![]() He has also been featured in television and print ads for McDonald’s, Nike, Inc., Coca-Cola, Levi Strauss & Co. Its singles were “B.U.D.D.Y.”, “Teachme”, and “Makeyouhappy”. In March 2007, Musiq’s released his fourth album Luvanmusiq. ![]() Musiq took a four-year break and changed his management to Solqi Management, as well as his record label from Def Soul to Atlantic Records. It included the singles “Forthenight” and “Whoknows”. In 2003, Musiq released his third album, Soulstar. The singles were “Halfcrazy” and “Dontchange”. Musiq’s second album, 2002's Juslisen, debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 and went platinum. Musiq’s second single “Love” spent 22 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Its lead single was “Just Friends (Sunny)”. Musiq Soulchild released his debut album, Aijuswanaseing, in 2000. It’s basically me as an artist in this generation, representing the traditions and the legacies of the past soul stars.” Career 'Musiq’ is the front man and 'Soulchild’ is the idea behind it. Musiq quotes it as, “Musiq Soulchild is technically two ideas. That’s how much I dug it when you see me, I want you to automatically think of music.” The nickname Soulchild came from two ideas. “There were people who knew of me but they didn’t really know me they just knew me as ‘that music dude.’ So after getting that so much, I was like 'Just call me Musiq.’ It was so fresh to me because if I had to be called anything, I would have wanted to be called Music. He has also earned award nominations from MTV, the American Music Awards, the NAACP, and 11 Grammy nominations, including 3 for his 2007 album Luvanmusiq. ![]() He has received awards from Billboard, BET, ASCAP, BMI, and Soul Train. Musiq Soulchild has had 2 platinum albums, 2 gold albums and 7 hit singles. ![]() He cites as his inspiration such icons as Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Patti LaBelle, Billie Holiday, Sly & the Family Stone and Ray Charles. It was during that time Musiq started to build a reputation for being musically gifted, beat boxing for MC’s, free styling on the open mic circuit, scatting at a jazz club, or just performing a cappella in the streets of Philadelphia, which is where he got the name “Musiq” and later added “Soulchild”, which is intended to respect and represent the legacy and traditions of past soul artists. At an early age, Musiq left home and dropped out of school at the age of 17. Musiq was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, grew up in a strict Muslim household and is the oldest of nine children. Musiq Soulchild or Musiq (/ˈmjuːsɪk/ born Taalib Johnson September 16, 1977) is an American singer and songwriter whose style blends funk, alternative rock, blues, jazz, some gospel influences and hip hop. ![]()
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