ArtistInfo

Damion

*1991

A.k.a. Damion Bragdon

Damion was born on April 13th, 1991 in New York City where he was also raised. His mother, who is of Spainerd and French descent, is a waitress working at a diner in downtown, Manhattan and his father, who is of Moroccan descent, ...well Damion doesnt really know much about his father. Damion's parents divorced when he was around 3 years-old and his mother is the only person that has raised him since then. His father never really kept in contact with him and eventually found out that he left the U.S.A. to Morocco to be with his new wife and kids. Damion is an accomplished dancer as he attended many dance schools all over NYC including the National Dance Institute and the Dance Theatre of Harlem where he earned a scholarship, and even danced in a commercial featuring Gregory Hines. He ofcourse also had a passion for singing and performed in many plays at the Boys & Girls Club and off-broadway shows, snatching the lead roles in Moulin Rouge, Chicago and many others. He was also flown to San Diego, California to perform for a huge audience which included the people of Disney, all of this happening between the ages of 5 - 12. Although life was good on a professional level for Damion, personal levels were not so good. Damion never had any friends, always going to school in the a.m. and coming back home afterwards to do homework, eat dinner and go to bed. He also suffered from bullying in school from other students since the 3rd grade. Some of the reasons were because he was "feminine", "dressed like he was rich", "ugly", "fat" and so on. When Damion got to the 7th grade he got tired of the bullying and finally decided to speak about it, but when he brang it to his mother's attention she shot down the help he was looking for, stating that he should "fight for himself". So he then began to cut school and just stay home when his mother went to work. After a while his attendance became too poor so it had to be brought to his mother's notice. When his mother found out he was cutting school she became very upset and punished him by sending him to his aunt's house that way he would defenitely go to school since she was a house-wife. Damion went into a very depressed state and began to cut himself on his left arm as a "pain reliever". When his mother found out she then signed him up to a school councelar...