Musiq Soulchild

Musiq Soulchild is an American Ep&B/soul singer songwriter whose design combines modern R&B , soul , funk , choice , blues , jazz , some gospel influences and rap.

Musiq was created in Philadelphia , Pa and is the oldest of nine kids. At a young age, Musiq left house and dropped from school in the time of 17. It was throughout that time Musiq began to create a status for being musically talented, beat-boxing for MC’s, free styling to the open-mic circuit, scatting in a jazz club, or only performing a cappella in the roads of Philadelphia, which is where he got the titleMusiq; and afterwards addedSoulchild;, which is meant to honor and represent the heritage and traditions of previous soul artists. He mentions as his inspiration such icons as Stevie Wonder , James Brown , Patti LaBelle , Billie Holiday , Sly & the Family Stone and Ray Charles.

Musiq Soulchild has received 2 platinum records, 2 gold albums and 7 hit singles. He’s received honours from Billboard, Guess, ASCAP, BMI, and Soul Train. He has additionally earned award nominations from MTV, the American Music Awards, the NAACP, and 1-1 Grammy nominations, including 3 for his 2007 record Luvanmusiq.

There were individuals who understood of me but they didn’t truly understand me; they only understood me as ‘that songs man.’ So after obtaining that therefore much, I used to be like ‘Simply call me Musiq.’ It absolutely was so refreshing to me because basically had to be called something, I’d have needed to be called Audio. That’s how much I liked it; when you see me, I’d like one to mechanically think of music.; The nickname Soulchild originated from two thoughts. Musiq rates it as,Musiq Soulchild is technically two thoughts. ‘Musiq’ is the frontman and ‘Soulchild’ is the thought behind it. It’s fundamentally me as an artist in this era, representing the traditions and also the heritages of the previous soul stars.;

Musiq Soulchild launched his debut album, Aijuswanaseing , in 2,000. Its direct single wasJust Pals (Sunny);. Musiq’s 2nd singleLove; invested 22 months on the Billboard Hot 100 graphs.

Musiq’s 2nd record, 2002’s Juslisen , debuted at number one to the Billboard 200 and went platinum. The singles were &Halfcrazy& andDontchange;.