Dixson had a moment to himself in the winter of 2019, about four months after he'd lost his dad to cancer on Father's Day. Driving through Chicago on a dismal night, the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist looked back on his own life, comparing his ambitions to his successes and finding a less than satisfactory answer.
"It was a tough time," he said. "I asked myself the question, 'Have I done enough? If my tires catch a piece of black ice and I leave this world?' And so clearly, I heard a voice that told me, 'Not yet.'"
It was a pivotal moment for him, that voice becoming a guiding light as he battled through grief to realize his musical dreams. A few years later, he's hearing that same voice in the form of a new accolade: An Oscar nomination for original song, thanks to his work with Beyonce on "Be Alive," featured in the Will Smith movie "King Richard."
