David Jassy
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | David Moses Jassy |
| Born | April 11, 1974 |
| Genres | R&B, Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, musician, producer, hip hop artist |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Associated acts |
Navigators (David Jassy and Andreas Avellan) |
| Website | www.myspace.com/davidjassy |
David Moses Jassy (born April 11, 1974) is a Swedish musician, songwriter and music producer of mixed Gambian and Estonian origin. With Andrés Avellán, he was part of a Swedish R&B hip hop duo, Navigators in the late 1990s. After split up of the group, Jassy went on to writing music and producing a number of international acts. Also known as Dave Monopoly, he is the founder of Jassy World Entertainment. On February 1, 2010, he was convicted of second-degree murder in Los Angeles for the November 23, 2008 death of John Osnes.
David Jassy formed, with Andrés Avellán, the R&B hip hop duo, Navigators. They released first single, cover of Joyce Sims' song "Come into My Life" in 1998. In the same year they released another single called "I Remember".
In 1999 they released their third and most successful single "Superstar" that stayed 11 weeks in Swedish Singles Chart reaching number 20. In the single "Superstar", Jassy and Avellan sampled bassline from Chic's classic "I Want Your Love". In the same year their only album Daily Life Illustrators was released, reaching number 27 in the Swedish Albums Chart.
Jassy co-wrote "Be Good to Me" and "Not Like That" from Ashley Tisdale's Headstrong and "It's Alright, It's OK" and "Crank It Up" from Tisdale's Guilty Pleasure. He also co-wrote "Goodbye to Yesterday" and "Back Off" by No Angels, "Love Struck" by VFactory", "Runaway" and "Karma" for Darin, "Body Language" for Heidi Montag and "Pyramid" for Charice.
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