Doñé was born Handel Antonio Doñe Jr. in a town called La Victoria, Dominican Republic (DR). He and his family immigrated to New York City when he was three years old. Doñe lived in NYC for a few years and later returned to DR until the age of 15. Although he loves his homeland, he feels “NYC made me who I am today and taught me how to be strong, and how to survive”. Doñé currently lives in Harlem, NY where he’s working on his debut album. Named after a composer from the English Renaissance Handel Bach and choosing to use his last name as his stage name, Doñé explains the ambition to have the family name endure and create a legacy that is associated with good creative music; he wants to create a brand that future generations will remember.
Doñe is an Urban Tropical artist whose sound is a colorful blend between R&B Soul and the music of his upbringing, merengue. He grew up listening to artists like Michael Jackson, Mana, Juan Luis Guerra, Hector Lavoe, and incorporated their intensity, sound, passion and formulated his own unique sound. He admires their passion in their performances to bring a crowd to their feet and have them join him in what he believes is an escape to another place where we live in the moment and forget the trials and tribulations of life. Doñé finds inspiration in his past and present experiences for the lyrics he creates. This gives him the gift of being able to write meaningful songs that his fans connect with.
Doñé’s latest project includes several remixes including Trap Queen (Fetty Wap) and Vacacciones (Foreign) by Trey Songz, in his native Spanish. What started out as a mixtape project of songs remade in Spanish, has quickly transitioned into a not yet released debut album of original content. With the support of his team, SolBuenoMusic, he has written songs that he believes to be a classic breakthrough album. He expresses that to be on stage has been his life long dream and is determined for his sound to reach Latin America and eventually the world. He wants to present audiences with a strong storm that comes in the form of the songs "Tamo en Party" and "Callejero" the first one that inspires joy and emotion to all who hear it masterfully combining carnival and Caribbean rhythms that influenced his childhood And where he asks his listeners to live in the moment and to forget any problem and Callejero next to one of the most outstanding exponents of the urban genre of Dominican Republic NIPO 809 with whom he intends, with his country behind him, to make not only noise, but history.
His debut album is scheduled to be released 2017 and his team is hard at work to deliver content of his journey as well as his music to feed the appetite of his fans asking for more. Many people will be familiar with the genre of music he will be releasing, but Doñé states “it will be on another level. When you here it people will say that’s Doñé. There will be no guessing. My sound is unique”. There’s no question that Doñé is on a mission to realize his lifelong dream and that this realization will come to fruition with the support of his country, his team, and his fans. “I come from La Victoria. I gotta win!” – Doñé
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