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Music R&B, Neo Soul and Soul singer, aongwriter and record producer Raphael Saadiq picture (pic) and photo gallery, albums covers pictures.
Birth name: Charlie Ray Wiggins. Born: May 14, 1966 Oakland, California, United States. Saadiq has been playing music since the age of six. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, he played bass at church and school. He also enjoyed his on-stage moments at various local events of his hometown. Saadiq made a name for himself as the lead vocalist in the rhythm and blues and dance trio Tony! Toni! Toné!. He went by his birth name when in Tony! Toni! Toné!, where he was joined by his brother Dwayne Wiggins, and his cousin Timothy Christian. He adopted the name of Raphael Saadiq in the mid-1990s. After the 1996 Tony! Toni! Toné! album, House of Music, (when he performed under his current name) Saadiq started his solo career. He produced a few solo tracks, but Saadiq's next big project became the R&B supergroup Lucy Pearl. He recorded the self-titled album with Dawn Robinson (En Vogue) and Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest). This group only lasted for one album. His solo album,Instant Vintage (2002),also earned 5 Grammy nominations. Saadiq also has helped produce songs for various other artists, notably with D'Angelo, with whom he collaborated in songwriting and production for D'Angelo's albums. His 2000 collaboration "Untitled" won D'Angelo a Grammy award. Other artists he has collaborated with include Mary J. Blige, Teedra Moses, The Roots, Macy Gray, Snoop Dogg, Devin the Dude, Kelis, Q-Tip, The Bee Gees, T-Boz from TLC, Joss Stone, Young Bellz, Earth, Wind & Fire as well as many others. In 2002, Saadiq founded his own record label, Pookie Entertainment. Among the artists on the label are Joi and Truth Hurts. In 2006, Saadiq began dating Joss Stone. Raphael Saadiq Discography (albums): * Instant Vintage (2002). * All Hits at the House of Blues (2003). * Ray Ray (2004). |
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