Babydaddy

For the U.S. sitcom, see Baby Daddy.

For a real life "babydaddy", see Father.

Babydaddy
Birth name	Scott Hoffman
Born	(1976-09-01) September 1, 1976 Houston, Texas, United States
Genres	Glam rock, alternative, pop
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Bass guitar, keyboards and piano, saxophone, guitar, vocals, banjo, melodica
Years active	1999–present
Associated acts	Scissor Sisters

Scott Hoffman (born September 1, 1976), known by his stage name Babydaddy, is an American musician and the Ivor Novello Award-winning multi-instrumentalist, backing vocalist and lyricist for the U.S. glam rock band, Scissor Sisters. He is the brother of television personality Ben Hoffman, who co-hosted InfoMania on the Current TV cable network and created and hosted The Ben Show on Comedy Central.

Early life and education

Born in Houston, Texas to a Jewish family, Hoffman lived most of his childhood in Lexington, Kentucky, attending Henry Clay High School. He attended Columbia University, where he studied writing and music production, and subsequently worked in the field of dance music.

Career

He had previously met Jake Shears—then still known as Jason Sellards—through a childhood friend, and Hoffman asked Shears to provide vocals for his tracks. When Hoffman moved to New York to study writing at Columbia, the duo officially joined forces and took stage names to become the first two members of Scissor Sisters in 2001. At the time, the band was just a combination of Babydaddy's music and Shears's vocal and visual performances. The band logo was designed by Babydaddy.

Since then, the band has grown and recruited further members, in the process expanding its original musical style to cover the rock, disco and dance music genres.

Babydaddy plays a number of instruments including keyboards, guitar, bass and banjo; he and Shears are the main lyricists for the band. The two also wrote the hit single "I Believe in You" for Kylie Minogue, as well as the title track from her documentary White Diamond. Babydaddy has also co-produced with other artists including Tiga and Xavier and has produced remixes (alongside Jake Shears under the Scissor Sisters moniker) for Pet Shop Boys, The Ones and Blondie.

In 2010, Babydaddy remixed disco icon Amanda Lear's single "I'm Coming Up".

Personal life

Babydaddy is gay. He is the younger brother of comedian Ben Hoffman.

Sources

• Babydaddy Interview on Silent Uproar
• Dallas Observer
• We Are Scissor Sisters... And So Are You

External links

• Official Scissor Sisters website
• Babydaddy at the Internet Movie Database
• Underground Illusion - The Ultimate Scissor Sisters Database