VA), Chrisa (Germany), Olivier Day Soul (U.K.), K-Skills (Holand)
DISCOGRAPHY AND COLLABORATIONS:
S.U.K. (L.B. Day Don’t Play- 1995, Little Black Raven Day-1997, Official-2001), Mercury Waters (Neblina-2004), Princess of Controversy (Backbone-2004 & Soul Hop-2010), Choppy Chop-e Sound (Bamboo’s Resurrection-2005) and (Virgin Ears-2013), Priest da Nomad (Mr. Move Sumthin-2005) and (When Puzzle Pieces Attack 2016), RocktheSpot.com (Mixtapes 1-4 2001-2005), S.M.S (Intangable-2008), Rugged Soulz (Grand Opening-2009), Mic Lungz (Emotional Rollercoaster-2010), Y.U. (The Earn-2011), Low Budget Christmas Mixtapes (2011-2014) Words Beats And Life (Bumrush the Boards Mixtape-2012) and (Crowns-2017), Asheru (Sleepless in Soweto-2013), Black Indian (Indian Summer-2014), Beat Konductaz Beat Battle Champion (2014), Stef-n-Ty (Fight for Fashion-2015), Graffiti (To the Fans-2016), Chombaa Campaign (Help Us-2017)
In 2000, Damyon started really focusing his attention on producing. He was named the champion of Alpha Beats’ “Battle of the Beats” competition in 2003. He has produced and arranged well over 200 or more songs for local artists in the DMV. Damyon is known for his unique talent of taking sounds and “chopping” them to sound like something completely different, hence, where the name "Choppy Chop-e Sound" came from.
Unlike many producers, each track that he makes is so different from each of the others; this is why he appeals to so many different artist and genres of music. Currently, Damyon utilitizes his recording talents to maintain full time employment in the publishing industry as well as producing and is set to drop a new project, March of 2017.
