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Raphael Saadiq (born Charlie Ray Wiggins on May 14 1966 in Oakland, California) is an acclaimed African American music artist. He is a singer, songwriter and record producer associated with the neo soul music movement.

Saadiq has been playing music since the age of six. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, he played bass at church and school. He also enjoyed his onstage moments at various local events of his hometown.

Saadiq made a name for himself as the lead vocalist in the rhythm and blues and dance trio Tony! Toni! TonÃ©!. He used the name Raphael Wiggins while in Tony! Toni! TonÃ©!, where he was joined by his brother Dwayne Wiggins, and his cousin Timothy Christian. He stage name|adopted the name of Raphael Saadiq in the mid-1990s.

After the 1996 Tony! Toni! TonÃ©! album, ''House of Music'', (when he performed under his current name) Saadiq started his solo career. His biggest solo success was his 1995 single "Ask of You", which peaked at #19 in the U.S. He produced a few solo tracks, but 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). This group only lasted for one album. His solo album,''Instant Vintage'' (2002),also earned 5 Grammy nominations.

Saadiq also has helped produce songs for various other artists, notably with... read all