In 2007, while in his early teens, Alsina uploaded covers. His mother moved his family to Houston after Hurricane Katrina to gain distance from the troubled lives led by his crack-addicted father and stepfather. spent the first several years of his life in New Orleans. Since wrapping up his major-label phase, the singer and songwriter has gone independent with his Shake the World label, the outlet for the double-length album The Product III: stateofEMERGEncy (2020).Īugust Anthony Alsina, Jr. Within a few years of uploading his first clips, the singer and songwriter landed a deal with Def Jam that yielded the platinum single 'I Luv This Shit' (2013) and a number two hit debut album, Testimony (2014). Within a few years of uploading his first clips, the singer and songwriter landed a deal with Def Jam that yielded the platinum single 'I Luv This Shit' (2013) and a number two hit debut album, Testimony (2014). August Alsina has drawn from an unstable and tragic upbringing to record some of the grittiest contemporary R&B of the 2010s and 2020s.

August Alsina has drawn from an unstable and tragic upbringing to record some of the grittiest contemporary R&B of the 2010s and 2020s.

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