Johntá Maurice Austin (born June 28, 1980 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a Grammy award winning American singer-songwriter and producer who is currently signed to Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings. After writing hit singles for Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Bow Wow and Janet Jackson he started working on his debut studio album Love, Sex & Religion which will be released sometime in 2011. Austin has won two Grammy Awards, for his work on Mariah Carey's We Belong Together and Mary J. Blige's Be Without You. He co-wrote Mariah Carey's hit 2005 singles, We Belong Together, Don't Forget About Us, It's Like That, and Shake It Off from her album The Emancipation of Mimi.