Raphael Saadiq Net Worth is$16 Million
Profession: Singer, Record producer, Singer-songwriter, Musician, Artist
Date of Birth: May 14, 1966
Nicknames: Raphael Wiggins, Charlie Ray Wiggins, Saadiq, Raphael
Ethnicity: African American
Country: United States of America
Date of Birth: May 14, 1966
Nicknames: Raphael Wiggins, Charlie Ray Wiggins, Saadiq, Raphael
Ethnicity: African American
Country: United States of America
Raphael Saadiq is an American singer, songwriter and record producer, he has a net worth of $16 million. Raphael Saadiq has earned his net worth from his early R&B days performing with the multiplatinum group Tony! Toni! Tone! and from producing hit songs for such major stars as ; TLC, Joss Stone, D'Angelo, Mary J. Blige, and John Legend. He and D'Angelo were occasional members of a music production collective, composed of members from Q-Tip, A Tribe Called Quest and the Detroit-based group Slum Village, the collective was called The Ummah. Saadig was born in Oakland, California on May 14, 1966 the second-youngest of 14 siblings and half-siblings. Raphael suffered the multiple tragedies during his childhood that resulted in losing three of his siblings; however he did not transfer his mourning into his music. On September 16, 2008 he released critically acclaimed album, The Way I See It. This widely successful album featured Stevie Wonder, Joss Stone and Jay-Z; the album received three Grammy Award Nominations and was voted Best Album on iTunes for the year of 2008. Saadiq worked with steel guitarist Robert Randolph; to record his fourth studio album, Stone Rollin' which was released on March 25, 2011. He got some additional help on the album from former Earth, Wind & Fire keyboardist Larry Dunn; Swedish/Japanese indie rock songstress Yukimi Nagano (of Little Dragon) and hip hop newcomer Taura Stinson. He started singing in a local gospel group at the age of nine, and he learned how to play the bass guitar at the very young age of 6. He had a short career in 1999, with a one album group called Lucy Pearl, in 2003 he released a 2 disc live album under his own record label Pookie Entertainment, All the Hits at the House of Blues were recorded during live performances.
Raphael Saadiq (born Charles Ray Wiggins in Oakland, California; May 14, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist, and record producer. Saadiq has been a standard bearer for "old school" R&B since his early days as a member of the multiplatinum group Tony! Toni! Ton'e! He also produced songs of such artists as TLC, Joss Stone, D'Angelo, Mary J. Blige, and John Legend. He and D'Angelo were occasional members of The Ummah, a music production collective, composed of members Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, and J Dilla of the Detroit-based group Slum Village.
Saadiq's critically acclaimed album, The Way I See It, released on September 16, 2008, featuring artists Stevie Wonder, Joss Stone, and Jay-Z, received three Grammy Award Nominations and was voted Best Album on iTunes of 2008. His fourth studio album, Stone Rollin', was released on March 25, 2011. For the album, Saadiq worked with steel guitarist Robert Randolph; former Earth, Wind & Fire keyboardist Larry Dunn; Swedish/Japanese indie rock songstress Yukimi Nagano (of Little Dragon fame); Funk legend Larry Graham (on the bonus cut Perfect Storm) plus soul newcomer Taura 'Aura Jackson' Stinson.
Music critic Robert Christgau has called Saadiq the "preeminent R&B artist of the '90s".
Saadiq was born in Oakland, California, the second-youngest of 14 siblings and half-siblings. His early life was marked by tragedy; he experienced the deaths of several of his siblings as a young child. When Saadiq was seven years old, his brother was murdered. One of his brothers overdosed on heroin and another committed suicide because he was unable to deal with his addiction to the drug. His sister died as a result of a car crash during a police chase in a residential neighborhood. 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
Saadiq's critically acclaimed album, The Way I See It, released on September 16, 2008, featuring artists Stevie Wonder, Joss Stone, and Jay-Z, received three Grammy Award Nominations and was voted Best Album on iTunes of 2008. His fourth studio album, Stone Rollin', was released on March 25, 2011. For the album, Saadiq worked with steel guitarist Robert Randolph; former Earth, Wind & Fire keyboardist Larry Dunn; Swedish/Japanese indie rock songstress Yukimi Nagano (of Little Dragon fame); Funk legend Larry Graham (on the bonus cut Perfect Storm) plus soul newcomer Taura 'Aura Jackson' Stinson.
Music critic Robert Christgau has called Saadiq the "preeminent R&B artist of the '90s".
Saadiq was born in Oakland, California, the second-youngest of 14 siblings and half-siblings. His early life was marked by tragedy; he experienced the deaths of several of his siblings as a young child. When Saadiq was seven years old, his brother was murdered. One of his brothers overdosed on heroin and another committed suicide because he was unable to deal with his addiction to the drug. His sister died as a result of a car crash during a police chase in a residential neighborhood. 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
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