Crystal Nicole Johnson, better known by her stage name Cristyle or sometimes credited as Cri$tyle is an American songwriter signed with So So Def/EMI Music in 2007. Crystal Nicole signed with Blackground Records and Interscope Records in October 2010. In June 2011, Nicole released her first single "Pinch Me", which was written by Crystal Nicole and produced by Jermaine Dupri and Bryan Michael Cox.