Colby O'Donis

Born in New York City to Puerto Rican parents, Colby spent a great deal of time during his childhood living in Orlando, Florida. By the age of 7, he was already working with Platinum producers Full Force (Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, Backstreet Boys, N’Sync) who shopped his demos to a circuit of record labels, and produced his song, “Mouse in the House,” featured on the Stuart Little soundtrack.

Colby has been producing music since the age of 12, but recently started co-producing with Akon. His debut album has mainly been a self-contained effort between the two. “We’ve recorded so many songs for this project—maybe forty or so—it was hard to get it down to a manageable number,” says Colby. “The writing process has been so much fun, and it has been great working with Akon. On the real, he is a very humble guy.”

His debut album, tentatively called Colby O, is expected out in 2008. He has already released the first single titled, "What You Got", which features Akon. The video was posted on YouTube on March 16.