Sean Rhoden, known professionally MeLo-X, is an American disc jockey and record producer.
11 Facts About MeLo-X
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MeLo-X co-wrote two songs for Beyonce's Lemonade album in 2016: "Hold-Up" and "Sorry".
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MeLo-X was born to Jamaican parents in the East Flatbush neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
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In 2009, MeLo-X toured with Theophilus London, serving as deejay.
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In 2014, MeLo-X remixed five songs from Beyonce's album Beyonce, the project titled Yonce-X, which MeLo-X posted to various websites such as SoundCloud and YouTube.
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MeLo-X created music and sounds for Beyonce's The Formation World Tour.
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For instance, when a mechanical lift at center stage rises upward, a sound that MeLo-X designed is played to represent the movement.
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The next year, PartyNextDoor hired MeLo-X to bring the same visual style to his Summer's Over Tour.
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In 2007, MeLo-X met Jasmine Solano at the Sway nightclub in New York City.
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MeLo-X brings together in his music many different musical genres, especially dancehall and reggae from his family's Jamaican heritage.
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MeLo-X cites Big Pun, the Hot Boys, and rapper DMX along with his producer Swizz Beatz as inspirations for his own music career.