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Raphael Saadiq Biography
Raphael Saadiq is one of the most popular and richest R&B Singer who was born on May 14, 1966 in Oakland, California, United States. Singer, musician, and producer who has worked with artists such as Joss Stone and Mary J. Blige. He was a member of Tony! Toni! Toné!, a multi-Platinum-certified group.
He has been compared to Stevie Wonder.
Tony! Toni! Toné! would become major R&B superstars throughout the late 1980s and 1990s. However, after the 1996 album entitled House of Music failed to duplicate the group’s previous success, Tony! Toni! Toné! went their separate ways in 1997.
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.”
He has three siblings, two of whom died at young ages. He was in a fourteen year long relationship with his girlfriend, and after the couple split they remained friends.
| Name | Raphael Saadiq |
| First Name | Raphael |
| Last Name | Saadiq |
| Occupation | R&B Singer |
| Birthday | May 14 |
| Birth Year | 1966 |
| Place of Birth | Oakland |
| Home Town | California |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Taurus |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | D'wayne Wiggins |
| Spouse | Not Known |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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In 1995, Saadiq had his biggest solo hit to date, when “Ask of You”, featured on the Higher Learning Soundtrack peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the R&B chart. In 1995, Saadiq produced and performed on Otis & Shug’s debut album, We Can Do Whatever.
Raphael Saadiq Net Worth
Raphael Saadiq is one of the richest R&B Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Raphael Saadiq's net worth $16 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He started playing bass when he was six years old and later auditioned for Prince’s Parade tour where he learned a lot about the music industry.
His album The Way I See It was nominated for three Grammy Awards and was voted Best Album on iTunes in 2008.
Raphael Saadiq (/s ə ˈ d iː k / ; born Charles Ray Wiggins; May 14, 1966) 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 Joss Stone, D’Angelo, TLC, En Vogue, Kelis, Mary J. Blige, Ledisi, Whitney Houston, Solange Knowles and John Legend.
| Net Worth | $16 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | R&B Singer |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Also in 1999, he collaborated with rapper Q-Tip on the single “Get Involved”, from the animated television series The PJs. It samples The Intruders’ 1973 song “I’ll Always Love My Mama” and charted at number 21 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.
In 1999, 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). The group only lasted for one album.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
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| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
After returning to Oakland from touring with Prince, Saadiq began his professional career as the lead vocalist and bassist in the rhythm and blues and dance trio Tony! Toni! Toné! He used the name Raphael Wiggins while in Tony! Toni! Toné!, along with his brother Dwayne Wiggins, and his cousin Timothy Christian. In the mid-1990s, he adopted the last name Saadiq, which means “man of his word” in Arabic. His change of surname led many to speculate that he had converted to Islam at that point; in reality, Saadiq is not a Muslim, but rather just liked the way “Saadiq” sounded and changed his last name simply to distinguish himself from and avoid potential confusion with his brother, Dwayne Wiggins. As he confirmed by telling noted R&B writer Pete Lewis of the award-winning ‘Blues & Soul’ in May 2009, “I just wanted to have my own identity!”
In 2002, Saadiq founded his own record label, Pookie Entertainment. Among the artists on the label are Joi and Truth Hurts. In 2002, he released his first solo album Instant Vintage, which earned him three Grammy Award nominations in addition to another two Grammy nominations for his writing work on “Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)” the following year. He released a two-disc live album All the Hits at the House of Blues in 2003, and his second studio album Ray Ray in 2004, both on Pookie Entertainment.
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Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Raphael Saadiq. You may help us to build the dating records for Raphael Saadiq!His 2000 song collaboration “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” won D’Angelo a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance; it was also nominated for Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. The song was ranked #4 on Rolling Stone’s “End of Year Critics & Readers Poll” of the top singles of 2000. D’Angelo’s album Voodoo won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album at the 2001 Grammy Awards.
Facts & Trivia
Raphael Ranked on the list of most popular R&B Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Raphael Saadiq celebrates birthday on May 14 of every year.
In 2004, Saadiq produced a remix of the song “Crooked Nigga Too” by Tupac Shakur which is featured on the album Loyal to the Game. Other artists he has collaborated with include Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige, The Isley Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Teedra Moses, The Roots, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Macy Gray, Angie Stone, Snoop Dogg, Mac Dre, Devin the Dude, DJ Quik, Kelis, Q-Tip, Lil’ Skeeter, Ludacris, The Bee Gees, Musiq Soulchild, Jaguar Wright, Chanté Moore, Lionel Richie, Marcus Miller, Noel Gourdin, Nappy Roots, Calvin Richardson, T-Boz from TLC, Jody Watley, Floetry, Leela James, Amp Fiddler, John Legend, Joss Stone, Young Bellz, Anthony Hamilton, Babyface, Ledisi, Goapele, Ghostface Killah, —Ginuwine, The Grouch Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind & Fire, Bilal, Chali 2na, Larry Graham, Luniz as well as many others. In 2007, Saadiq produced Introducing Joss Stone, the third album of British soul singer Joss Stone. According to J. Gabriel Boylan of The New York Observer, “he’s produced artists including Macy Gray, the Roots, D’Angelo, John Legend, Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige, and more. With all of them he’s pushed a classic aesthetic, heavy on organic sounds and light on studio magic, deeply indebted to the past and distrustful of easy formulas.”
Why did Raphael Saadiq leave Tony Toni Tone?
“Sons of Soul” yielded the Tonys’ biggest hit, the rollicking “If I Had No Loot.” Saadiq said he effectively left the band after that, although they made one more album together in 1996. He wasn’t, as he put it, “trying to be Bobby Brown or something” when he left. He hoped to go broader, not bigger.
What is Raphael Saadiq real name?
Charles Ray Wiggins
What is the net worth of Raphael Saadiq?
Raphael Saadiq net worth: Raphael Saadiq is an American singer, songwriter and record producer who 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!
How old is Raphael Saadiq?
56 years (May 14, 1966)
Where is Raphael Saadiq from?
Oakland, CA
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