Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Dana Burtin is an award winning artist and songwriter, producer, entrepreneur, author, and actor. With a relentless message and professional attitude that promotes more of a positive message, LyricalGenes creates material based on his experiences. He has won lyricism awards around the world and received online co-signs from producers that work with Chris Brown, The Black Eyed Peas, Kanye West, and the Grammy nominated engineer that worked on Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. Apart from this, with his song “Heroes of 2020”, LyricalGenes was in the race for the Best Song for Social Change, hosted by The Recording Academy.

LyricalGenes is the owner of independent record label Boyz II Business Entertainment in Cleveland, Ohio where he has managed to make music, act in movies, and do voice overs. Moreover, he also operates Boyz II Business PR where he covers emerging, underground, and mainstream talent for Google News integration. Boyz II Business PR has music tech partners in London, United Kingdom (Musosoup).

Notably, LyricalGenes has garnered 1 million views on his YouTube beats channel. As a result, LyricalGenes collaborates with beat makers who have produced for artists like The Black Eyed Peas, Rod Wave, and Pop Smoke.