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Derryck Gleaton, better known as DSharp, is an American violinist, DJ, singer and producer based in Atlanta, Georgia. Known for his trademark colored violins, he writes his own music and performs cover versions of popular songs, focusing on hip hop, electronic dance music and classical pieces.
DSharp has played in clubs around the world, including in Amsterdam, Dubai, London, the Philippines and Sweden, where he has performed with Smokey Robinson, American DJ Kaskade, Dutch DJs Afrojack, Chuckie, Nicky Romero and R3hab, and Swedish DJ Sebastian Ingrosso. He has played with The Dave Matthews Tribute Band, and in 2012 played on four tracks of rapper Rick Ross's album God Forgives, I Don't, produced by the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League.
In 2009 DSharp was commissioned by the University of Alabama to write a piece for the unveiling of an African-American art collection donated to the university by Paul R. Jones. In 2015 he filmed a music video in New Zealand with grand prix horse rider Caroline Roffman.