Raphael Saadiq Biography Facts
Raphael Saadiq has been appeared in channels as follow: Atlantic Records.
Born 14 May, 1966 (57 years old).
What is the zodiac sign of Raphael Saadiq ?
According to the birthday of Raphael Saadiq the astrological sign is Taurus .
Career of the Raphael Saadiq started in 1983 .
Raphael Saadiq Wiki
American singer
| Raphael Saadiq | |
|---|---|
| Saadiq at the 2012 Time 100 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Charles Ray Wiggins |
| Born | May 14, 1966 |
| Origin | Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Genres | R&B soul progressive soul |
| Occupation | Singer songwriter multi-instrumentalist record producer |
| Instruments | Vocals bass guitar guitar keyboards |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Labels | Columbia Pookie Universal |
| Associated acts | Tony! Toni! Toné! Lucy Pearl Adrian Marcel Jake and the Phatman Joi Joss Stone John Legend Kelis Kid Cudi Solange Knowles |
| Website | raphaelsaadiqmusic.com |
Raphael Saadiq is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He rose to fame as a member of the multiplatinum group Tony! Toni! Toné! In addition to his solo and group career, he has also produced songs for such artists as Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Stevie Wonder, Joss Stone, D'Angelo, TLC, En Vogue, Kelis, Mary J. Blige, Ledisi, Whitney Houston, Solange Knowles and John Legend. Music critic Robert Christgau has called Saadiq the "preeminent R&B artist of the '90s".
Saadiq and D'Angelo were occasional members of The Ummah, a music production collective, composed of members Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of the hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, and J Dilla of Slum Village. Saadiq is also a co-founder of independent video game developer IllFonic, which developed Friday the 13th: The Game.
Saadiq has released five solo albums, including the critically acclaimed retro-styled The Way I See It and Stone Rollin' . The more contemporary-sounding Jimmy Lee was released in 2019. Inspired by spiritual and societal themes and personal family tragedies, it earned Saadiq further acclaim.
Early life
Saadiq was born in Oakland, California, and was the second-youngest of 14 siblings. Saadiq states that he does not want his music to be reflective of the tragedies he experienced, saying that "And through all of that I was makin' records, but it wasn't comin' out in the music. I did it to kinda show people you can have some real tough things happen in your life, but you don't have to wear it on your sleeve."
He has been playing the bass guitar since the age of six, and first began singing at age nine in a local gospel group. At the age of 12, he joined a group called "The Gospel Humminbirds". In 1984, shortly before his 18th birthday, Saadiq heard about tryouts in San Francisco for Sheila E.'s backing band on Prince's Parade Tour. At the audition, he chose the name "Raphael", and had difficulty remembering to respond to the name when he heard that he got the part to play bass in the band. He says of the experience, "Next thing I was in Tokyo, in a stadium, singin' Erotic City. We were in huge venues with the biggest sound systems in the world; all these roadies throwin' me basses, and a bunch of models hangin' round Prince to party. For almost two years. That was my university."
