LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted everyone to be able to produce music the same way we do," says Dallas Austin of the idea behind the Beat Thang.

Universal Motown Records Group is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Grammy Award-winning producer Dallas Austin and his imprint Rowdy Records and Toronto-based management company, Marked Music, to sign emerging artist and producer Colin Munroe to a worldwide, ex-Canada recording agreement.

DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. music producer Dallas Austin left the United Arab Emirates for New York on Wednesday after being pardoned for a drug offence, a local newspaper reported.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Hip-hop producer Dallas Austin was granted a pardon on Tuesday hours after a Dubai court sentenced him to four years in jail for possession of narcotics, a local newspaper said.

DUBAI (Reuters) - A United Arab Emirates court sentenced U.S. music producer Dallas Austin on Tuesday to four years in jail after convicting him of possessing narcotics.