Authentic
It is safe to say that the singer known as Authentic lives up his name sake in the realms of passion and talent for music. Born in 1984 in New Brunswick, NJ, Authentic has been blessing audiences with his miraculous vocals since he was 5 years old starting with church. A young Authentic was eager to exercise his god given talent in front on any and everyone who would give the time a day to listen; and none were disappointed. As he grew, so did his passion for music and honored his skills every step of the way. Fueled by his love and fascination for R&B and Hip Hop, he challenged himself to learn the art behind singing, song structure, acapella, and harmonizing. He even pushed himself further to learn other genres such as Classical, Musical Theatre, Jazz, etc. In high school, he and a few close peers sung together in a group collectively known as Harmoniously Speaking. He would go to further pursue his passion by going to major in Music at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, NJ. Where he was mastering his craft and learning all aspects of music performance, business, composing and teaching only to have his plans cut short by leaving to take care of his father who had fallen ill and would unfortunately pass away in 2003. These personal tragedies with family and friends only help build him up even more as he would bounce back to work as a waiter only to move up the corporate ladder to become Assistant Director in a retirement community for Culinary Services. He always believes that hard work, responsibility and dedication will get you far in life and be successful. Authentic has never given up on his dream. Why is his name Authentic? Authentic got his name from surfing on the internet and came across Authentic in the dictionary. He was really amazed at what Authentic meant. It means one of a kind, not false or copied, genuine, real and priceless. His voice is definitely authentic and can’t be duplicated. He was born a star, went through obstacles in his life and is back to show the world exactly who he is and why he should be in the music industry. So sit back and listen to his story.